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Here at Broad Square, we provide a safe, secure environment where the care and well-being of the children are of prime importance. We set high expectations for all children. We expect them to work to the best of their ability and progress to the highest standards possible. We use flexible teaching styles which respond to children's learning needs. We encourage children to be independent learners, who drive their development and take responsibility for themselves. All of us are exceptional role models encouraging children to value, respect, and care for one another, themselves, and the wider community. Broad Square is a valuable resource for the community and we welcome the support of parents and the community in developing children's learning. By learning together, everyone has the opportunity to develop their skills and help move the school forward. Our unique curriculum complements the 2014 National Curriculum by providing an inspiring, rich, and broad curriculum which develops a thirst for learning. We use a themed cross-curricular approach to embed learning and immerse children in the topics. To make learning meaningful we use the resources, attractions, and places of interest that our local and wider Liverpool community has to offer. Our unique curriculum complements the 2014 National Curriculum by providing an inspiring, rich, and broad curriculum which develops a thirst for learning. We use a themed cross-curricular approach to embed learning and immerse children in the topics. To make learning meaningful we use the resources, attractions, and places of interest that our local and wider Liverpool community has to offer. Our curriculum promotes the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, and physical development of pupils and equips children with the confidence to apply these in later life. In our Early Years Foundation Stage (Nursery and Reception classes) we ensure that our children learn and develop well in a safe environment. We promote teaching and learning at the child’s own pace to ensure “school readiness”. We build on the skills the children have and also develop a broad range of skills and knowledge that provide a firm foundation for a positive future in school and life. We work in partnership with parents/carers and other outside agencies to ensure all children are included and supported. During the year we broaden children’s experiences through trips and visits linked to topics that bring learning to life for the children. We also aim to introduce children to as many new activities as possible to allow them to experience a range of activities they would not have met before. These take place after school, during lunchtime, and on Friday afternoons they include dance, drama, table tennis, sewing, etc. During the Year 6 residential children are encouraged to participate in many different activities including abseiling, climbing, raft building, orienteering, and assault courses. In the summer term, we hold our school sports day which is an inter-house, competitive sports competition where children in each class compete against each other to try and win the coveted “Sports Day Shield.” We enter a wide range of competitions through our participation in the Liverpool School Sports Programme. This includes athletics, Kimball, basketball, hockey, football, and other opportunities that arise. In the Foundation Stage children become familiar with story language and poetry. They repeat words and phrases and begin to recognize the rhythm in the spoken word and rhyme. They identify familiar words and signs. Early phonic phases are introduced which focus on hearing the sounds in words and linking sounds to letters. This is continued in KS1 with children developing different strategies to help decode new words when reading and phonics is applied to spelling through the Letters and Sounds program. Oxford Reading Tree and Collins BigCat are the main reading schemes used in KS1. The LA spelling toolkit is used across the school and children become more familiar with a wide range of text types and develop higher-order reading skills further e.g. inference and deduction. At all stages, children are involved in shared, paired, group, guided, or independent reading, and reading for pleasure is nurtured. Parents are encouraged to listen to their children read at home and to talk about books/read stories to their children ‘Broad Square Primary School ensures children learn in a safe, caring, and enriching environment. Children are taught how to keep themselves safe, to develop positive and healthy relationships, how to avoid situations where they might be at risk including by being exploited. Our school also has a statutory responsibility to share any concerns it might have about a child in need of protection with other agencies and particular police, health, and children’s services. View full school

Our motto ‘Exciting Minds’ succinctly outlines our commitment to provide engaging and memorable learning experiences that foster a love of learning and allow our pupils to reach their full potential. We have over 500 children in school, including a 50 place Nursery. We are very fortunate to have children from a diverse cultural background with families joining us from countries such as Pakistan, Portugal, Brazil, and Egypt. Some of our children speak very little English at first but within weeks their confidence grows and their language develops. We love to learn about each other's countries and customs. There are many opportunities for children, parents, governors, and staff to be an integral part of the shaping of our school community. We strongly believe that education is a partnership between home and school. We believe that children learn best when home and school work together for their benefit, and so we will strive to involve families and encourage you to share your child’s learning journey. Children coming into the school bring a wealth of knowledge and understanding about the world around them. We aim to build on these skills and promote a willingness and enthusiasm to learn more. Broad Oak Primary School provides the very best educational experience. We are ambitious for all our pupils to make the most of their talents academically and socially. We have a dynamic and motivating curriculum to enthuse everyone. Staff love working here because they are valued and supported to try new things. We value and make the best use of our assets – our rich cultural diversity, our local community, our partnerships with other like-minded schools, our new buildings our extensive grounds - yet still being part of a major city. The structure of the GB is designed to fit in with and hence be able to contribute to Broad Oak's school development program. The GB sees governance as being part of a team of pupils, parents and carers, staff, and governors whose sole focus is on raising the quality of what is offered to our children. Yes, it would be good if this focus were to result in an outstanding Ofsted judgment, but all at the school believe that the quality of our children's school experience is the driving force for our work. In our last Ofsted, one of their findings was that "this is a happy school where children thrive and parents (and carers) feel welcome".Thriving means, not only, doing well in exams, but also, that our children feel, and are, safe, they are free from pressure including bullying, and that they all feel able to progress at the fastest rate of which they are capable, across all aspects of their development. The school has invested in a quality assurance program called Aspire, a program of activities that looks at what the school is offering plans ways to develop that offer and then undertakes a rigorous program of monitoring with outside experts coming in to moderate the work of the school leadership team thus ensuring that the school does not become complacent and continues to move forward at a pace that will positively influence the life chances of all the pupils of Broad Oak Primary School. Our duty as Governors is to ensure that this process works well and to the benefit of our children and as such we operate two ways. The Acorn class children have settled into their classroom and have built up safe relationships with the Acorn staff members. The designated teaching space for seven pupils has been designed to meet the needs of our students, to ensure that they feel comfortable and safe in their environment. Acorn class is made up of one main teaching space, two break-out spaces where we can deliver specialist interventions, and an Acorn playground. We acknowledge that at different times, social and emotional factors can impact our pupils' learning potential. The interventions that we can provide through Therapeutic Inclusion for individuals and small groups can unlock a child's potential. For the second year Broad Oak, in conjunction with Living Streets, is operating the WOW scheme. WOW stands for 'Walk Once A Week'. Children who walk at least once a week will earn badges for each month of the school year. Cycling, scooting and using public transport all count and those children who travel by car can also earn badges by parking at Didsbury Tennis Club and walking from there (known as park and stride). Here at Broad Oak we are very proud of our pupil’s handwriting and take particular care in our cursive/joined-up handwriting style. We use Letter join as the basis of our handwriting policy that covers all the requirements of the 2014 National Curriculum. Handwriting is a basic skill that influences the quality of work throughout the curriculum. At the end of Key Stage 2, all pupils should have the ability to produce fluent, legible, and, eventually, speedy joined-up handwriting, and to understand the different forms of handwriting used for different aim to make handwriting an automatic process that does not interfere with creative and mental thinking. As a catalyst to speedy handwriting, we encourage parents and carers to use the Letter join resources at home and can arrange for free access to the Home/ School Account of Letter join. View full school