Curriculum

At Burnside Primary School, we aim to create a challenging and coherent curriculum to ensure that our children enjoy, achieve and are equipped for the next stage of their learning journey. We aim to provide our pupils with the knowledge, skills and understanding necessary to be able to make informed choices about the important things in their lives and to take responsibility for their own learning.

These are our main aims upon which we have based our curriculum:

To create a safe, happy and supportive environment;
To provide a coherent, challenging and engaging curriculum which develops a love of learning for pupils and staff;
To encourage pupils to take risks in their learning;
To develop in our children a sense of awe, curiosity and wonder for the world around them;
To shape well-rounded, determined young people who can face the challenges of the modern world with confidence.

Our curriculum stems from our Curriculum Tree which highlights the roots of our unique curriculum designed to meet the needs of the children within our own school community.

The curriculum is then underpinned by our Burnside Big Ideas. These 'big ideas' are curriculum threads which are interwoven within and across subjects and are progressive.

You can click the link below to read our whole Curriculum Policy. To find out more, or to ask a question, please contact Mrs Charlton (Headteacher) or Mrs Renwick (Deputy Head Teacher) by emailing burnside@durhamlearning.net