Hendredenny Park Primary School

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Hendredenny Park Primary School is a school where pupils, staff, and parents/carers enjoy working and learning together. We are proud of the happy, caring learning environment that we achieve at Hendredenny Park Primary School.
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Throughout the school, nearly all pupils listen very respectfully and attentively. In the Foundation Phase, most pupils develop their speaking and listening skills exceptionally well and use a wide range of vocabulary confidently in different situations. In key stage 2, most pupils continue to develop speaking and listening skills to a high standard. In a group discussion, they express their opinions clearly and maturely. They reach a consensus, for example, on the best approach to use to solve a mathematical challenge.
Many more able pupils communicate articulately, giving detailed and thoughtful observations on a wide variety of subjects, including how parents sometimes share information about their children on social media, without realizing the risk to children’s safety. Standards of reading are consistently very good across the school. In the Foundation Phase, most pupils make rapid progress in developing their early reading skills. Most Year 2 pupils are confident readers. They apply their skills effectively in all areas of learning, for instance, to find out facts about the human body in their science work. In Year 4, nearly all pupils read with fluency, accuracy, and expression.
They lead their group discussions and talk animatedly about their favorite authors and books. By Year 6, most pupils’ reading skills are of a high standard. They infer meaning skilfully from classic literature and popular modern novels. They develop proficient skimming and scanning skills to gather information from a range of texts when researching topics in history, such as life in India under British rule. Many more able pupils consider whether the information is reliable, particularly when using online sources. Throughout the school, the overall quality of pupils’ writing is excellent. Nearly all pupils make extensive use of their literacy skills across the curriculum.
Standards of handwriting and presentation of work are exemplary. By the end of Year 2, most pupils write engaging and extended pieces for a variety of purposes in literacy lessons and their work across the curriculum, for example, a report on healthy eating. Most pupils use a suitably wide range of punctuation accurately. They spell simple words correctly and apply their knowledge of phonics and visual patterns to make plausible attempts at more difficult words. A few more able pupils use paragraphs in their work successfully.

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