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Welcome to Early Learners Nursery, a very caring and happy place where every child matters. Mrs. Lyn Barrie, A UK qualified Early Years Teacher with 16+ Years of experience in Bahrain. We offer the highest quality of care and education. We welcome children aged approximately 15 months and 4+ years into the Smarties class, for our youngest children, from 15 months to 2 years. The Busy Bees class is for our slightly older babies born September to December. Our Bright Buttons, Clever Cats, and Dazzling Dolphins classes are for our Pre-Nursery children. The Superstars class is for Nursery aged children who will move on to 'big school' at the end of the school year after their fourth birthday. We are a small school, and we are proud of the loving and supportive atmosphere we have created, where children thrive as they develop emotionally and socially, and academically. Committed to all our children reaching their full potential, we have rigorous planning and assessment procedures, but they are delivered in a nurturing environment that fosters confidence and independent thought. There are three terms in each academic year. A non-refundablenonrefundable BD 50/- is payable at the time of registration, as well as a BD100 deposit to guarantee your child's place, which will be subtracted from the term fees. Fees are payable in advance and must be paid by the date quoted on your invoice, generally three weeks before the last day of the term before your child's admission to Early Learners. Fees are non-refundablenonrefundable and non-transferable, and we cannot give refunds or make any fee adjustments for any leave of absence taken during school terms. You may pay using cash ( BAHRAINI DINARS ONLY ) or a cheque. Please make cheques payable to EARLY LEARNERS. Early Learners believe that mealtimes should be a happy, social time where skills can be developed, and healthy eating habits are established. Please send a nourishing, child-sized snack. Two, three, and four-year-olds do not eat large amounts and prefer small quantities of several different foods, for example, two bite-size sandwiches, several slices of cucumber, and a piece of fruit. Please save chocolate and sweets for home! Drinks should be in cartons or flasks. Please do not send fizzy canned or bottled drinks of any kind!

Al Fateh is a British curriculum preschool-school aspiring to provide care and education for children 18 months to 6 years old. Our professional staff provides a safe and nurturing environment where learning and play come together, ensuring your child is happy and protected at all times. We welcome every child and family into our setting regardless of race, religion, culture, ability, or gender. Our curriculum covers the seven areas of learning in a fun, stimulating way. With an emphasis on learning through play sensory activities. Our early year'syear'syear's curriculum also provides a framework to ensure that each child receives the best care and education for every aspect of their development. This will be achieved: Through a combination of planned activities, learning through play, and first-hand experiences. By close observations and continual assessment, identifying any specific problems a child has, these can be addressed early on. By careful planning and a theme each month. There is time for stories, music and movement, and outdoor play in a happy, comfortable atmosphere. In Al Fateh English Nursery and preschool-school, you can be sure that your child will be well cared for and encouraged to strive and develop to his/her full potential. Our vision is to nurture young children to be independent, creative, and confident learners. We recognize every child as individual and unique, but they share one common trait: they are born ready, able, and eager to learn. With this in mind, we strive to provide a stimulating environment where your child can learn by playing and exploring. Al Fateh Nursery and Pre-School is proud of the beautiful school that we have developed, and the great learning experiences and opportunities offered to our students. Our preschool-school is committed to providing a quality education for all students. We provide a broad curriculum, incorporating Bahrain and the United Kingdom'sKingdom'sKingdom's best practices, aimed at developing your child socially and academically in a bilingual environment.

Welcome to Victoria Kindergarten and Victoria International Nursery. Our (Lower Kornhill) campus is located in the Eastern District of Hong Kong and is highly accessible by public transport. We offer classes from Pre-Nursery to Upper Class. We proudly offer the accredited IB Primary Years Programme and the Columbia University Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. Our focus is to deliver a balanced curriculum where we focus and nurture the children as a whole, so we pride ourselves in incorporating the performing arts within our curriculum. The school provides different learning areas to enhance the inquiry process and extend the students' thinking. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Victoria family. Founded in 1965, Victoria Educational Organization is one of the largest providers of early childhood education in Hong Kong, serving families of pre-nursery and kindergarten children at its eight kindergartens and nurseries. We have built a legacy and reputation for our experience in education as we continuously explore and embrace innovations to enhance our children’s learning. We believe deeply that quality education is a necessary precondition for a better world, and pledge to ensure that our schools meet your children’s needs by providing well-equipped, well-resourced, and well-staffed campuses. We take pride in our commitment to offering programs that draw upon leading early childhood research and best practices facilitated by an expert and knowledgeable faculty. Together, we aim to create a relevant, engaging, and challenging educational experience for all children. We stay true to our motto, “Multilingual Students Today, Global Citizens Tomorrow”, and to our objectives – Together we care, learn and inspire – by implementing programs that emphasize exploratory and inquiry-based learning approaches, in environments designed to nurture children’s love of learning, academic, and skills development. The International Baccalaureate (IB) program, renowned for challenging the inquiring mind and engaging children with a broader international perspective, is implemented in all of our campuses, that have been authorized as an IB World schools. Furthermore, a balanced curriculum to enforce literacy standards and enrich inquiry learning is adopted throughout our organization. Our entire staff is committed to establishing a school environment that allows students to enjoy their learning experiences, and to flourish and grow at all levels. The immersion setting we provide demonstrates our emphasis on developing children’s early biliteracy and trilingual skills. We facilitate such language development by implementing the “one teacher-one language” arrangements in classrooms, thus allowing children to learn and interact with native speakers of different languages: English, Cantonese, and Putonghua respectively.

