St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

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

Curriculum

Curriculum

Curriculum Intent

“Caritas Christi Urget Nos –

The love of Christ urges us on, to care for each other and strive for excellence in everything we do.”

At St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School our INTENT is to enable ALL children to thrive through the opportunities we provide them with, including our curriculum. By this we mean:

  • Live their lives by the Gospel and Vincentian values instilled in them at school.
  • Fulfill their potential and realise the plans for their lives – academic, moral, emotional, spiritual.
  • Make good progress from their starting points.
  • Develop learning skills for life from a deep and broad knowledge base.
  • Be ready and well-prepared for their next steps in life.
  • Have high aspirations for themselves and for others.
  • Have good communication skills.
  • Enjoy their own uniqueness – made in God’s image.
  • Be independent in their learning.
  • Be confident and happy young people that have a broad understanding and tolerance of the world and others around them.
  • Have a strong sense of hope for their future.
  • Have a life-long curiosity which gives confidence to ask big questions about the world.


In order to achieve this, it is essential that our CURRICULUM and its IMPLEMENTATION is:

  • Rich in experiences and opportunities – involving learning beyond the classroom.
  • Purposeful and meaningful.
  • Inclusive and accessible for all children.
  • Needs driven and relevant to OUR children.
  • In line with and supporting our Vincentian values.
  • Broad, knowledge based and progressive in skills.
  • Exciting and motivating.
  • Developing understanding of our community and the world beyond Mill Hill and Edgware.


Our CURRICULUM will not be rigid as we recognise that the needs of children differ and can change. Teachers are sensitive towards this and make changes to CURRICULUM planning where required to ensure that it meets ALL our children’s needs. Children with SEND are well supported and will be engaged in their learning.

Our vision underpins all we do, including our CURRICULUM design and planning. It is essential for children to feel safe, secure and happy in order to achieve their best. We believe that through a Project Based Learning approach focusing on the Vincentian Values, the IMPACT of our curriculum will be that:

Children will be able to look back on their time at St Vincent’s knowing that they had tried to make a practical, positive difference to the world. They will be able to remember specific outcomes and products that they were involved in producing for the greater good, and know that this was because ultimately that is what it means to be a Christian and a Vincentian.

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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:

  • Live their lives by the Gospel and Vincentian values instilled in them at school.
  • Understand that everyone has the right and responsibility to live in our world constructively and ensure that we leave it in a better state than when we entered it by living and working through the principles of Catholic Social Teaching in line with the UNCRC (United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child)
  • Experience creativity across the curriculum through specialist art and dance lessons and opportunities to take part in art, music, dance and creative writing competitions.
  • Know the joy of outdoor learning, the rich biodiversity within our school grounds and locality and develop a responsibility for the environment we share as stewards.
  • Understand their place in the world, globally and locally, knowing the history of our school, Mill Hill and the Daughters of Charity and knowing where our diverse community members have their roots across the world.
  • Be ready and well-prepared for their next steps in life, having high aspirations for themselves and for others because they have experienced success and a belief in learning from mistakes.
  • Have a life-long curiosity, stimulated by the driving questions of Project Based Learning approach to the curriculum fostering inquiry and independent learning skills, which give confidence to ask big questions about the world.
  • Be literate and numerate having experienced a rich variety of texts to stimulate and excite the mind while developing skills in investigating and problem solving to enable them to excel in their future passions.
  • Be confident and happy young people that have a broad understanding and tolerance of the world and others around them with excellent communication skills honed by their experience of Restorative Justice and respect of the dignity and wishes of the individual.

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.