Presdales Super Curriculum

‘Going beyond the boundary of the classroom curriculum’

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Our vision

The Super Curriculum (SC) is fully aligned to the Presdales vision of ‘achievement for all’ and upholds the school’s key values of equality, resilience, creativity and ambition. It will provide opportunities for all students, regardless of their background or starting point, to develop their cultural capital through an inclusive and diverse curriculum that encourages our students to develop into independent minded young women.

Purpose and rationale

At Presdales, we firmly believe that students should study a breadth of subjects that develop them into well-rounded individuals. Each curriculum area have comprehensive schemes of work in place that ensure students acquire substantial knowledge and understanding within each subject. We also provide opportunities for students to read around the subject, conduct research into key areas of study and be creative. However, we recognise that there is only a finite amount of time in the school day and we do not want this to restrict the extent to which students can deepen and further enrich their learning.

To ensure students continue to develop their learning outside of the classroom, we have created a Super Curriculum that provides tasks, activities and opportunities for students to engage with outside of school. These are created by subject teachers and designed to complement the curriculum students study in school. It provides students with the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and understanding of a subject, field or discipline that they may have an existing passion with or a curiosity about. Whilst the completion of Super Curriculum tasks is not compulsory, we highly recommend that every student should engage with an area that interest them.

As students work from Year 7 to 13, they will have the opportunity to build up a strong portfolio of Super Curriculum tasks. In an ever more competitive world, it is key for students to be able to demonstrate the opportunities they have taken outside of their academic studies.