We are working together to shape our school ethos, to support the whole child, and to develop our joint working partnership with our parents, carers, and community. It’s a pleasure to welcome you to Grange Primary School. We believe in providing a safe and supportive environment where all families are welcome, and all pupils feel safe and supported to reach their academic and personal potential. At Grange Primary we are proud to be a school for our community and to welcome children from all cultures, faiths, and backgrounds, with different strengths and needs. Grange was described in our last Ofsted as a ‘happy, hardworking and inclusive school’, judged ‘Good’ in all areas (2015).
- To develop the skills that will enable our children to contribute confidently, responsibly, and positively to society
- To be safe, secure, confident learners
- To enjoy learning
- To be healthy and happy
- To achieve success
- To prepare our pupils for their future as lifelong learners.
We have high expectations of ourselves and each other. The staff team works hard to create a purposeful, harmonious atmosphere in which children will thrive and learn well. As a school, we are committed to ‘Learning Together, Respecting Each Other, Achieving Our Potential’.
- Place creativity at the heart of teaching and learning
- Strive to make learning vivid, fun, relevant, and real
- Work to ensure all learners succeed in an environment that is welcoming, secure, and stimulating
- Recognize and celebrate success
- Aim high and set high standards
- Match teaching styles to learning need
- Value children as individuals, enabling them to develop a positive self-image and respect for others
- Believe that asking questions is central to learning
- Involve children in their assessment
- Aim to develop learning skills across the curriculum, inside and outside the classroom
- Value and celebrate our rich diversity
- See the school as a learning community where everyone works hard and enjoys themselves
The staff at Grange Primary School are committed to planning and delivering an exciting, engaging, purposeful curriculum. which meets the needs of individual children and promotes a love of learning, which will endure for life.
The curriculum is designed to support children to make links in their learning identifying how to process and present scientific evidence through statistics in maths, for example, or using the skills of diary writing learned in English in the morning to record historical facts in the afternoon lesson.
To support these links in learning the design of the curriculum is broadly built around topics. Additional work in English, Maths, and ICT may also be planned. Topics generally last for half a term. Information about class topics is available from the curriculum information leaflets.
Learning in the classroom is enriched through the careful selection of related educational visits, visitors, and special events. This year Years 5 and 4 have swimming lessons on a Tuesday. We greatly appreciate parental support for educational visits, with practical work in the classroom, during library sessions, and for reading activities. If you can offer some time to the school please see the class teacher or the team in the main office.
We also appreciate parental involvement in homework activities. Parental support to ensure that homework tasks are completed and return to school by the due date is invaluable. If there is a particular reason why your child has been unable to complete their homework, please let the class teacher know through the ‘home school link book’.