Welcome to Kornhill Victoria Nursery and Kindergarten. Our campus is one of the Victoria Kindergartens located on the east side of Hong Kong Island, welcoming over 300 eager students each day. Middle Kornhill prides itself on its close relationships between parents and teachers. This partnership ensures that we are all heading in the same direction, helping our students be the best they can be. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Victoria family. Founded in 1965, Victoria Educational Organization is one of the largest providers of early childhood education in Hong Kong, serving families of pre-nursery and kindergarten children at its eight kindergartens and nurseries. We have built a legacy and reputation for our experience in education as we continuously explore and embrace innovations to enhance our children’s learning. We believe deeply that quality education is a necessary precondition for a better world, and pledge to ensure that our schools meet your children’s needs by providing well-equipped, well-resourced, and well-staffed campuses. We take pride in our commitment to offering programs that draw upon leading early childhood research and best practices facilitated by an expert and knowledgeable faculty. Together, we aim to create a relevant, engaging, and challenging educational experience for all children. We stay true to our motto, “Multilingual Students Today, Global Citizens Tomorrow”, and to our objectives – Together we care, learn and inspire – by implementing programs that emphasize exploratory and inquiry-based learning approaches, in environments designed to nurture children’s love of learning, academic, and skills development. The International Baccalaureate (IB) program, renowned for challenging the inquiring mind and engaging children with a broader international perspective, is implemented in all of our campuses, that have been authorized as an IB World schools. Furthermore, a balanced curriculum to enforce literacy standards and enrich inquiry learning is adopted throughout our organization. Our entire staff is committed to establishing a school environment that allows students to enjoy their learning experiences, and to flourish and grow at all levels. The immersion setting we provide demonstrates our emphasis on developing children’s early biliteracy and trilingual skills. We facilitate such language development by implementing the “one teacher-one language” arrangements in classrooms, thus allowing children to learn and interact with native speakers of different languages: English, Cantonese, and Putonghua respectively.

Welcome to Victoria (Harbour Green) Kindergarten. We are one of the two Victoria Kindergartens located on the Kowloon side, and welcome 430 enthusiastic students each day. Harbour Green campus runs trilingual programmes for 2 to 6 years olds from Pre-Nursery to K3, and proudly offers the IB Primary Years Programme and the Columbia University Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (TCRWP). We also offer cross-curricula enrichment activities in the areas of music, art, and sports in order to foster balanced development in our children. Large, open-space learning areas are a signature feature of a 21st century school environment. At Victoria Harbour Green, we have six different sections in our large open play area allowing for the development of literacy, mathematics, role-play, sensory, arts, and science. Each section of this play area is updated throughout the year and linked to the ‘Units of Inquiry’ students are investigating. Through innovative learning experiences, we are able to extend students learning from each individual classroom to the common play area so that they can make connections from the individual to the whole community learning level. Our library provides a relaxed and safe environment that offers repeated exposure to positive interactions. In this space students have access to a wide variety of books, and are exposed to diverse story times and lessons taught by our experienced librarian. All of these experiences have a significant impact on brain development, foster students’ curiosity to inquire, and help to develop vital early literacy and mathematical skills. Most importantly, our library provides an opportunity for students to develop a love of books and reading. The collection of books in our library is organised in connection with the six transdisciplinary themes, and the ten learner profile attributes of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme. As thoughtful educators who are committed to continuous improvement, we reflect annually on our curriculum and the way we teach it. Our well-trained teachers are able to deliver the most up-to-date cutting edge trilingual programme by applying their knowledge gained from participating in worldwide professional development workshops. Best practice of 21st century teaching and learning involves certain strategic, timeless elements. Flexibility is one of the key elements when delivering a programme which promotes skill driven, concept based and play based learning. We know that using technology with our students is also one of the keys in unlocking 21st century global skill sets. Hence, all our classrooms, including our library, are equipped with an Interactive Whiteboard and a visualiser which are used to enhance learning. All of our teaching staff are enthusiastic, energetic, qualified, native English, Putonghua and Cantonese speaking Early Childhood Educators who are committed to working in a dynamic environment. They are recruited from all around the world including Europe, North America, and Asia. As lifelong learners, striving for excellence in Early Years Education, our teachers participate regularly in structured professional development opportunities. These include seminars and workshops conducted by experts from the International Baccalaureate Organization, project developers from Columbia University Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, and specialist early childhood educators from overseas or Mainland China. Location is not simply a matter of providing safe and enjoyable learning experiences for children. More importantly, parents appreciate the accessibility of our school. Victoria Harbour Green is conveniently located in one of Hong Kong’s developing areas - West Kowloon. Our school is easily accessible by the MTR which is just 5 minutes walking distance away from the Olympic Station. Located in a private residential estate, the safety and privacy of our students is of paramount importance. A warm, welcoming, and highly supervised environment is a must when it comes to early childhood education.

