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Whole School Curriculum
Curriculum Intent Statement The aim of this academy is to provide opportunities for our children to develop as independent, confident, successful learners with high aspirations who know how to make a positive contribution to their community and the...
English
Reading At Widnes Academy West Bank we want your child to love reading – and to want to read for themselves. This is why we work hard to make sure children develop a love of books as well as simply learning to read. Reading permeates everything we...
Maths
Here at Widnes Academy we follow the Maths No Problem scheme which is part of the Singapore Maths/Teaching for Mastery approach to teaching Maths. All children from Y1-Y6 follow this programme which is taught through a daily maths lesson and builds...
RSE
The Department for Education has announced changes to Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSE) statutory guidance. These changes will come into effect from September 2020 and all schools will be required to comply with the updated requirements....
PE
The PE Co-ordinator is Miss Shaw Intent At Widnes Academy, we strive to instil a love of physical education by encouraging and inspiring children to become physically active for life. We offer a wide range of activities that will enable...
PHSCE
Curriculum Intent Our aim is to build a PHSCE curriculum which develops learning and results in the acquisition of knowledge and skills which enable children to access the wider curriculum and to prepare children to be global citizens now and in...
Computing
Our Computing coordinator is Mrs Lightfoot. At our school, we intend that children should master Computing and become digitally literate. The curriculum will ensure children can use of Computing effectively in their everyday lives,...
RE
Mrs Williams leads RE at Widnes Academy Widnes Academy follows the Lancashire Syllabus in line with the other Halton schools. Intent To develop pupil’s knowledge and understanding of religion, religious beliefs, practices, language and...
DT
Miss Shaw is our DT Lead at Widnes Academy. At Widnes Academy, we aim to deliver Design technology in an inspiriting, rigorous and practical way. Intent At Widnes Academy, we aim to deliver Design technology in an inspiriting, rigorous and...
Art and Design
The Art Co-ordinator is Miss Elson Through art and design we want to celebrate the uniqueness of our local area, for example taking our sketchbooks down to the prom to sketch what we can see. Staff are also encouraged to focus on local artists...
Music
The Music Co-ordinator is Mrs Lightfoot Widnes Academy uses the Spark yard resources to deliver our music curriculum. We also work with the Accent Music Hub to deliver individual music tuition to two of our Key Stage 2 classes. Intent Children...
Science
The Science Co-ordinator is Mrs Williams Science teaching at Widnes Academy aims to give all children a strong understanding of the world around them whilst acquiring specific skills and knowledge to help them to think scientifically, to gain...
History
West Bank is steeped in History; it was at the centre of Widnes’ rapidly growing chemical industry and influx of workers from around the world migrated here. As a result of this History, our curriculum is intwined with substantive knowledge about...
Geography
The Geography Co-ordinator is Mrs Harding We aim for a Widnes Academy Geographer to: Show curiosity about the world See wonder and variation across our planet and its global community Show care and concern for the environment and society Recognise...
French
Widnes Academy have chosen to offer the Modern Foreign Languages curriculum to our children through teaching French. We want our children to leave Widnes Academy with the skills and confidence to enhance their understanding of another language and...
Geography
Geography at Widnes Academy is designed purposefully to develop pupils curiosity about the world around them. We want to give them the skills and knowledge to enable them to explore that world and also to show care and concern. We aim to ensure that pupils understand the uniqueness of the place in which they live and to be able to compare it with other places around the world. We use the National Curriculum as our starting point and building in through both topic work and discrete lessons fieldwork skills using residential trips to support this further.
