Welcome to the Cobourg Primary School. Cobourg Primary School is perched on the edge of Burgess Park Lake with amazing views over the city. However, its location is far from being the school’s finest asset because, as any visitor will testify, it is our community that makes our school unique.
Supported by our parents and carers, governors, and the wider learning community we are committed to ensuring that all our children receive the highest standards of education and care in a safe and stimulating environment. As a community, we have a love of learning and we believe every child can be an assertive, independent high achiever. We also believe children should be able to have fun with each other and take informed risks to develop a full range of skills for later life.
Cobourg Primary School is a thriving learning community where we work together to ensure a high-quality education for all our children. We aim to develop independent lifelong learners who can control their futures and fulfill their aspirations.
Our School ethos is based on self-discipline and mutual respect. It is based on a set of core values that underpin how we behave, how we relate to each other, and how successful we are as learners.
Cobourg’s Core Values are:
RESPECT - For oneself, including independence, individuality, resilience, commitment, and courageousness. For others, including fairness, honesty, co-operation, listening, kindness, care, open-mindedness, trustworthiness, courtesy. For the environment, including responsibility, curiosity, and ownership.
UNITY - Including empathy, tolerance, friendliness, acceptance, support, encouragement, collaboration, involvement, and communication.
EXCELLENCE - Including creativity, imagination, boldness, confidence, inquisitiveness, enjoyment, pride, inquiry, ambition, aspiration, and achievement.
We all believe that every individual should feel a sense of pride and achievement when they work as hard and behave as well as they possibly can. It is the responsibility of every adult in the learning community to support, encourage and inspire our children to do their very best at all times this means that we must always look at the learning or activities planned for pupils and the ethos of the learning environment to assess whether their needs are being met.
Cobourg Primary School will: Foster an ethos that puts children’s safety and access to an educational opportunity first. Have clear and high expectations of all members of the learning community. Reflect and promote positive outcomes for all members of the learning community. Reflect and promote consistency of practice.
At Cobourg Primary School, we are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity for all pupils, staff, parents, and carers irrespective of race, gender, disability, belief, sexual orientation, age, or socio-economic background. We aim to develop a culture of inclusion and diversity in which all those connected to the school feel proud of their identity and ability to participate fully in school life.
Cobourg Primary School is a multi-cultural school that aims to educate children about a variety of cultures and religions through a respectful, thoughtful, and informed curriculum.
Cobourg Primary School is a multi-cultural school that aims to educate children about a variety of cultures and religions through a respectful, thoughtful, and informed curriculum.
We follow the Southwark Agreed Syllabus Unit Coverage. This Southwark Agreed Syllabus enables our pupils to learn about and understand their own beliefs and those of others in a safe, non-threatening environment. Pupils learn to recognize that beliefs are expressed in a variety of ways and begin to use specialist vocabulary. They also begin to understand the importance and value of religion for believers, especially other children as they ask relevant questions and develop a sense of wonder about the world. This syllabus covers Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Islam.
At Cobourg Primary School we use Jigsaw as our scheme of work to support teaching Personal, Health, and Social Education. Jigsaw consists of 6 puzzles containing 6 Pieces (lessons).
Jigsaw aims to help children know and value who they are and how they relate to other people in this ever-changing world. Children learn and develop strategies for keeping themselves physically and emotionally safe including road safety, safety in the environment, and safety online.