Welcome to Victoria (Homantin) International Nursery. An internationally-minded school located in Kowloon. Our campus offers state-of-the-art facilities designed for young and curious learners. Homantin offers both trilingual and bilingual classes for children under the age of 2 years and up to the age of 6. We are an IB World school implementing the IB Primary Years Programme and the Columbia University Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. We believe in providing our future generations with high quality, balanced, and holistic educational experience. To develop innovative learning and teaching environments that foster teachers’ professionalism and help children reach their full potential. We deeply believe that the childhood years are the most important for growing and learning. Therefore, we must provide our children with… It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Victoria family. Founded in 1965, Victoria Educational Organization is one of the largest providers of early childhood education in Hong Kong, serving families of pre-nursery and kindergarten children at its eight kindergartens and nurseries. We have built a legacy and reputation for our experience in education as we continuously explore and embrace innovations to enhance our children’s learning. We believe deeply that quality education is a necessary precondition for a better world, and pledge to ensure that our schools meet your children’s needs by providing well-equipped, well-resourced, and well-staffed campuses. We take pride in our commitment to offering programs that draw upon leading early childhood research and best practices facilitated by an expert and knowledgeable faculty. Together, we aim to create a relevant, engaging, and challenging educational experience for all children. We stay true to our motto, “Multilingual Students Today, Global Citizens Tomorrow”, and to our objectives – Together we care, learn and inspire – by implementing programs that emphasize exploratory and inquiry-based learning approaches, in environments designed to nurture children’s love of learning, academic, and skills development. The International Baccalaureate (IB) program, renowned for challenging the inquiring mind and engaging children with a broader international perspective, is implemented in all of our campuses, that have been authorized as an IB World schools. Furthermore, a balanced curriculum to enforce literacy standards and enrich inquiry learning is adopted throughout our organization. Our entire staff is committed to establishing a school environment that allows students to enjoy their learning experiences, and to flourish and grow at all levels. The immersion setting we provide demonstrates our emphasis on developing children’s early biliteracy and trilingual skills. We facilitate such language development by implementing the “one teacher-one language” arrangements in classrooms, thus allowing children to learn and interact with native speakers of different languages: English, Cantonese, and Putonghua respectively.

Welcome to Victoria (South Horizons) International Nursery and Kindergarten. Every day we have over 400 eager students coming into our school which is located in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island. Our campus offers a Trilingual program for 2 to 6-year-olds from Pre-Nursery to Upper Class (K3), and a Bilingual program starting from 3 to 6 years old from Nursery Class (K1) to Upper Class (K3). We provide an inquiry and literacy-based curriculum our teachers have trained annually in the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) and the Columbia University Teacher's College Reading and Writing Project (TCRWP). As you walk down the steps to our kindergarten, you will likely be welcomed by ships sailing by. The beautiful sea view is a warm and inviting environment for the children to come to school every day. From many of the different classroom windows, you can see the clear blue sea and boats passing by. There are times when you can even hear the honking of the horns from the ships. Being surrounded by nature and gardens offers the children a breath of fresh air from the hustle and bustle of the city. From the moment that you walk into the lobby of our campus, you will see two corridors that lead the kindergarten into different engaging learning areas intended to promote creativity and curiosity. When you look into our classrooms, you will see an aesthetically pleasing environment that encourages the children to explore various learning centers related to their current units of inquiry. The large learning areas allow the children to move around with ease, engage in interactive lessons, and also allow enough space for quiet activities, small group activities, and individualized learning. Not only are the children able to learn from the internal school community, but they are also able to learn from the close-knit extended community of South Horizons. Our neighborhood allows the children to have real-life experiences that build on the classroom learning and improve the students' essential literacy, research, and problem-solving skills. There are many opportunities for parents to join in on class activities and field trips to promote collaboration between home and school, as many of our students and their families also live in South Horizons. We believe that our learning community not only consists of the school but also the home community in providing a first-class education for everyone. Located conveniently in the Southern District, there is an abundance of transportation to choose from that gets you to our campus. There are many buses to and from Central, Causeway Bay, and even Pok Fu Lam. With the new South Island Line of the MTR, it is even quicker to get to South Horizons from Admiralty. Whether you take the bus or train, when you cross over the Ap Lei Chau Bridge, you will get a glimpse of the incredible view that is on the South Island. We strive to deliver a balanced curriculum with hands-on, inquiry-based learning. Our campus has been an authorized IB World School since April 2015, and we have been a partner school of Columbia University’s Teacher’s College Reading and Writing Project since September the same year. These programs allow the children to be inquirers and take ownership of their learning, as well as develop their thinking skills to apply strategies that will build their confidence as learners.

Learning Habitat Kindergarten & Bilingual Nursery (“LHK”) was established to provide high-quality bilingual pre-primary education for children in Hong Kong. Its first campus was opened in Tsing Yi in 2000. Subsequently LHK opened its second and third campuses in Hunghom and Tai Kok Tsui in 2004 and 2005 respectively. In view that quality bilingual pre-primary educational service is much sought-after, our fourth and fifth campuses were opened in Tseung Kwan O and Ma On Shan in 2010 and 2016 respectively. Total student enrolment grew from a very modest number of 4 back in the year 2000 to over 2,000 today across 5 campuses. Learning Habitat Kindergarten & Bilingual Nursery (“LHK”) was established to provide high-quality bilingual pre-primary education for children in Hong Kong. Its first campus was opened in Tsing Yi in 2000. Subsequently LHK opened its second and third campuses in Hunghom and Tai Kok Tsui in 2004 and 2005 respectively. In view that quality bilingual pre-primary educational service is much sought-after, our fourth and fifth campuses were opened in Tseung Kwan O and Ma On Shan in 2010 and 2016 respectively. Total student enrolment grew from a very modest number of 4 back in the year 2000 to over 2,000 today across 5 campuses. With the vision for continual refinement of our curriculum, we established the Curriculum Development Team (CDT) in 2003. This Team, comprised of experienced and passionate educators, is responsible for formulating long-term learning strategies and initiating continuous curriculum improvements through research of the latest local and international educational developments.

