We are a friendly school with a well-deserved reputation for excellence in learning. Our committed and talented staff provide a challenging curriculum and have high expectations for the success of all children. Lessons, after-school activities, and visits provide a wide range of exciting learning opportunities. Stanley Park Infants’ School has many strengths and we provide a caring and supportive environment for children to learn.
Our Parent Teacher Friends Association plays an important role in our school community. As well as fund-raising, the PTFA arranges social events for children, parents, and staff. Governors also play an active role in the life of the school. These strengths result in an ethos that values individuals and makes Stanley Park Infants’ a very special place to work, play and learn.
Our vision and 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. At Stanley Park Infants we are all working together to become super learners. This means that we are learning about the qualities that make someone a super learner, and we are working to become better learners by stretching our learning muscles. For example, to be like 'The Questioner', we are stretching our questioning learning muscles by asking questions to further our learning. This is based on research and theory, which has been adapted to suit our school. The super learner qualities are displayed in the 'Stanley Park Learning Mind', and each one has a super learner character.
The success of the approach is that schools take a whole-school approach to the teaching of thinking. This means that thinking becomes central and explicit and all teachers and students develop a common thinking language and toolbox. As students move from lesson to lesson and teacher to the teacher they will be using the same tools and strategies as part of a coherent and well-planned approach. This applies to both primary and secondary schools. Each school will identify and select specific thinking tools which can be used across the curriculum. These tools will develop specific types of thinking and thinking processes. The students will develop an understanding of how they think and be able to articulate how they think. Teachers will talk about thinking with their students.
