Topics

Rivelin and Loxley Topic Domains and Concepts

Topic Vision

Strapline –

Explore, Create, Discover

Students at our schools will be taught a topic curriculum which is diverse and filled with new and interesting learning experiences.  They will explore their local surroundings and its history as well as discover the difference between where we live and other places around the country and the wider world.  Our topic teaching will create global citizens who can think both critically and creatively to solve problems.  Through the topic curriculum our students will develop in their understanding and tolerance of the world around them – the people, the places, the processes – and this will feed their curiosity. Through a creative curriculum our students will earn to express themselves in a range of situations and methods which they will be able to use in all aspects of their lives. Students will find lots of opportunities to build on their learning outside of the classroom and will visit place of interest connected to their learning.

Topic End Points

• Make connections between themselves and the world around them.
• Form opinions about their world and the world from different perspectives
• Think both critically and creatively to problem solve
• Show tolerance and understand of the world around them.

Topic Domains

Explore - Geography

Create – Arts, Design & Technology

Discover – History

Topic concepts (procedural knowledge)

Abstract concepts as central links to topic focus (propositional knowledge)