Welcome to PIPS, Parkview Rhine Garden Preschool, and Parkview Rhine Garden International Nursery started in 1994 and is a pre-school which is diverse and dynamic. The Rhine Garden School is comprised of two campuses, which are located on the podium of Rhine Garden, Sham Tseng, in Tower One and Tower Five respectively. In September 2007, Parkview Rhine Garden Preschool (for 3-6 years old children) was transformed into a non-profit making school, where parents can enjoy the Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme (PEVS) offered by EDB. At the same time, Parkview Rhine Garden International Nursery (for 2 years old children) remains in a private independent school where PEVS is not applicable. Our Music Room, irregular shape in dimension, is ideal for dancing and movement activities. Here children, led by our specialist music and class teachers, play musical instruments, do singing and dancing. The musical movement is one of our ECA and is conducted in the Music Room. Our Out-Door Playground is located at the podium level of the estate where the school building is situated. The use is based on a shared concession during school hours. There is ample room for the children to run about and train their gross motor skills. A lot of plants are there in the playground and they serve as a pleasant learning medium for children to explore life and nature. Cookery is fun for both our children and the parents who volunteer to help in the cookery lesson. Children have cookery once a week. To name a few of the “dishes” and snacks they make, muffins, cakes, assorted salad mixing bowl, vegetable dips… Aside from fun, cooking class serves as a meaning training for children. Children learn through the process, e.g. they learn food quality, hygiene, safety precautions, cooperation, and sharing. Because young children are very often allergy-prune, PIPS takes cautious measures at all times and maintains a health record for each student.

When the idea first came about in the '70s of establishing BHNS, a small and intimate pre-nursery school was envisioned. We hoped to combine the best of eastern and western education ideologies so that young minds could develop global mindsets from an early age. With a passion for education and a love for children, we were excited about creating cross-cultural early years learning model. We aimed to inspire our young children via a creative, motivational, educational, and caring experience so that they could establish a set of proper core values to carry with them beyond school into the rest of their lives. We conceived of a comprehensive curriculum supported by a nurturing environment. We also aspired to create a school that encouraged and evoked the natural desire of children to explore and learn. In January 1979, BHNS was launched and we couldn't have dreamed that we would grow to where we are today. With God's grace and divine guidance, working in the field of early childhood education is a true privilege that we cherish in our daily lives. Life is precious, and we undertake with honor, humility, and joy our mission to lay the solid groundwork for each student's future. BHNS extends our sincere thanks to all of our parents for the trust they have bestowed upon us to educate their children and embraces them for being a part of our past, present, and future. Our Mission: To stimulate and nurture children's minds, emotions, and whole-person development, through providing a positive and caring environment that is supported by Christian love, teachings, values, and beliefs. To advance biliterate and trilingual abilities to help children realize their multilingual potential. To cultivate learning through fostering experiences that encourage motivation to learn, promote exploration and interaction, create a desire to lead, and inspire through the challenge. To support local and global community service through active involvement and participation in projects. At BHNS, we are committed to staying abreast of leading research in early childhood education and best practices around the world. Drawing on important findings across the research spectrum, we customize our programs specifically to suit the needs of our students.

Welcome to Causeway Bay Victoria Kindergarten & International Nursery. Our Mission: To develop a community of international, curious, and lifelong learners who help to build a better world through open-mindedness, understanding, trust, and respect. We accomplish this through a diverse and energetic curriculum delivered by enthusiastic and professional staff in partnership with children and parents, in a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment. Our program allows children to enjoy learning and to reach their optimal potential – academically, socially, and personally, giving them the skills and attitudes to be confident and responsible in an evolving world. Everyone knows that children are full of potential however, only those who offer quality education can promise to bring out the best in children. At Causeway Bay Victoria, we combine rich experiences in education and classic developmental theories with the newest scientific discoveries around the world, to provide the best education and the most pleasant learning environment possible for our next generation. Most members of our excellent international teaching team have already obtained their bachelor’s or master’s degrees. Through inquiry-based learning, we promote international-mindedness and cultural awareness with a strong bilingual foundation. We have adopted the International Baccalaureate® (IB) curriculum since 2006 and became an authorized IB World School in 2012. To further strengthen students’ interest in reading and writing and build a solid language foundation, starting from 2013, we have worked with Teachers College of Columbia University to design and implement the “Reading and Writing Project”. We actively encourage parents’ involvement in children’s development and education and often invite locally and world-renowned experts to give parent seminars, as well as organize exchange visits to Mainland and overseas sister schools. No matter where they choose to continue on their education, whether at Victoria Shanghai Academy, the “through-train” school that I founded, or at other primary schools, our graduates are ready achievers, always love to learn, and are good at expressing themselves. We will continue to seek collaborative opportunities with higher institutions and overseas schools and bring the newest and the most effective pedagogy to Victoria. At the same time, we will strengthen the kindergarten to primary school transition. Under the leadership of Ms. Ting, Principal Sabrina Lee and I will inherit the spirit of our mothers and march forward. Causeway Bay Victoria Kindergarten and International Nursery aim to have our children actively engage in different learning activities, who can socialize confidently in groups, and have parents who will support their children to grow to their full potential in becoming responsible global citizen who evolves in a child-centered learning community that combines international perspectives and Chinese heritage. As an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, we offer the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP). This program forms the basis of a rigorous education through a well-developed curriculum that fosters academic excellence and personal growth. The Bilingual/Trilingual learning environment is provided to stimulate and promote international-mindedness as well as cultural awareness among local students and students from diverse backgrounds. Most parents prefer to keep their children's multi-language learning strong, and many want to continue with an IB education. Victoria Shanghai Academy (VSA) is a popular choice, and our students are given a preferential opportunity for admission. The school’s curriculum is based on the IB Primary Years Programme(PYP), which is a pillar of inquiry-based learning. The IB model is student-led: the teachers play the role of facilitators, helping the children to construct knowledge. Through this process, the children continually ask questions, and then collect, analyze, organize, and report on the information they have found.

