TURVES GREEN GIRLS' SCHOOL
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Turves Green Girls’ School Curriculum

​As a school rooted in its’ local community and a clear cooperative ethos, we believe that an excellent education is the right of the children who attend our school.  We believe the hallmarks of an excellent education are breadth of experience and depth of knowledge underpinned by moral and ethical standards.
 
A key strength of the curriculum is that all of our subjects taught by specialists.  There is much supporting evidence that strong teacher subject knowledge results in high-quality curriculum planning. This ensures both the depth of coverage and an understanding of content sequencing. It often results a higher overall curriculum quality because of the impact on curriculum design and pupils’ knowledge, skills and understanding. 
 
Here at Turves Green Girls’ School we believe that acquiring knowledge helps our pupils to remember new information, solve problems and improve their reasoning skills.   
 
We know that our disadvantaged pupils on average come to us with less knowledge so providing a knowledge-rich curriculum helps to compensate for what their peers from more advantaged backgrounds have.
 
As well as this it is our intention that pupils leave us confident in their ability to learn and with a desire to do so when leaving us to take up further education or training.
 
The education our school provides is intended to produce the following outcomes:
  • resilience (mental, physical and intellectual)
  • excellent academic outcomes
  • employability
  • moral courage
  • ambition
 
The curriculum is a framework we have designed is for:
  • The setting out the aims of a programme of education, including the knowledge and understanding to be gained at each key stage (our intent).
 
  • Translating that framework over time into a structure and narrative (implementation).
 
  • Evaluating what knowledge and skills learners have gained against expectations (impact / achievement).​  
"The curriculum is broad and balanced, promoting a good range of different learning opportunities, trips and other activities 
outside the normal timetable." 
Ofsted
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Key Stage 3 Curriculum structure: Years 7, 8 and 9 – rigorous and curriculum compliant
 
The National Curriculum (2014) stipulates that every state-funded school must offer a KS3 curriculum which is balanced and broadly based and which: promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society, and prepares pupils at the school for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life. 
 
This has been aided by the commitment to a full timetable of lessons in the Humanities, the Arts and PSHE and limiting rotation to Design and Technology.
 
The National Curriculum is structured around twelve compulsory ‘core’ and ‘other foundation’ subjects.  At Turves Green we have ensured that all pupils at KS3 study all twelve subjects as well as the compulsory Religious Education and Sex and Relationships aspects of the requirements.  We have also made additions to the curriculum in order to ensure a breadth and depth to our provision.  See below:
Subject
Periods per Fortnight
​English and Drama
8
Mathematics
8
Sciences
7
French​
4
​​Technology rotation:
  • Computer Science,
  • Food Science,
  • Graphics,
  • Textiles
4
Geography
3
History
3
Religious Education
2
Physical Education
4
Art
3
​Music
2
​Personal, Social and Health Education
2

​Key Stage 4 Curriculum structure: Years 10 and 11 – broad, challenging and modern
 
At the end of Year 9 pupils choose options and start their Two-year Key Stage 4 in Year 10.
 
We organise choices to ensure all pupils have access to the full range of subjects we offer whatever their ability and encourage pupils to be both aspirational and balanced in their choices.
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​Extra-curricular and enrichment opportunities
School is not just about the in-class experience.  On top of the National Curriculum requirements we have a commitment to providing every pupil with stimulating and varied programme of activities outside of the classroom environment.  Clubs include: Art, Textiles, Music, Fitness, Dance, Science, Table Tennis, Debating, French, Netball, Cricket, Trampolining and Singing.   
 
School visits and enrichment events at KS3 remain an important element of the rich and varied diet of our curriculum offer that is why over the course of a TGGS pupil’s school life they will experience 11 fully funded culturally enriching experiences.   Two days each school year are dedicated to the whole school taking part in extra-curricular activities.  This involves five trips split into year groups on each day visiting: a museum; an art gallery; a sporting event; a musical concert; the countryside; a castle; a university; London (the capital city); a religious building; a theatre experience. 
 
Please see the individual subject pages for more details on the specifics of the KS3 and KS4 curriculum and enrichment opportunities.

Turves Green girls' school, turves green, Birmingham B31 4bp

Telephone

0121 464 8346

Email

enquiry@turvgng.bham.sch.uk
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  • Welcome
    • Mission Statement
    • Contact Us
    • Academy Consultation Outcome
    • Latest News
    • Prospectus
    • Train 2 Teach @ TGGS
    • Admissions
    • Staff List
    • 5 Year Vision
    • Governance >
      • Constitution & Terms of Reference
      • Declaration of Business Interests 2020-21
      • Committee Listing
      • Governing Board Attendance Record 2019-20 >
        • Governing Board Attendance Record 2018-19
        • Governing Board Attendance Record 2017-18
      • Annual Report from the Chair of the Governing Board
      • Public Sector Equality Duty
    • Chadsgrove Teaching School Alliance
    • Careers >
      • Careers at TGGS
      • Careers Strategy
      • Provider Access Policy
      • Alumni (Past pupils)
    • Vacancies
  • Achievements
    • Sporting Success 2018-19 >
      • Sporting Success 2017-18
      • Sporting Success 2016-17
    • Ofsted Report
    • Current Academic Results 2019 >
      • Academic Results 2018
      • Academic Results 2017
      • Academic Results 2016
    • In the Community
  • Curriculum
    • TGGS Curriculum Plan
    • SEND Support
    • Teaching & Learning
    • English >
      • English
      • The Library
    • Arts & Technology >
      • Art & Design >
        • TGGSPAP
      • Computer Science / ICT
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      • Music
      • Textiles
    • Humanities >
      • French
      • Geography
      • History
      • RE
      • PSE & Careers
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    • Mathematics >
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