Our School Values are at the core of everything we do. They underpin our teaching and learning and provide an environment that prepares our pupils as confident, happy citizens. Our School Values have been created by our parents, carers, grandparents, governors, staff, and pupils. Our School Values help our pupils to be the best citizens they can be. Our School Values help our pupils to develop positive relationships, understand their feelings, develop empathy and understand how important their contributions are to school and community life. Our School Values are taught alongside the SEAL and ELSA program to fully support all our pupils' emotional, social and behavioral development.
Graig-Y-Rhacca Primary and Nursery Community School is a wonderful place. We are honored to be the Headteacher of such a very special school. Our children are happy, polite, caring, hardworking, and keen learners. Staff is dedicated, motivated, enthusiastic, and committed to our pupils and our community.
We are committed to developing positive relationships with our parents and our community to ensure the best for our pupils. In Graig-Y-Rhacca Primary and Nursery Community School we believe in our core values, these help our pupils to be the best they can be in school and our community.
We are committed to ensuring that our pupils are given the best opportunities to excel. We provide our pupils with an array of enriching learning experiences and we ensure that all pupils learn in a warm, caring, and nurturing environment. We believe that for our pupils to achieve their best, they must thrive personally as well as academically.
Children learn through first-hand experiential activities with the serious business of ‘play’ providing the vehicle. Through their play, children practice and consolidate their learning, play with ideas, experiment, take risks, solve problems, and make decisions individually, in small and in large groups. First-hand experiences allow children to develop an understanding of themselves and the world in which they live. The development of children’s self-image and feelings of self-worth and self-esteem are at the core of this phase.
The Foundation Phase curriculum is planned as a progressive framework that spans four years (3 to 7 years) to meet the diverse needs of all children, including those who are at an earlier stage of development and those who are more able. Throughout their formative years, children’s learning develops more rapidly than at any other time. However, progress is not even and children go through periods of rapid development and times when they seem to regress. A curriculum for young children should be appropriate to their stage of learning rather than focusing solely on age-related outcomes to be achieved. Children should move on to the next stages of their learning when they are developmentally ready and at their own pace.