Safari Kid Hong Kong is now Kïdo! Kïdo international nursery in Repulse Bay is the only dedicated international unaccompanied daycare center in Hong Kong for children between 10 months to 3 years of age (besides our child care center in Happy Valley)! In addition, we offer playgroups from 6 to 24 months. The kindergarten is conveniently located at the iconic The Repulse Bay Arcade in Repulse Bay, a charming colonial building constructed on the site of the former The Repulse Bay Hotel on the south side of Hong Kong. The mall offers an appealing range of shops, restaurants, and professional service providers. The four associated residential towers are one of the most recognized apartment buildings in the world, courtesy of a much-photographed “feng shui” hole. The striking architecture at Repulse Bay certainly makes an impression – there aren’t many things more breathtaking than a Feng Shui hole. That’s why we knew it would be an excellent location for one of our schools. The surrounding scenery is ideal for inspiring children to take their first steps into the world of learning. Our stunning nursery can be found at the iconic Repulse Bay Arcade and is built into a charming colonial building on the site of the old Repulse Bay Hotel. The area itself is a peaceful residential zone, which features a selection of shops and restaurants, and is Kïdo Repulse Bay just a five-minute walk from the Repulse Bay beach. At our school, young children take their first steps into independence as they learn how to explore and socialize. We utilize smaller classroom sizes combined with high teacher-to-student ratios. This means we can give more attention to individual students, and craft lessons based on their interests. Our fun games and activities will spark a love of learning in your child from an early age. We often incorporate Mandarin into many of our morning or afternoon activities to help children gain an understanding of the language. Besides the practical benefits of knowing a second language later in life, there are several advantages to receiving a multilingual education at an early age. Research shows that learning a second language boosts problem-solving, critical thinking, and listening skills. In addition to this, bilingual children often have improved reading, writing, and math skills, and generally score higher on standardized tests. Contrary to popular belief, young children are not confused by the introduction of multiple languages. Acquiring a second language early in life primes the brain to learn multiple other tongues, opening a world of opportunities for later on.

We are proud to say that our school is fully inclusive learning and teaching environment, constantly being improved and updated to prepare children for the 21st Century. Being graded as OUTSTANDING in our most recent OfSTED inspection, we know that we are the perfect choice for education in Hampton. Every day at school does count. Being part of our exciting curriculum is your child’s opportunity to take a full and active role in everything that our ‘Outstanding’ curriculum has to offer. Holidays in term will not be authorized. Developing this attitude to attending school at the start of your child’s education will help them as they proceed on their learning journey. As a Healthy School, we try to make every day count in terms of food and nutrition. Being part of the National Fruit Scheme ensures that every day, every child has access to free fruit or vegetables at break time and we encourage the children to bring water bottles to school every day. Children have a choice of a hot meal or a packed lunch from home every day. The school will register your interest in the School and Nursery after your child’s second birthday. This means we will take your child’s details and send you the Nursery application forms and Reception application details on the published date. You may register your interest and make an appointment to visit the school by ringing the school office between 10 am and 12 mid-day. There is no catchment area for the Nursery. Children with siblings in the Infant and Junior school will be given places first, and then places will be offered on distance. The Nursery has a total of 52 places - 26 in the morning and 26 in the afternoon. The application forms will be sent in the Autumn before your child is due to start the next September. In the Autumn term before your child is due to start the next September, we will send you a covering letter explaining the procedure and closing date for admission into Reception. Applications need to be made online, by the date published in the brochure. We are very lucky to have a well-experienced and dedicated staff team who ensure that your child’s personal development and well-being is ‘Outstanding’ every day. Should you have any questions regarding how any specific medical needs will be accommodated, please feel free to discuss them with us on your visit to the school. We have 7 fully trained first aid staff in the school and the risk assessments are regularly carried on the school, its grounds, and the exciting places we visit to ensure that we retain our outstanding level of care for your child. We also have a wide range of after-school clubs providing football, drama, dance, tennis, gymnastics, French, ICT, and -Spanish. The sports clubs take place in the back playground, drama, and dance in the school hall, and French, Spanish, and ICT in the Creativity room. When you collect your children at 4 pm the gates in Ripley Road are opened at 3.55 pm, we ask you to enter and leave via this route for school security and Health & Safety reasons. In September 2017 we are pleased to welcome Onside Football as our football provider. Howard Newton coaches at Hampton Junior School and we are sure that coaching across both schools will be beneficial to the children. Parents are asked to liaise directly with the provider regarding booking, payments, and dates. The school ensures all staff employed by the clubs have a DBS certificate. The new Special Educational Needs Code of Practice became statutory in September 2014. From this date, Local Authorities and schools are required to publish and keep under review information about services they expect to be available for children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) aged 0-25. This is the ‘Local Offer’.The Local Offer intends to improve choice and transparency for families. It will also be an important resource for parents in understanding the range of services and provision in the local area. By choosing to be part of our school community means that you are entering into a partnership judged as Outstanding at every level by an OfSTED survey. We see you as the first and most important educator in your child’s life. Joining our school adds another exciting route on their journey through life. Through termly consultation meetings, you are fully involved in reviewing your child’s progress as well as sharing in their targets for the future. Every week, over 50 parents, carers, Governor, and local community volunteers work with the children. From cooking to reading our volunteer helpers add another important dimension to our partnership with you. Everyone has a crucial role to play and when you sign our Home and School Partnership you recognize the role that you play in working with us.

