Aldbroughprimary School

ALDBROUGHPRIMARY SCHOOL

HEADLANDS ROAD

ALDBROUGH

EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE

HU11 4RR

TEL: 01964 527422 FAX: 01964 529003

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HEADTEACHER - Mrs. S. Ulph

ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER - Mrs. K. Jessop

CHAIR OF GOVERNORS- Reverend A. White

VICE CHAIR OF GOVERNORS - Mr. S. Allen

PARENT GOVERNORS

Mr. C. Clixby, Mr. D. Larvin, Mrs. A. Harper

GOVERNORS

Mrs. A. Bates, Mr. B. Massingham, Mrs. S.Perkins, Mr. P. Woodward,
Mrs. D. Ulliott (staff Governor) Mrs. K. Jessop (non-voting member)

TEACHING STAFF

Mrs. L. Gadd, Mrs. A. Bates, (EYFS) Mrs. S. Ulph, Mrs. A. Gledden, (KS1)
Miss J. Watts, Mr. J. Brown, Mrs. K. Jessop (KS2)

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NUMBER ON ROLL(correct - January 2015) 104 + 9 FS1

SCHOOL CLASSIFICATION

Community primary co-educational day school catering for children between the ages of 3-11 years

CATCHMENT AREA

The traditional catchment area includes the communities of:

ALDBROUGH, FLINTON, GARTON, GRIMSTON, WITHERNWICK AND COWDEN .

Providing there is space, Parents / Carers have the right to select any school to send their child/ren to.

VISITING ARRANGEMENTS

Parents/Carers wishing to view the school should telephone the school to make an appointment with the Head Teacher.

RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS

The school is not affiliated to any particular religious denomination.

INDIVIDUAL NEEDS - The School aims to:

ensure that the work is suitably differentiated to match the needs of every individual child. These needs are seen not only as intellectual but also social, physical, aesthetic, cultural, moral and spiritual;

ensure that difficulties in one curriculum area do not affect progress in another;

facilitate the integration of pupils who have long term health or social needs into the school.

COMMUNICATION

The School aims to:

• maintain an effective dialogue so that all those involved in a child’s development are working together to achieve success for the pupil;
• involve all sections of the School community in the achievement of all the aims of the School; i.e. teaching and non teaching staff, governors, parents/carers, pupils, officers of the Local Authority, inspectors, other agencies and other community leaders.

BEHAVIOUR

This School has a “Good Behaviour and Anti-Bullying Policy” which aims, through promoting high self-esteem and confidence, to develop positive attitudes where pupils are expected to show self-discipline and to accept responsibility for their own actions.

The School aims:

• to ensure that pupils are happy at school and feel safe and secure;
• to ensure that no child suffers through bullying;
• to be fair and consistent when there is disagreement or a failure to keep the codes of expected behaviour;
• The School expects that children will respect others, their feelings and property.

Our school works with a "restorative practice" approach towards behaviour management.

(please see the Policies section of our website for more details.)

ADMISSIONS POLICY

Nursery

Children are offered a Nursery place the term after they turn 3 years old. It would be helpful if children are toilet trained before admission to the Nursery.

It is expected that every child will attend regularly and be collected from the nursery by a parent/carer or other responsible adult.

Children are admitted full time in the Foundation Department in the September of the academic year in which they turn 5 years old.

MainSchool

The school’s current admission arrangements adhere to the published criteria contained in the EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE SCHOOLS “A Guide for Parents”
There are 192 places in the main school.

1. Places will first be given to children who are looked after by the local authority.

2. Places will next be given to children who live in the school’s designated catchment area.

3. Places will next be given to children who have a sibling attending the school in the Foundation Stage or Years 1-5.

4. Places will be given to those children who live closest to the school. The distance from the child’s home to the school will be measured and priority given to those living nearest to the school.

* Please note Admission Policies are subject to alteration due to new legislation and legal precedent.

FINANCIAL

The School aims to:

• provide the best quality and range of resources possible, be they human or material, within the budget available and to raise funds from other sources to supplement the budget where possible.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

For children to achieve, they must be happy at school and feel safe and secure. Their minds must be stimulated and inspired. Education will be successful where the children are interested and are actively participating. To achieve this, the delivery of the curriculum will be varied, imaginative and where possible enquiry-based using first-hand resources so that the children are intrinsically motivated to produce work of quality with imagination. We aim to promote enthusiasm in their work.

Children need to have a rigour about their work. Children will be expected to work with purpose and diligence. They will be challenged by high expectations and be expected to work independently as well as in groups or as a class. They will be regularly monitored and assessed. They will also be encouraged to self assess their own performance and to constantly strive to raise standards of achievement. Children will be taught to be independent and to think for themselves.

They will be helped to understand and respect the lives of those who have alternative beliefs and customs. Children will be encouraged to acquire attitudes which do not discriminate against any person on grounds of socio-economic background, creed, ethnic origin, gender age or disability.

