Oaklands Primary Academy

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Oaklands Primary Academy is a vibrant, lively academy for children aged between 3 and 11. We’re proud to offer a high standard of education to our pupils – a number that’s rising every year. The children are divided into mixed-ability classes. They enjoy outstanding facilities in two main buildings, each of which has its own central hall/ gymnasium, sports fields, safety surface playgrounds, ICT wireless and laptops/tablets, well-stocked library, and shared art areas. Pupils also benefit from the Academy’s unique location, at the heart of a magnificent, unspoiled valley – the ideal spot for nature studies.

At Oaklands Primary Academy children strive to achieve their best in a secure and stimulating environment. We provide a happy, healthy community where everyone can develop confidence, respect for others, and a love of learning. At the heart of everything we do are the ‘five Rs’:

• Resilience
• Respect
• Resourcefulness
• Responsibility
• Risk-taking

We’ve worked hard to develop our responsibility posts within the Academy, and have created a structured and expanding curriculum. Our staff work closely together and coordinate their plans to ensure there’s continuity in this curriculum between Infant and Junior age ranges.

We provide nursery education, through our on-site nursery, Oaklands Early Learning, with whom we have strong links. We also build links with the seven other preschools feeding Oaklands Academy so we can agree to suitable pre-academy activities. Oaklands Early Learning Nursery (open mornings and afternoons) has an optional lunch club for children aged two to three years (contact details available from the main office). Oaklands Academy offers both a bespoke breakfast club and an after-school club – services that are much valued by many busy, working parents.

Our teaching, organization, and entire environment are based upon agreed aims and values which underpin the work of the Academy. These aims are:-

• To create a secure and caring atmosphere that encourages learning. We believe it is important that each child feels happy at the academy and looks forward to being here.
• To plan the range of work we offer and the organization of the academy, to give children a stimulating and challenging environment in which they can grow intellectually, imaginatively, physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually.
• To monitor and assess the progress and ability of each child so we can establish his/her individual needs across the curriculum and match these needs – giving each child the chance to realize their full potential.
• To foster the child’s interest in the world around them and to develop a love of learning so that each child works with purpose, enjoyment, and pride in his/her achievements.
• To encourage children to develop lively, enquiring minds capable of a range of learning and thinking strategies, such as the ability to question solve problems gather, interpret, and organize knowledge think logically and make reasoned judgments record and communicate information, at a level appropriate to their age and ability.
• To ensure that the academy environment is one within which the children feel valued as individuals, have confidence in their capabilities, and are encouraged to develop their talents and interests as much as possible. In this way, each child is personally enriched and able to contribute to a changing and developing society.
• To ensure that every child is given equal opportunity to benefit from a broad and balanced curriculum, which actively involves children in their learning and promotes the highest possible standards of academic achievement.
• To encourage children to respect others and promote high standards of behavior and courtesy towards their peers and adults. This includes respect for everyone’s race, religion and culture, gender, and physical ability.
• To develop children as lifelong learners: self-motivated, self-disciplined, and unafraid to experiment and make mistakes in their learning.

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