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At Gordonbrock, we focus on providing a safe and nourishing environment where children feel accepted, included, and able to take on new challenges. With this in place, we know that we can instill a love of learning in our children. Our policy and practice are based on what we know about how our brains learn most effectively. Our teaching strategies are ‘brain-friendly and provide children with what they need to learn best. We are committed to developing lifelong learners who value and exhibit qualities such as resilience aspiration imagination confidence and collaboration. We believe in the creation of a culture in which difficulty is seen, not just as normal, but as beneficial - where mistakes are seen as valuable. A mistake is another learning opportunity and children know that their classrooms are safe places to try new things. We are committed to fair and equal access to the curriculum for all children, regardless of their starting points, and taking into account any additional needs they may have. We are highly aspirational for all of our children and we do whatever it takes to enable them to overcome barriers to their learning. In many cases, we have to think ‘outside the box if we are to ensure that a child maximizes his/her potential. We work together to do what it takes, and we do not give up. All of this is underpinned by our unwavering commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. We will act quickly and follow our procedures to ensure children receive early help, effective support, protection, and justice in a culture of transparency, openness, and, if needed, challenge with regards to maintaining high standards in safeguarding. Staff plans and organizes the learning for each year group to ensure that there are continuity and progression. Our curriculum planning framework aims to provide a broad, balanced and exciting education set within the context of the National Curriculum. At Gordonbrock, as we develop the curriculum, we make meaningful links between the different subjects. Although English and Maths are taught discretely at certain times of the day, they are also taught within a cross-curricular context. Visits and visitors are seen as a vital stimulation for children’s interest and are closely linked with the contexts for learning. Each year group goes on one local trip every term and one that is further afield – into central London or out into the countryside. We also have term visits from theatre companies and we celebrate events such as World Book Day and National Science week by bringing in authors and experts to enhance our learning. At Gordonbrock, we know that pupils who have a positive attitude towards their learning will make good progress and be successful. We want all our pupils to relish challenges, embrace their mistakes as part of the learning process, value the importance of effort, respond carefully to feedback and take inspiration from others. This will help them to achieve, not only with us but also in their future lives as adults. View full school