At St Piran’s, we teach beyond the National Curriculum, enriching every subject to create a learning experience that is both rigorous and inspiring. Our small class sizes and dedicated teaching teams ensure that every child is known, supported, and challenged to reach their full potential. 

Children enjoy a broad and balanced education that combines strong academic foundations with specialist teaching from Year 1 in French, art, music, design technology, ICT, games, PE and swimming. This varied curriculum helps pupils develop confidence, curiosity, and a genuine love of learning. 

By tailoring teaching to each child’s needs, we strengthen key skills in literacy and numeracy while encouraging creativity, teamwork, and self-expression. In Years 5 and 6, pupils access specialist teachers for all lessons and when they move on from St Piran’s, they do so as capable, well-rounded learners, ready to thrive in the next stage of their education. 

 

The Harmony Curriculum at St Piran’s 

At St Piran’s, we have chosen to adopt the Harmony curriculum, inspired by The Harmony Project and His Majesty The King’s book Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World. This approach helps children learn from Nature rather than simply about it — building understanding, curiosity and a sense of responsibility for the world around them. 

By placing Nature’s principles of Harmony at the heart of our teaching, pupils learn to see how everything is connected and how balance in Nature supports life and well-being. These principles include: 

• Interdependence – all things in Nature are connected and rely on one another 

• Cycle – resources are renewed, reused and never wasted 

• Diversity – variety brings strength, adaptability and resilience 

• Adaptation – living things change to thrive in their surroundings 

• Health – balance and harmony maintain well-being 

• Oneness – all life is part of something greater 

• Geometry – patterns in Nature reveal its order and beauty 

 

Through enquiry-led learning, higher order thinking and real-world questions, our pupils connect what they learn across subjects, explore sustainability, and develop the confidence and skills to make a positive difference in their communities and beyond.