At Brunswick Park, we strive to equip our children with resilience, creativity, adventure, and enterprise through the numerous opportunities we provide. The whole learning community is united in providing the best possible opportunity for effective learning. We provide a safe and happy environment in which we facilitate children’s access to the curriculum, by acknowledging and addressing the wide range of learning styles in our teaching through a creative and risk-taking culture. Integral to our success is our commitment to a supportive pastoral system involving pupils, parents, staff, and governors – adding to the close family spirit evident throughout our school. At Brunswick Park Primary School we give regular thought to how values can be used to support the child as a reflective learner and promote quality teaching and learning. In our society children are increasingly encouraged through advertising to think of happiness as something which can be found simply in the material world. They are generally encouraged to experience life in a world that is external to their inner selves. As a school community, we believe that the ethos of the school should be built on a foundation of values. All members of our school community strive to ensure that all pupils are happy, confident, independent learners who are capable of taking initiative, thinking creatively, and persevering to achieve. Children are encouraged to take risks and develop an enterprising spirit. At our school, you will find ’Values Education’ is embedded throughout the school, supported by an excellent pastoral system. Children are given opportunities to develop all their talents. Our house system encourages team spirit and healthy competition. Parents are recognized as key partners in their children’s learning. All members of our community are seen as learners, providing many opportunities for parents through our highly successful Parent Hub. Parents are involved in supporting their children’s progress. We believe that success comes from creating an open, nurturing, and stimulating environment. At Brunswick Park, we recognize that relationships matter whether you are in the classroom or in the wider community we want everyone to feel safe, secure, and above all happy. We believe that the most effective learning comes from having hands-on enjoyable and memorable experiences that feed the imagination and fuel the desire to find out more. Learning is enhanced by the wealth of opportunities provided in all areas of school life. At our school children enjoy Our exciting outdoor learning environment, including our award-winning garden. Themed focus on weeks and events e.g. science, technology, and art. Performing on world-famous stages, including the Royal Albert Hall and O2 Arena. Meeting and working with experts in their field. A variety of educational visits and residential trips, which bring learning to life.Enhanced and varied whole class and individual music tuition.Multimedia projects such as film making and animation. At Brunswick Park we constantly aim to raise children’s aspirations, helping them to become lifelong learners. We foster a spirit of resilience, perseverance, and a ‘can-do attitude within our school community – equipping children with skills for life. At our school, we are proud that we Promote healthy lifestyles through walking to school, sporting events, and quality play provision. Give learning a real purpose by making links to real-life experiences wherever we can. Develop responsible and active citizens through regular charity work and national and international links. Give children a forum to express their views through the School Council. Encourage enterprise initiatives within the curriculum, culminating in our Gold Go4It Award – the first school in the country to achieve it!

We are an inclusive and supportive school and we place individuals at the heart of everything we set out to achieve. We are ambitious for our children of all ages and of all abilities. Working in partnership with parents, carers, and children, our hardworking and committed staff strive to help each pupil become the best they can be in both academic and creative subjects. Our particular strength is in helping our youngest children, in Nursery and in Reception, to master the first skills they need to succeed and participate in learning. We work hard to create a safe environment in which our children feel able to challenge themselves and make mistakes, both of which are an important part of learning. Through our teaching of moral values, we provide the foundations for our children to develop into tolerant, committed, and confident citizens. We are delighted that you are considering our school for your child. Our provision is for 3 and 4-year-olds and children are admitted in September or January of each year. Priority is given to siblings of children in the school, and then proximity to the school. From the NSPCC website, safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm. Child protection is part of the safeguarding process. It focuses on protecting individual children identified as suffering or likely to suffer significant harm. This includes child protection procedures which detail how to respond to concerns about a child. Safeguarding children and child protection guidance and legislation apply to all children up to the age of 18. At Darell Primary and Nursery School, we take the safeguarding of our pupils seriously. We all have a shared responsibility and a duty of care to safeguard our community. All members of staff, as well as volunteers and those who visit the school regularly, are all subject to enhanced DBS checks to ensure their suitability for working with children. At Darell, the staff is trained to know what to do should a safeguarding issue arise. Our volunteers undergo comprehensive safeguarding training so that they, too, are aware of our procedures. Mobile phones are not permitted to be used on-site by visitors or volunteers, and staff have all agreed to a comprehensive mobile phone policy and do not use their phones when children are around. The Early Years Foundation Stage caters to children in nursery and reception classes from 3 to 5 years of age. In the EYFS children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. Children are given a broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good prospects through school and life. Key Stages 1 and 2 offer a broad, relevant, creative, and engaging curriculum taught through a topic-based approach using the Cornerstones Curriculum, a nationally-recognized approach for delivering outstanding learning opportunities for children. The Cornerstones Curriculum is a creative and thematic approach to learning that is mapped to the 2014 Primary National Curriculum to ensure comprehensive coverage of national expectations. Our new curriculum is delivered through Imaginative Learning Projects (ILPs) which provide a rich menu of exciting and motivating learning activities that make creative links between all aspects of our children’s learning. We believe children learn better when they are encouraged to use their imagination and apply their learning to engaging contexts. Our new curriculum provides lots of problems, applies themselves creatively, and expresses their knowledge and learning challenges throughout the academic year that will require children to solve understanding effectively across the curriculum. Cornerstones also provide a rigorous essential skills framework that outlines the end of year expectations in all subjects. These essential skills are tied to activities and are age-related so that staff can track children’s progress and identify their individual learning needs. All Richmond and Kingston maintained schools have a similar approach to meeting the needs of pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and are supported by the Local Authority to ensure that all pupils, regardless of their specific needs, make the best possible progress in school. All schools are supported to be as inclusive as possible, with the needs of pupils with a special educational need, or needs, being met in a mainstream setting wherever possible, where families want this to happen. Admissions of pupils with SEND are considered on the same basis as those without SEND. The School Admissions Code of Practice requires children and young people with SEN to be treated fairly. The responsibility of a governor is to be strategic – to challenge, evaluate, monitor and support. Governors mustn't get involved in the day-to-day operation of the school, that is the role of the headteacher and staff. Governors and the school leadership are supported by a school improvement partner who is an expert in primary education and provides independent advice to continually assess the school's strengths and areas for development. At Darell, every governor is linked to a member of staff who has responsibility for a specific subject. Governors meet with their linked staff members two or three times a year to understand how their subject is taught, the main strengths and challenges, the use of teaching resources, and integration of the subject in the wider curriculum. Governors must also accept collective responsibility for all decisions taken, regardless of whether they voted for them, and ensure that the details of discussions in meetings, including the votes of individual governors, remain confidential. This latter point is crucial for ensuring mutual trust, which is essential for effective school governance.

