Curriculum Content

Our robust curriculum is progressive and challenging to ensure all children are prepared for the next stage of their education.

We use quality ongoing assessment to ensure that our children are appropriately challenged so they achieve exceptionally well and make outstanding progress.

We also ensure that our pupils have the skills they need to be a successful member of our modern British society learning about the following British values; Democracy, The rule of law, Individual liberty, Mutual respect, Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs.

Our school’s C.O.R.E curriculum at the very heart of our learning and the reason why children make excellent progress. Please click on the relevant links below to learn more about our subject specific curriculums.

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The Elephants had a great day at Cragside today. The behaviour was outstanding and they learned lots of facts about Lord Armstrong and his house. #dcpscore #dcpsdt #dcpslotc #dcpselephant ...

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The Elephants had a great time at the Quicksticks hockey event on Friday. They were very determined and great networkers as they moved around each activity. #dcpscore #dcpspe #dcpselephant ...

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In history, Year 6 are enjoying their work on Victorians. They enjoyed researching examples of British history to add to their timeline to find out when the Victorian period began and ended. They could see how it fitted on the timeline with all their previous history learning throughout KS2 and then they enjoyed learning about what it would be like to have been a child in. Victorian times, plotting an emotions graph discussing how a 10 year old trapper boy would have felt during his working week. #dcpscore #dcpshistory #dcpstiger #dcpslion ...

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Year 6 are enjoying their history work on Victorians. They are using this knowledge in their English lessons where they were using their oracy skills to discuss the conditions for the poor in the workhouse and whether workhouses should be banned or conditions change. This week, they are going to be drafting their persuasive text to discuss their points further. #dcpscore #dcpsoracy #dcpsenglish #dcpstiger #dcpslion #dcpshistory ...

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For World Mental Health Day the Dinos thought about different emotions and what made them feel that way. We heard the story The Colour Monster and explored different things and people that made us feel happy, sad, angry, scared, calm and loved. We also spent time talking about things we are interested in and said how we felt heard and happy when someone listened to us intently. #dcpsdinosaur #dcpslifeskills #dcpscore #WorldMentalHealthDay ...

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