The curriculum will be placed wherever possible in the wider context of the community, both local and global. This will be achieved through a partnership with parents, carers, governors and other adults. Our pupils will be made aware of industry, agriculture, local and national traditions and heritage.

Pupils of AldbroughSchool will be made aware of the interdependency of the environment to ensure that they are able to care for the world which is their inheritance.

(For further details of our curriculum, please see the relevant section of our school website.)

THE ORGANISATION OF EDUCATION

The main school is organised into mixed-ability classes. Some classes are mixed age. The average class size is 17. There are 7 teachers, including the Head Teacher (5 full time and 2 part time.) A range of teaching styles is used. These will include a mixture of group work, individual learning and whole class teaching. The exact proportions will depend upon the age of the children and the nature of the class and subject matter. The work is differentiated according to the child's ability. Staffing levels are subject to budget changes.

SCHOOL’S SPORTING AIMS AND PROVISION - SPORT IN THE CURRICULUM

The teaching staff are all fully qualified to teach Primary P.E. In addition, our PE Coordinator, Mrs. Gledden, is trained under the National TOP PLAY scheme.

The school is fully equipped to provide skills teaching for a full class (if required) for the following sports:

TENNIS, HOCKEY, RUGBY, FOOTBALL, ROUNDERS, CRICKET, NETBALL, ATHLETICS.

Our children also have opportunities to work with a variety of external sports providers, including:

• Tigers Trust
• First Step Sports
• Hull Stingrays

EXTRA CURRICULAR SPORT

Children are given opportunities to play in team competitions and it is our policy to enter school sports teams for many of the tournaments in our area for which we are eligible.

The school aims to be inclusive with regards to the choice of teams, ensuring that ALL children have equal opportunities to represent their school in extra-curricular sporting activities, should they wish to do so. After school sports clubs are also regularly offered.

The aims of maximum participation, enjoyment and increasing personal commitment in sport are being achieved and remain as constant goals for raising standards.

SEX EDUCATION

Sex Education is contracted to the school’s Long Term Plan. The timing of elements of Sex Education has been designed to complement other curriculum areas particularly that of Human Biology in Science, and Family Life and Values in Religious and Moral Education. Sex Education will be part of the ongoing P.S.H.E. curriculum. A number of issues concerning the physical, mental and spiritual well being of children will be covered. The themes will be:-

Keeping myself safe Me and My Relationships

Citizenship World of drugs

Healthy Lifestyles

Children in Years 5 and 6 will have a more intensive and detailed Sex and Relationships Education programme. This will be within the context of a thematic focus considering wider human issues including the workings of the body and the Family of Man.

ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION

Road safety is taught throughout the school and older children are offered cycle training.

Our Year 2 children are also offered Scooter Training.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION POLICY and ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DAILY ACT OF WORSHIP

The school follows the guidelines of the County’s Agreed Syllabus.

R.E is taught according to a seven year plan. This ensures a correct balance and clear development of pupils’ knowledge and understanding. Areas which are necessarily repeated such as Christmas are planned so that increasingly complex issues are covered each year. Different aspects of Christianity are taught every year and at least 50% of assemblies are of a Christian nature.

In addition children learn about aspects of the Hindu, Muslim and Jewish faiths.

Parents / Carers who wish to exercise their right to withdraw their child(ren) from Religious Education or the Daily Act of Worship should seek an appointment with the Head Teacher and then inform her of their request in writing.

SPIRITUAL, MORAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EDUCATION

This school follows the guidance issued by the Department for Education (Nov 2014) on "promoting British values in schools to ensure young people leave school prepared for life in modern Britain." We aim to do this by ensuring our children have knowledge and understanding which includes:

"an understanding of how citizens can influence decision-making through the democratic process;

an understanding that the freedom to hold other faiths and beliefs is protected in law;

an acceptance that people having different faiths or beliefs to oneself (or having none) should be accepted and tolerated, and should not be the cause of prejudicial or discriminatory behaviour;

an understanding of the importance of identifying and combating discrimination."

(Source: Dept. for Education and Lord Nash, 27 November, 2014)

SPECIAL CURRICULAR ARRANGEMENTS

All children are provided for according to their own special educational needs. Some children may require extra help as identified by their teachers. Extra attention or materials will be provided as required.

Children are organised in a variety of ways to suit the needs of the individual and to match these needs to the requirements of the curriculum. Some will receive help through the services of a Special Educational Needs Support Teacher. Other children may be supported by a Teaching Assistant. In the same manner children who have exceptional talents and ability (Gifted & Talented) will be identified and supported.

An annual programme of testing and assessment is designed to track pupils of all abilities to ensure that all needs are met and that targets can be set for all pupils.

Parents/Carers are kept fully informed of any identification of Special Educational Needs and progress made.

PUPILS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OR DISABILITIES: ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS

Children with Special Needs, including those with disabilities, are given special consideration in the allocation of Nursery places from the age of three. Should the Nursery be full, a disabled child would be given a priority placement as soon as one is available. This is usually on the recommendation of a doctor, social services and /or health visitor.