We are a Christian school that serves a diverse community and works in partnership with parents to develop the whole child. This is a very important time for the school as we attempt to improve the flow of information to all our parents as well as helping you to harness opportunities to further the learning of your children. Our passion is to educate the whole child. We value the importance of academic excellence but we seek excellence in all spheres of life whether that be spiritual, artistic, sporting, or service to the community. We achieve this by having a dedicated team that works closely together to understand the strengths of all our children and crucially welcome the partnership of parents to ensure we are successful with all our children. One of the advantages of being in a small school is that core understanding and partnership is so much easier to foster – we say that as someone whose previous role was in a 3 form entry school where that was very difficult to achieve. We look towards innovations to create a mindset of constant improvement and also are fiercely protective of the good things that we already do. We believe that working in partnership to develop the whole child is our core mission and this is why we have developed our curriculum which links as many different subjects into one core learning quest per half-term. This enables us to think of our reading and writing priorities as we are learning about science, history, geography, etc. rather than teaching them in isolation. Some subjects such as maths remain outside of this unless there is an obvious link. In the last year alone we achieved quality marks for International School Status, Geography, Science, and Inclusion for which we have been recommended to become a center of excellence. At St. Luke’s we are embarking on a new curriculum. Each class will have a topic that will last for each half term. There will be six topics across the year, each with a various focus. The topics have been designed to link the various topics that are taught across each year group in science, geography, history, and citizenship. These subjects will provide the stimulus for work in literacy, art, and DT. All work will be placed within one book which will showcase the child’s ‘learning journey through each topic. Our ‘whole child’ approach means achieving a fifth ‘Green Flag’ in our eco status that places us in the top 100 schools in the country for a sustainable approach to ecology. It also means us attaining the ‘Gold’ standard for our participation in a borough sports tournament and the co-ordinator of sports asking us the question, ‘How are you outperforming schools that are much larger than yours?’ The answer is the passion for sporting development within the staff several of whom have coached top-grade children’s sport and some have done so in a professional capacity. This approach runs parallel with a determination to open up new sports to our children which saw our KS2 children taking part in fencing, lacrosse, and archery last year in addition to the more obvious core sports. Our staff is working incredibly hard to keep improving this wonderful school that has a thread of service and excellence going back 150 years to our original covenant to serve the people of this area: a covenant that is cherished and protected by our governing body.

Welcome to Goose Green Primary School, a vibrant and diverse academy in the heart of East Dulwich. We are a member of The Communitas Education Trust, working closely with the other schools in the trust to provide the best education based on strong pastoral and ethical values. Teaching and learning are at the heart of what we do at Goose Green. We have an enthusiastic and talented team of staff who help our children to be knowledgeable, curious, and caring learners. Children at Goose Green enjoy their time at school, they are immersed in a wide variety of exciting learning opportunities and develop a love of learning. Children leave here as confident, resilient, and independent young people, ready for the next stage in their learning journey. At Goose Green, we value the whole child. We support pupils to do their very best academically and we celebrate their achievements, but we don’t just value academic success. Our broad curriculum embraces the arts, with a strong emphasis on Music, Art, Drama, and performance. We support children to challenge themselves in sports and other physical activities. We encourage learning about ourselves, about our identity, and our place in the world around us. Our extra-curricular activities, after-school clubs, music tuition, and sports clubs offer a wide range of opportunities to learn in different and exciting ways, for children to do their best at school and to develop as individuals. As Goose Green pupils are actively encouraged to make choices, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. As a school, we educate and provide boundaries for your pupils to make informed choices, through a safe environment and an empowering curriculum. We promote our school's anti-bullying policy through PHSE, drama, workshops, and school assemblies Pupils are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms through circle time and the school PHSE curriculum Pupils are continuously advised on how to exercise their freedoms safely through the school e-safety program and PHSE curriculum Pupils develop Mindfulness skills Mutual respect is at the heart of the Goose Green ethos and values. Pupils learn that their behaviors affect their rights and those of others. All members of the school community treat each other with respect. Ethos and Values we promote: We aim to form a partnership with families and the community to prepare our diverse school population to become lifelong learners in a high achieving, inclusive, creative, nurturing, and safe environment. At the heart of our school, we value the strengths of all members of our school community. We believe in providing all children with the skills for lifelong learning through engaging children in a rich, challenging curriculum within a shared culture of safety and respect. At Goose Green, we believe that all learners are unique individuals who are entitled to realize their full potential. We believe that excellent learning occurs when children feel safe and are having fun. In our school, we respect all cultures and originality. We inspire lifelong learning and both adults and child learning new things every day. Goose Green is a richly diverse school. We actively promote diversity through our celebrations of different faiths and cultures. Religious educations and PHSE lessons reinforce the message of tolerance and respect for others. Members of different faiths and religions are encouraged to share their knowledge to enhance learning within classes and the school. Our school curriculum consistently encourages educational visits to different places of worship. At Goose Green, we aim to present the best possible learning opportunities to our children and continually review and evaluate the curriculum being offered. Our desire to ensure that learning was relevant, enjoyable, challenging, and reflective of our pupils while still covering the requirements of the Early Years or National Curriculum. Our curriculum is designed to meet the needs and aspirations of our children as well as make the most of the learning opportunities offered by the richness and diversity of our families, our local community, and the surrounding area. Phonics is taught from Nursery through Reception and Key Stage One using the “Letters and Sounds” scheme of work supplemented with resources from reading Write Inc. and Jolly Phonics.

