Kapow Parent Guides

The Kapow Curriculum

The benefits for St John’s are:

Full national curriculum coverage - There is planning for mixed-age classes which meets our schooling structure and curriculum vision perfectly.

Clear subject planning - A carefully sequenced, cohesive curriculum with a clear rationale to support our learners and our teacher subject leaders.

Learning which is knowledge-rich and builds skills - Lesson plans deepen pupil knowledge and extend vocabulary. Includes varied and enjoyable recap and retrieval opportunities for all learners. 

There are diverse and inclusive resources for teachers to use - Teachers are given videos, interactive presentations, knowledge organisers, songs, quizzes, assessment materials to enrich the learning of every pupil. 

Learning which provides enjoyment - Learners and teachers have access to ever-evolving resources and activities which are enjoyed in over 5,700 other schools. 

Our vision for the curriculum

We aim to provide through high quality teaching and learning experiences every child with the key knowledge and transferable skills they require to achieve in all subjects and develop a love of learning which will be with them for their whole life.

To meet these expectations, and those of the National Curriculum (Breadth of Knowledge), we follow the Kapow Curriculum (Depth of Knowledge).  

In order for children to reach our high expectations, we set them challenge questions, set them next step targets and employ a range of teacher, peer and self-assessment strategies. 

Parent Guides

Below are Parent Guides giving more information about each subject of our Kapow curriculum. We follow mixed-age planning and are currently on Cycle B. Please note not all the guides have been written yet, and will be added here when they are ready.