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artists, crafts people and designers, working creatively and intelligently.
Students understanding and enjoyment of art, craft and design will be
developed through activities that bring together requirements from both
Investigating and Making.

PE
PE develops students’ competence and confidence to take part in a
range of physical activities that become a central part of their lives, both
in and out of school. A high quality PE curriculum enables all students to
enjoy and succeed in many kinds of physical activity.

They develop a wide range of skills and the ability to use tactics,
strategies and compositional ideas to perform successfully. When they
are performing, they think about what they are doing, analyse the
situation and make decisions. They also reflect on their own and others’
performances and find ways to improve them. Students are given the
opportunity to represent the school in a variety of different sports.

STEM
Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths has been at the forefront
of our teaching and learning.

As part of the National Agenda target to promote innovation, the school
has invested in a state of the art STEM lab. Pupils in Primary have a wealth
of learning resources to explore; from experimenting with materials and
creating rafts with different sails in Year 1, to using robotically
programmed Lego in Year 4 using IPads. In the Upper Phase, pupils move
onto more intense coding and programming and working with EV3 kits
in a move towards embedding IT into their learning.

KEY STAGE 4
PROGRAMME OF STUDY (i)GCSEs
Students will be expected to continue with the core subjects in Key Stage
4 including Arabic, Islamic Studies and English Literature, and will sit
external exams called (i)GCSEs mainly at the end of Year 11. The GCSE
is an academically rigorous internationally recognised qualification
awarded in a specified subject. Students can then choose a number of
subjects to study and they are called option choices. The option choices
offered this year is detailed in the KS4 Option Booklet that can be found
on the school website:

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