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Welcome to Albion Primary School. We are extremely proud. It is our pleasure to welcome you to our warm and friendly school. The aims to tell you about life here, how we work and what we feel is important to us as a school community. We have high expectations of all our children. We place great emphasis on personal, social, and emotional development by encouraging caring attitudes, mutual respect, self-discipline, and self-confidence. We take pride in our diverse community and celebrate our cultural and linguistic diversity. We aim to develop each child as an individual nurturing their strengths and talents we give our pupils responsibility and believe that they should be supported to do their best in a positive, hard-working learning environment. We place a strong emphasis on creativity and ensuring that our pupils enjoy learning and have fun. Each child is cherished and empowered to achieve academically good manners and respect for one another are highly valued. Children at Albion are enthusiastic, motivated, and keen to learn, when you visit Albion you will see happy children whose excellent behavior reflects their enthusiasm. Starting school is a very important time for children and parents and at Albion, we encourage you to participate fully in your child’s education. Close working relationships between parents, teachers, and children ensure the best possible opportunities for achievement, progress, and success. At Albion Primary School We ‘Learn to do Well’. Albion Primary School is situated in the heart of Rotherhithe, a peninsula on the south bank of the Thames, and is in the London Borough of Southwark. At Albion, we aim to ensure children become valuable and fully rounded members of society. We want every child to understand the basic British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect, and tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs. As the principal members of the school, children are encouraged to take on roles and responsibilities in the classroom, across the school, and in wider society. They participate in a wide range of school events and activities which support their all-round development and provide them with opportunities to model the Albion Values of: Respect Honesty Friendship Harmony Courage Rotherhithe has been a port since the 12th century or earlier, and a shipyard since Elizabethan times. The docks were closed and filled in the 1980s and the land developed into riverside residential housing. Albion is the oldest known name for Britain. There has been an Albion Primary School on our site since 1874. The second school was built after World War Two (around the 1960s) and the current Albion Primary school was completed in 2017. The National Curriculum and Foundation Stage Framework are at the heart of the Albion Curriculum. Using these documents we have developed engaging units of work specifically designed for the children in our school. We know that during the time children spend with us they will progress both academically and personally children at Albion ‘Learn to do Well’. In the Early Years (nursery and reception) we follow the Foundation Stage Framework. The Early Learning Goals (ELGs) establish the expectation that most children should reach by the end of the Foundation Stage. Assessment is carried out throughout the year to record children’s progress. The ELGs are organized into seven key areas: Personal, social, and emotional development Communication and language Physical development Literacy Maths Understanding the world Expressive arts and design Well-planned play is key to how young children learn, allowing them to make connections and reflect on what they have already learned. It should be a rewarding and enjoyable experience in which they explore, investigate, discover, create, rehearse, problem solve, revise, talk and consolidate their learning. In Key Stage One (Years 1 and 2) and Key Stage, Two (Years 3, 4, 5, and 6) children follow the National Curriculum. The National Curriculum subjects are English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, Religious Education (RE), Art and Design, Music, Computing, Design and Technology, Physical Education, Personal Social Health and Citizenship Education (PSHCE), and French in Key Stage Two. At Albion, English and Maths are given a high priority as the fundamental skills of literacy and numeracy equip children for lifelong learning. We place a very strong emphasis on reading (using the Letters and Sounds phonics program) as we believe this lays the foundations for successful learning across all subjects. High-quality texts are chosen to support the teaching of literacy throughout the school and to extend the range of opportunities for children to demonstrate and develop their writing skills. Children are taught according to their ability and teacher’s assessments ensure that lesson planning builds on their prior achievement, this process enables us to meet the requirements of each child. Interventions are planned, developed, and revised each half-term to support children that have specific needs in their learning. Children at Albion may be taught in their year group, in an ability group, or individually as the need arises. We place particular emphasis on basic skills, the arts, science, and sports experience has shown that providing an enriched curriculum enables children to become successful and enthusiastic learners. View full school

