Our Amherst Curriculum

At Amherst Primary School, we aim to offer all pupils an education that nurtures and develops the values, knowledge, skills and understanding they need to flourish and make a positive difference to our local community and the wider world.

This is underpinned by actively fostering our school values of kindness, respect, confidence, resilience, honesty and open-mindedness. Our school aims to be a place of learning where everyone’s rights are valued and positively supported. Together, we aim to empower our pupils to grow into respectful, responsible global citizens who understand and help one another. 

To achieve the above, we follow the Bailiwick of Guernsey Curriculum, or 'Big Picture' Curriculum, (see below) which is aspirational and progressive, enabling pupils’ learning to become well-rounded individuals. We want our pupils to care about themselves, others, the environment and our community.

We have carefully selected our curriculum tools to ensure consistency across our school whilst promoting high expectations for all children. Some of these programmes include: Literacy Tree, White Rose Maths, Discovery RE, Language Angels, and Get Set for PE.

We also use the Dimensions ‘Learning Means the World’ Curriculum as the main vehicle for the remaining subjects to provide an ambitious, well-crafted curriculum through a multidisciplinary approach. This is achieved through the four key themes within our Dimensions Curriculum, which are; Communication; Culture; Conflict; and Conservation.