If appropriate agencies recommend that a child with disabilities be admitted to Aldbrough Primary School, the child will be admitted and given every opportunity to follow the normal curriculum (as far as is humanly possible) within the classroom area and given support as necessary to achieve this.

STEPS ARE ALWAYS TAKEN TO PREVENT PUPILS WITH DISABILITIES BEING TREATED LESS FAVOURABLY THAN OTHER PUPILS.

The "Good Behaviour and Anti-Bullying" Policies of the school provide a clear benchmark and approach to ensure that no pupil with a disability is treated less favourably by other pupils. All parents/carers and pupils have a guide to this policy.

(This can be downloaded from the Policies section of our school website.)

MEDICINES

The school will administer medicines to pupils where appropriate, provided these have been prescribed to the child by a doctor, nurse practitioner or pharmacist. All medicine to be administered in school must be in its original packaging with the dosage and date clearly marked. Parents/Carers are required to bring these into school and collect them again at the end of the day. Relevant paperwork must be completed before medicines may be administered.

Where pupils with special needs are admitted to school, the issue of administration of medicines will be resolved prior to admission.

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES

The member of staff with responsibility for the school's arrangements for identifying and meeting the special needs of pupils is Mrs. A. Gledden. The school governor who has oversight of this aspect of the school's responsibility is Mr. P. Woodward.

PASTORAL CARE

All teachers share responsibility for the pastoral care of the children in their teaching group and in the school. Additionally, we have a designated Teaching Assistant who has received training from educational psychologists in "emotional literacy." This enables the Teaching Assistant to support the emotional development of children and young people in school by helping children learn to understand their emotions and respect the feelings of those around them. Pupils are given the time and space to think about their personal circumstances and how they manage them.

CONSULTATION WITH PARENTS/CARERS

Twice a year, in the Autumn and Spring terms, parents and carers are invited into school to discuss how their child/ren is/are achieving at school. In practice, many parents and carers are in regular contact with the class teacher and if either home or school have any concerns, a meeting will be held before any formal, scheduled evening.

A written report is issued for each pupil every July.

Although every effort is made to ensure that our pupils' school experience is as productive and rewarding as possible, parents and carers may, on occasion, have concerns. In such cases, parents and carers are encouraged to contact the school in confidence. If the teacher or a senior member of staff is not available, an appointment will be made so that any problems can be discussed and resolved at the earliest opportunity.

COMPLAINTS - Initial contact should first be made with the school.

A copy of the Complaints Procedure is available from the school or direct from Education Services at County Hall, Beverley.

DOCUMENTS - Parents/Carers are welcome to see copies of all the relevant documents, e.g. Department for Education circulars, school policies, etc. These are freely available at the school for inspection. The school will also advise where it is possible to obtain copies and how to do so.

SESSION TIMES

8.50 am - 12.00 noon and 1.15 pm -3.30 pm (for the main school/Foundation)

12:30 pm - 3:30 pm (for the Nursery)

Children should not be on the premises before 8:50 am but are encouraged to come into school to start work between 8:50 am and 9:00 am. Our aim is that all children are working by 9:00 am.

Children are expected to show independence and responsibility by self registering as they arrive indicating their lunch time arrangements: SCHOOL DINNER, PACKED LUNCH or GOING HOME.

These are checked by staff. Children arriving late are marked as such in the register. Children arriving after 9am or 1:15pm should report to the office to register.

BREAKS: Children in KS1 and KS2 enjoy two fifteen minute breaks each day.

ASSEMBLIES: are organised daily at 10:45 am for the whole School. Where reasonably practicable, the Head Teacher (or Assistant Head Teacher) will deliver the assembly on Mondays and Fridays; at all other times, the teaching staff lead assemblies.

SCHOOL MEALS

School lunches are cooked on the premises. Money is collected daily; however the school prefers that meals are paid for in advance on a weekly basis. This should be in a sealed envelope with the child's name clearly marked. School meal money is collected in the classroom.

School meals are operated on a continuous flow 'flight tray' system. Pupils take their meals at different times according to a rota. Children having a school meal cannot bring drinks from home or other food.

Costs for School Meals are under constant review by the Governing Body and subject to change.

ALL PUPILS AT ALDBROUGHPRIMARY SCHOOL IN FS2 (Reception) AND KS1 ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A FREE SCHOOL MEAL (in accordance with the Children and Families Act, 2014.)

Eligibility for Free School Meals for other pupils remains the same - please check your entitlement.

PACKED LUNCHES

If preferred, children may bring a packed lunch to school. Each class has a place to store their lunch boxes. It is recommended that in the summer a very cold drink or ice pack is included to keep the food cool. Packed Lunches should contain items which are easy for the child to handle. Drinks may be brought providing they are stored within the lunch box and are in a carton or well sealed container. Glass bottles, canned drinks and fizzy drinks are not allowed. The school requests that children do not bring sweets as part of their packed lunch. Those eating a packed lunch eat with those choosing a cooked school meal on the same continuous flow system and according to a rota.