Our curriculum is designed to provide our children with exceptional learning experiences and enrichment opportunities. It aims to develop modern life skills by integrating STEM with core curriculum topics and creating practical, connected, and, whenever possible, real-life learning situations.

STEM at Dallington School London Progressive Independent Private

Science

Science at Dallington School focuses on building a solid foundation in scientific understanding, encouraging critical thinking, practical experimentation, and a fascination with the natural world. Our children explore biology, chemistry, and physics through the lens of their termly topic, and this approach allows them to understand the concepts in a real-world context, bringing meaning to their learning. All of this is enriched by many school trips to museums and workshops, making learning science both tangible and exciting.

Technologies

Technologies to support learning—laptops, tablets, calculators, and interactive whiteboards—are used throughout the school to enhance each child’s learning experience. Coding is a key component of computing at Dallington that promotes computational thinking and problem-solving skills, creative teaching and learning, self-expression, and collaboration. Starting in the Nursery class with tactile and kinesthetic coding activities, using tools like Cubetto and Codepillar, to establish foundational concepts and progressing through Scratch Junior in lower years, children advance to using Scratch, where they can develop their own games and animations. By Year 6, children can confidently create projects, showcasing their coding skills through personal and collaborative work.

Engineering

Engineering is explored throughout the school, from building blocks in our Nursery to creating 3D models or working with design software in the Middle School. Our cross-curricular and topic-based approach allows engineering to be neatly woven into many subjects, such as Outdoor Learning.

STEM at Dallington School London Progressive Independent Private
Numeracy at Dallington School London Independent Progressive Private

Mathematics

Mathematics is taught daily as an individual subject. Using the White Rose programme, our children explore numbers, shapes, spaces, measures and handling data. We emphasise conceptual understanding and verbal reasoning, enhancing competence in problem-solving while building on their fundamental skills. More information about White Rose can be found here:
https://whiteroseeducation.com/resources/maths/primary