Our curriculum, like everything at Astrea Academy Sheffield, builds upon our vision of ‘a relentless commitment to excellence, every day’. We believe in developing the whole child and as such provide extensive experiences which are an integral part of our curriculum offer.

We believe that every Astrea scholar is capable of achieving something wonderful. By providing a rigorous, carefully sequenced, academic curriculum that is full of powerful knowledge, we are enabling scholars to understand and challenge the world around them. We maintain consistent high expectations of all scholars as they are all entitled to learn this powerful knowledge, regardless of starting place. We do not narrow the curriculum for any pupil. Instead, we ensure that all scholars receive their entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum.

As an all-through academy we have an opportunity to really change the way our scholars learn and grow. Each subject discipline is delivered discretely having been developed by subject experts. We work hard to ensure our curriculum is coherent and builds learning over time. This enables pupils to attach new knowledge to old in a manner that is efficient and sustainable. As a result, our pupils make good progress through our curriculum and are well prepared for their next level of study.

From nursery to sixth form we expose pupils to this cleverly crafted curriculum, not only to ensure success at SATs, GCSEs and A-Levels, but because this knowledge is incredibly important for pupils’ wider lives. In KS3, the curriculum is filled with core knowledge which needs to be mastered by all pupils. Each term we publish knowledge organisers, which scholars and parents must use to ensure that they have committed their core knowledge into their long-term memory.

At Astrea, reading underpins everything that we do; we are aware that strength in reading is fundamental to academic success across the curriculum. The ability to read accurately, fluently and for pleasure is a right which we ensure that all scholars have access to.

Key Curriculum Principles

Our curriculum is based on these three key principles that underpin everything we do:

  1. Rich in powerful knowledge
  2. High expectations for ALL
  3. Reading, reading and a little bit more reading

To read about our curriculum in more depth, including the subjects and content we teach in all phases of the curriculum, click the link below.

Home School Agreement

View our Home School Agreement here.

Curriculum Overviews

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How can you help?

  1. Make sure your child has space and time at home to comfortably sit and draw.
  2. Ensure that they have basic art equipment: a pencil, rubber and a sharpener is a must, but a coloured pencil crayons kit and a basic paint set of watercolours will encourage a love of creating.
  3. Encourage any form of drawing, sketching and doodling and try to provide a sketchbook or paper.
  4. Give constructive feedback and support with homework but do not draw anything for your child. The feedback given in class is specific for the scholar’s development and feedback is far less effective when parents have done some of the work.
  5. Try sitting and doing some of the homework alongside – it can be fun, it shows your child you value the work, and can be an excellent way to spend quality time together.
  6. Encourage scholars to attend art club after school on Friday if they miss a lesson to catch up.

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How can you help?

  1. Try sitting and doing some of the homework alongside – it can be fun, it shows your child you value the work, and can be an excellent way to spend quality time together.
  2. Encourage scholars to attend computing club after school if they miss a lesson to catch up.

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How can you help your scholar?

  1. Make sure your child is reading every night. Reading for pleasure is fundamental to academic success.
  2. Help your child with their home learning in English. You can quiz them on the facts that they need to learn.
  3. Encourage hand writing: diary writing, letters, sports reviews and stories.
  4. Encourage your child to take part in the co-curricular clubs, trips and competitions which we run throughout the year.

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How can you help?

  1. Each week ask about your scholar’s homework
  2. Provide your scholar with a good place to work
  3. Encourage your scholar to work in the right way
  4. Sign-off their homework each week
  5. Encourage your scholar not to give up if they are making mistakes
  6. Reassure your scholar if they are not understanding

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How can you help?

  1. Make sure your child is reading every night. Reading for pleasure is fundamental to academic success in every subject.
  2. Read our weekly newsletter so that you know what your child is studying. Having conversations about topics of study can be powerful.
  3. Help your child with their home learning in PE. You can quiz them on the content that they need to learn.
  4. Make sure that scholars participate in some form of physical activity every day, you could encourage them to attend extra-curricular clubs.
  5. Ask them about their favourite sport and find them a team/club to attend out of school in your local community.

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A successful scholar will:

  • Demonstrate a thorough understanding of key concepts and theories covered.
  • Apply psychological knowledge to a range of scenarios, providing well-supported explanations and analysis.
  • Use appropriate terminology accurately and consistently throughout written and verbal communication.

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Overview coming soon.

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