St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”
Psalm 133.1

Category: Learning in the Forest

Games in the forest

This afternoon, Sycamore Class have been making games in the forest. Groups have designed games to be evaluated and ‘judged’ by each other. The games include a sensory trail, a

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Poplar Class in the Forest

Today, Poplar Class enjoyed another exciting trip to the forest. This week’s session began with a letter hunt. In small groups, the children were given the challenge of going around

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Teamwork Makes The Dream Work!

This week in the forest, Mr McKaye taught UKS2 the important message that when we work together, we can achieve more. He set up an obstacle course and gave pairs

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First Attempt In Learning

In UKS2 our autumn project is titled ‘In what practical ways can we learn from our mistakes?’ During our first lesson in the forest this year, Mr McKaye explored the

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LKS2 Outdoor Learning

Lower Key Stage 2 enjoyed our forest learning experience. We completed our project entry event, exploring sound and how sound travels over distance. We were able to talk about how

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UKS2’s Final Forest Trip

Yesterday, children in Year 5 and 6 had their final trip to the forest of the year. It was a particularly special morning as the children were able to recognise

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Reception’s time in the forest.

From wet, cold mornings; to dry, bright, beautiful ones – the children in EYFS have made the most of every moment in our amazing forest. This weekly adventure has helped

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Our New Forest School

Our forest school has been well loved by pupils across the school for many years now. This year, UKS2 took on a project, with the support of Mr McKaye, to

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Curriculum Intent

At St Vincent’s it is our INTENT is to enable ALL children to thrive through the opportunities we provide them with, in order to:

Curriculum Context

St Vincent’s is a 1.5 form entry school with 285 children ranging from 4 -11. Children come predominantly from the parishes of Sacred Heart in Mill Hill and St Anthony’s in Edgware.

Children come from a diverse range of socio-economic backgrounds, speak 17 different languages and hail from 26 different ethnic groups. The curriculum we present, and promote, to the children is an endeavour to reflect these differences by providing opportunities to explore the different countries, languages and customs our children are part of through the projects they investigate. We have looked closely at the context of our school, the backgrounds of the children and how life is for a child growing up in North London today. We have used the underlying principles of our Catholic Faith and the example of our namesake St Vincent to create a set of values which lie at the heart of our curriculum.

We are aware of the changing nature of society and the pressures faced by young children as they enter the next stage of their education. The rise in Mental Health related issues has been widely documented across the media. Therefore, issues such as internet safety and the enormous impact across society of social media are at the forefront of our minds when planning our curriculum. With the current worldwide concerns relating to Covid 19, racial justice, equality and diversity, as well as gender and economic background, we feel it is our duty to prepare the children through a concerted focus on building independence, resilience and communication skills linked to our Vincentian Values.