Albion College prepares students to act. Our graduates emerge with the insight, focus, and confidence it takes to pursue rewarding careers, live meaningful lives, and build a better world. Albion College is nationally recognized for its academic excellence in the liberal arts tradition, a learning-centered commitment, and a future-oriented perspective. The College is a leader in preparing students to anticipate, solve, and prevent problems to improve human and global conditions. The College immerses students in the creation and processing of knowledge and graduates skilled architects of societal change, active citizens, and future leaders. Albion College is an undergraduate, liberal arts institution committed to academic excellence. We are learning-centered and recognize that valuable learning occurs in and outside the classroom, on and off-campus. We prepare students to translate critical thought into action. Albion College is committed to liberal education in the arts and sciences. We believe such an education empowers individuals to live lives of useful purpose and accomplishment, enriched by the confidence and pleasure that come from thinking logically, imaginatively, and humanely. In light of this vision, we seek to create and maintain, in a residential setting, a supportive, intellectually stimulating community that exhibits and prizes curiosity, creativity, dissent, and diversity. We believe in the fundamental worth of a broad exposure to intellectual and artistic achievement, to the best that has been thought and said about the world and our place in it. An Albion College education introduces students to classical modes of analysis, interpretation, and argument to unfolding scientific inquiry into the nature of the physical world to how contemporary debates derive from and extend a historical but continuing dialogue about enduring questions. At Albion College, we invite students to engage in ongoing conversations centered on their cultural heritage, yet they are responsive to global concerns. We believe our students will find their voices by paying attention to the most beautiful expressions of Western and other intellectual and spiritual traditions. Far from inviting a passive acceptance of such traditions, we encourage students to question and challenge them to evaluate ethically the social uses they serve and the ends they advocate. In our view, liberal education is an education in active citizenship and service. Teaching and learning are central to our mission. This means that while the faculty are productive in scholarly and creative endeavors, their primary commitment is to teach, explicitly, to foster students' intellectual engagement and growth. The primary responsibility of students at Albion College is to develop mastery in the methods by which knowledge is acquired, critically evaluated, and appropriately applied. We believe such an emphasis prepares students for a lifetime of learning and a multiplicity of possible careers by developing their broad reasoning, writing, and speaking abilities. While the classroom is at the heart of our educational mission, we believe that the entire College community should share in the learning experiences found in our residential setting and through involvement in out-of-classroom opportunities and experiences, including those in the City of Albion. In recruiting new members to the College community, we seek men and women of intellectual promise from various racial, class, ethnic and geographic backgrounds, whose perspectives can contribute to a process of mutual education within and outside the curriculum. This aim can best be achieved in an environment where individuals value differences and enter into constructive dialogue toward common goals. By pursuing our educational mission, we believe all members of the Albion community will grow to work, live, and serve effectively with others. A liberal arts education, by definition, should liberate minds. This process is enhanced in a community committed to educational equity, diversity, and open inquiry. Therefore, we seek to foster an environment of mutual respect, acceptance, appreciation and caring for all members of our community. To this end, Albion College condemns all forms of discrimination and harassment, while reaffirming our commitment to academic free speech. We also commit to the recruitment and retention of both women and minority faculty, staff, and students, the integration of cultural diversity in the curriculum, and the development of a truly inclusive multicultural campus environment. Albion College initially met the educational needs of the children of Native Americans and settlers in the area. In 1835, the College was awarded a charter by the Michigan Territorial Legislature, thanks to Methodists' efforts, which were early settlers in the Michigan Territory. Always on the leading edge, Albion became one of the first schools in the Midwest to introduce coeducation. In 1850, the legislature approved the founding of the Albion Female Collegiate Institute, which was then controlled by its counterpart, the Wesleyan Seminary Corporation. However, in 1857, the two schools merged under the name of the Wesleyan Seminary and Female College at Albion. Albion College was fully authorized by the state legislature to award four-year college degrees to both men and women on February 25, 1861. Today, Albion stands on 225 acres with more than 30 significant buildings. Since 2000, we have completed tremendous additions that range from the Ferguson Administrative Building to our LEED-certified Science Complex. The aquatic, recreation and learning centers are complemented by our 340-acre equestrian facility and Davis Athletic Complex. In 2017, the Ludington Center opening officially established a College presence in downtown Albion, providing more opportunities for engagement and collaboration with the City of Albion and the surrounding community. View full university