The Student Book of Fundamental Ideas

Within each curriculum area we have identified what the most important concepts are, and these are called ‘Fundamental Ideas’.

We focus all teaching and learning around what it is that we really want students to learn to make it clear and relevant.

Research tells us that the best way to remember and learn information is to build links between ideas (building schema), and through regular repetition of these ideas. Each of our Fundamental Ideas are repeated many times so that students can learn the subject content in easier to manage sections, whilst helping you link ideas together over time. This makes remembering, recalling and applying knowledge easier as you work towards GCSEs and beyond.

This aim of this booklet is to share these Fundamental Ideas with students and families so that you can understand how your curriculum works in each of your curriculum areas.

Our teachers will talk about these as they teach. Using this booklet will help students to make those important links in your learning within curriculum areas, but also across different areas.