St Augustine's CE Primary School

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At St Augustine’s, we are committed to working with parents, as partners in their child’s education. The staff works exceptionally hard to ensure that your child receives the best opportunities for learning in a safe, nurturing, and happy environment.
In our school, we aim to serve our community by providing an education of the highest quality, within the context of Christian belief and practice.
Everyone is valued, respected and is encouraged to find their voice in a safe, secure yet challenging environment. Through the ethos of our school which is based on the core values of love, hope, and forgiveness, we encourage an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith.
At St Augustine’s CE Primary School we strive to do the best we possibly can for the children in our care. We believe every child in our care should receive the best provision and flourish in a safe, stimulating, supportive environment.
We provide our children with opportunities they would not necessarily have access to, for example, a residential to Ghyll Head a visit to London, and free after-school clubs. Many of our children benefit from therapeutic interventions such as Counselling, Art Therapy, and Calm Spaces. These are provided to support the children’s mental and emotional well-being, as well as to develop their self-esteem and confidence.
At St Augustine's we ensure that every child has full access to the National Curriculum. There are 10 subjects taught at Key Stage 1 and 11 subjects taught at KS2. The additional subject at KS2 is Modern Foreign Languages.
In addition to the National Curriculum, we also make sure that every child has access to a PSHCE lesson every week. Our ethos which is built upon the Christian values of Love, Hope, and Forgiveness also incorporates a healthy body and mind and for this, we believe the teaching and practices of PSHCE are crucial.
We want our children to leave us having real-life skills that will prepare them for their future and the next stages of their life so we encompass the Open Futures Curriculum and the skills of Grow it Ask it Film it and Cook it into our everyday lessons.
We pride ourselves on being a diverse family and the teaching of British Values accompanied with the teaching of high-quality RE and the Rights Respecting Schools agenda ensure that every child is aware of their uniqueness and their rights as an individual. Children are taught from a very early age about celebrating diversity and respecting others' beliefs.
To make certain our children grow up safely we teach them about keeping safe online and making informed choices about lifestyles and relationships. Furthermore, we equip our children with first aid skills to help them look after themselves as well as others. Every child has a voice and there are currently three Pupil Voice groups that take the lead in making changes and improving the school. This year the Government has again given all schools additional funding so that they can develop PE (Physical Education) in their schools.
At St Augustine’s, we are spending the additional funding to ensure all staff is well trained to deliver quality first PE to all children in our school.
Children in Key Stage 1 are developing their fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident. They are being taught to master basic movements in running, jumping, throwing, and catching, as well as developing balance, agility, and coordination, and are being taught to apply these in a range of activities. They are being taught to participate in team games and are developing simple tactics for attacking and defending. In dance, they are performing dances using simple movement patterns.
Children in Key Stage 2 are continuing to apply and develop a broader range of skills, learning how to use them in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement. They are developing an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learning how to evaluate and recognize their successes. Children are being taught to develop their skills in running, jumping, throwing, and catching as well as playing competitive games such as badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders, and tennis. They are developing flexibility, strength, technique, control, and balance and performing dances using a range of movement patterns.

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