The document discusses the Cornerstones curriculum. It is based on four pillars: Engage, Develop, Innovate, and Express. These pillars are meant to spark children's curiosity, teach knowledge in depth, enable creative thinking, and encourage reflection. The Cornerstones curriculum also helps children learn across subjects, develop passions, and boost well-being. It supports broader learning goals and helps teachers with planning, feedback, and assessment.

1. PARENT PRESENTATION 8TH MAY 2019

2. INTENT
IMPLEMENTATION
IMPACT

3. Why Cornerstones?
 Children deserve a broad and balanced curriculum.
We believe that every childhood matters and that the
innate qualities children have, including creativity,
curiosity and a love of learning, should be fully
nurtured.
 Our curriculum is based on a child-centred pedagogy
we call The Four Cornerstones. It forms the basis of
everything we do and can provide your school with
the foundations on which to build a rich and deep,
exciting curriculum.

4. Why Cornerstones?
 The Cornerstones Curriculum helps children to:
 learn about a range of interesting topics in creative
ways
 develop skills, deep knowledge and understanding in
a range of subjects
 make meaningful cross-curricular links
 identify their interests and develop their passions
 find out about themselves, the wider world and their
place in it
 develop their confidence, resilience, happiness and
well-being.

5.  Engage
 hook learners in with a memorable experience
 set the scene and provide the context
 ask questions to provoke thought and interest
 use interesting starting points to spark children’s
curiosity

6.  Develop
 teach knowledge to provide depth of
 demonstrate new skills and allow time for
consolidation
 provide creative opportunities for making and
 deliver reading, writing and talk across the
curriculum

7.  Innovate
 provide imaginative scenarios for creative thinking
 enable and assess the application of previously
learned skills
 encourage enterprise and independent thinking
 work in groups and independently to solve

8.  Express
 encourage reflective talk by asking questions
 provide opportunities for shared evaluation
 celebrate success
 identify next steps for learning

9. Why Cornerstones?
 Cornerstones addresses the need identified in the
Ofsted report March 2018.
 It supports the broader curriculum and supports
resourcing.
 It gives teachers guidance and also efficacy.
 It provides an online assessment tool for year end
assessment.
 It supports our workload initiatives in regard to
planning, feedback and data management.

10. Why Cornerstones?
 I will now talk you through the Cornerstones site, its
features and how a teacher might use it.
 There will then be the opportunity to view some
children’s work.