At St Columb Major Academy, we pride ourselves on our curriculum, designed to meet the needs and other interests of our school community, the local area and national and global contexts, using the National Curriculum as the basis. We believe we have created a curriculum and ethos that develops both the hearts and minds of our children, developing their resilience, perseverance, compassion, wisdom, forgiveness and respect. We have considered and identified any barriers to future attainment focusing on these in our curriculum. These are emotional needs (such as low self-esteem and not being ready to learn); low social awareness and understanding (such as tolerance); limited life-experiences (such as low aspirations for their future lives) and limited vocabulary due to a lack of rich language environments.  

Our Vision: 

To provide a safe challenging environment where each individual is valued and can build positive foundations for learning for life which is underpinned by the six values listed above. 

Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) is at the heart of our curriculum, which is designed around our mission statement: Happy : Hardworking : Successful 

 

Displays

Our displays here at St Columb Major ACE Academy are used as a fantastic way to showcase how well our children are doing, whilst showing the importance of presentation and respecting their learning environment. We also believe that creating a safe and happy school is one factor in enabling our pupils to thrive. This means we work hard to generate exciting, interactive and informative displays that mean something to the children and that look great!

A variety of subjects that reflect what we do and achieve at school are covered in our displays, some of which are…

• Class displays – working walls and topic work
• Key Stage Maths and Literacy 
• PE and sporting achievement 
• Hall displays that cover healthy eating and assemblies.
• Eco Council
• Intervention 
• Music achievement and concerts
• ‘Wow Work’ 
• Art and Topic 
• British Values

In the classroom we like to showcase the achievements of our pupils, encourage positive attitudes to presentation and show that their learning and work is valued. We also use displays to help support children in their learning, through informative posters and resources. We have introduced ‘Working Walls’ this year, that change with what is being taught in Maths and Literacy. Accelerated Reader displays also show the progress the children are making with their reading in a fun and interactive way, using for example racing tracks, waves and a woodland scene.

We also like to bring a fun and imaginative element to our school. So in addition to the above, we have enjoyed creating artworks that can entertain the children, such as murals in the stairwell up to the Year 6 classrooms and displaying the lanterns the children have made over the past few years.

We will continue to create displays to enhance our school, allowing our children to feel happy and engaged, giving them a place to be proud of and belong. We hope you have enjoyed this small visual insight into our school and we will share with you how our school develops and changes throughout the year. 

School Council

The School Council is a chance for pupils to get more involved in the way the school is run. The School Council benefits the whole school, pupils and teachers, because it provides an opportunity for pupils to communicate their feelings as well as influence decisions that are made. Councillors develop skills such as confidence, communication and negotiation. It is the responsibility of each Councillor to ensure that they express both their own views and the views of all the other pupils they represent.

At our school Mental Health and Wellbeing of our pupils, parents and staff are paramount. Please click on the button below to view our provision and impact.

Please click here to view the Equalities Statement, Accessibility Plan, Racial Equality Policy and the Equality and Diversity Policy.  Please also refer to the Everyone's Included pages of the website where you can find an information report detailing how our school identifies, assesses, and makes provision for children with Special Educational Needs and disabilities.

To find out more please contact the school office on 01637 880272 or scmajor@kernowlearning.co.uk