Queensferry Primary School

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Queensferry Primary is a two-stream non-denominational school in the heart of the historic town of South Queensferry. Currently, we have 14 primary classes and 2 nursery classes.

We are proud to be a central part of the historic community of South Queensferry and have many, many links with the wider community such as through our eco work, links with our Community Police Officer, and through partnerships with other local nurseries, partner providers, and schools.

Our school building also hosts clubs and activities such as Brownies and Boys’ Brigade. We also work hard to promote a sense of community within our school. Partly this is done through our house system – all our pupils belong to either Wallace, Bruce, Stewart, or Douglas.

We firmly believe that the ethos of our school is central to successful learning and teaching. If children have a sense of belonging, they feel happy and secure and learn more effectively. We work hard to create a positive environment where everyone is valued and equipped with the tools to reach their full potential.

We seek to provide a safe, caring environment where all children feel happy, confident, and valued as individuals. One of our major aims is to provide learning opportunities of the highest quality. We recognize the knowledge and skills which each child brings to school and wish to build on these by providing a program of challenging experiences which will meet, as far as is possible, the individual needs of each child.

The ethos of Queensferry Primary School is central to successful learning and teaching. If children have a sense of belonging, they feel happy and secure and learn more effectively. We work hard to create a positive environment where everyone is valued and equipped with the tools to achieve their full potential.

Our School Values for children, staff, and our school community:

• Kindness – defined as a key component of our ethos. Friendliness and empathy sit within this value as we strive to be a bully-free school.
• Co-operation – we want our pupils to do well academically and socially – learning with and from each other. Co-operative Learning features in all our classrooms.
• Creativity – we want to develop and nourish children’s natural creativity through a curriculum based on opportunities to experiment, problem-solve, discuss and collaborate. We want children to question, make connections and explore.
• Perseverance – children will build their confidence and resilience through being challenged and learning from their mistakes.
• Responsibility – each of us contributes to our learning work ethic. As we take increased ownership of our learning, we also take steps towards being independent learners.
• Respect– this underpins our relationships with each other, our manners, our conversations, and our attitude – towards each other, our work, and our belongings/school.

We wish to encourage a partnership with you to ensure the best possible standards of pupil behavior. If we have any concerns about behavior we would contact parents. By working together we can ensure that each child is happy in school – happy children learn well.

We offer a wide range of sporting and cultural activities and these activities take place in lunch breaks, at the end of the day, on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings. Currently, we have clubs such as judo, dance, and cheerleading. There is an active Scripture Union group and an after-school recorder group and choir. Many of our Senior Pupils run supervised lunchtime clubs for younger pupils.

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