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General
At Darell we have always considered it vital
to have a clear vision of the purpose of the school, even though like all state schools,
we have to work within the framework of the centralised National Curriculum.
People want schools to do two things. Firstly we are asked to teach “the basics”
so that all children can read and write confidently and manage the arithmetic they meet in
daily life. Secondly, we are asked to prepare the children for an ever-changing world, for
jobs which may not yet exist, and for leisure to enjoy a wide range of personal interests.
Darell covers both these requirements. It is important that children acquire the basic
skills, and it is equally important that they realise that the world is full of
possibilities, and that their own lives may be enriched by developing their talents and
interests in the widest range of cultural, sporting and academic activities.
Darell has a tradition of preparing careful and systematic programmes of study to guide
the children’s learning from nursery through to transfer to secondary school. These
have been substantially amended to respond to the National Curriculum with its emphasis on
the teaching of traditional and some not-so-traditional subjects.
We also try to look at children’s learning from a different dimension, considering
children’s development in intellectual, social and moral, emotional and personal,
aesthetic, spiritual and physical terms.
At Darell, therefore, we try to give the children KNOWLEDGE, we help them to acquire
SKILLS and we help them to develop QUALITIES.
Just as the curriculum is changing and developing, so our aims and ethos must progress.
All partners in the educational process can take a share in determining the direction of
the school through regular discussion and review of the school’s curriculum. For the
sake of space, the notes that follow do not cover all aspects of the school’s
curriculum but give an outline of the main areas.
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