Brookland Infant and Nursery School are located on the north side of Hampstead Garden Suburb. We share a site with Brookland Junior School. Both schools were built in 1952 and have grown and developed over the years. Brookland Infant and Nursery School is a three-form entry school for children between the ages of 3 and 7 years. We have an 11 place morning Nursery and an 11 place afternoon Nursery and in addition to this, we offer 15 30-hour places in the Nursery as well. The School is a one-story building that is fully accessible and welcomes pupils with a wide range of additional needs. The School borders the northern part of Hampstead Garden Suburb and the site houses both the Infant and Nursery School and Brookland Junior School. The grounds and buildings are attractively arranged with planted gardens, grass, trees and there is lots of outdoor space for the children to use. The school shares a swimming pool with the Juniors We are a three-form entry school with places for 37 children in the Nursery and 90 in the other year groups. The grounds and buildings are attractively arranged with planted gardens, grass, trees, and two playgrounds. Pupils use our outdoor environment to support their studies. We also have outdoor classrooms which support the delivery of the curriculum in the Foundation Stage. We share a swimming pool with the Junior School and all children from Reception to Year 2 have swimming lessons with a trained teacher. Our school is a warm and welcoming place with a caring ethos. We promote an environment where diversity is embraced and where children thrive in a secure and happy environment. Our school is committed to high expectations and the achievement of high standards for everyone and the school community works together to achieve our school aims. We treat every child as an individual. We provide them with a range of opportunities to develop their potential, regardless of their abilities. Our school is a warm and welcoming place with a caring ethos. We promote an environment where diversity is embraced and where children thrive in a secure and happy environment. Our school is committed to high expectations and the achievement of high standards for everyone and the school community works together to achieve our school aims. At Brookland Infant and Nursery School, we are continually assessing our pupils. We use a mixture of informal observations and assessments for learning opportunities in lessons. We keep a detailed track of our pupils’ progress and attainment using Online Pupil Tracker. There are also National assessments that have to be made at key times during the primary school phase. During the Reception year, children are continually assessed and at the end of Reception, a judgment is made as to whether they have achieved a good level of development. Across the areas of Communication & Language, Physical Development, Personal Social, and Emotional Development, Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design, children are awarded levels as to whether or not they have met, exceeded, or are emerging at this point. Brookland Infant and Nursery School endeavors to be a school where diversity is embraced and where children thrive in a secure and happy environment. A school where there is a commitment to high expectations and the achievement of high standards for everyone and where the school community works together to achieve the school aims.

We are one of the largest infant schools in Hillingdon with 480 children between three and seven years of age. We have a very busy and successful children’s center which offers support, advice, and a variety of services for our parents, families, and community. We have a large team of terrific teachers and superb support staff. We work hard to make our school a beautiful place and are very proud of the quality of our learning environment. We place learning at the center of our school. We aim to encourage children in their strengths, whilst supporting them to embrace new challenges. Our school philosophy is to provide our children with the best possible all-around education in a safe caring and loving environment. We aim to create a culture where thinking and learning flourish. We hope to lay good foundations for future learning so that our children can become full and active members of society. ‘Across the school the curriculum is outstanding’. At Yeading Infants, we continuously endeavor to “sow the seeds of success” which we do very well by working with parents to nurture our children through these four very important years of education. We are an ambitious school and believe in success for all. Our school Achievement Awards include The Basic Skills Quality Mark, The National Healthy Schools Standard, International Award, Active Mark for PE, Eco Flag, and Investors in People status. At Yeading Infant and Nursery School, these values are regularly promoted through high-quality teaching, a rounded program of assemblies, and a positive behavior policy that allows pupils to develop and demonstrate skills and attitudes that will allow them to participate fully in and contribute positively to life in modern Britain. At Yeading Infant and Nursery, children are actively encouraged to make choices, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. As a school, we educate and provide boundaries for young pupils to make informed choices, through a safe environment and an empowering education. Children are given the freedom to make choices, for example, whether it is through the choice of challenge, how they record their work, or by choosing to participate in our numerous extra-curricular clubs and opportunities. Part of our school ethos and behavior policy has revolved around core values as recommended by Jenny Mosley’s Golden rules which promote ‘respect’ and ‘working together. During the academic year, children have been part of discussions and assemblies related to what this means and how it is shown. The school’s vision and aims promote respect for others and this is reiterated through classroom rules and school expectations, as well as our behavior policy. Yeading Infant and Nursery School is a highly diverse school. We actively promote diversity through our celebrations of different faiths and cultures, many of which are represented at our school. Religious Education lessons and PSHE lessons reinforce messages of tolerance and respect for others. Members of different faiths and religions are encouraged to share their knowledge to enhance learning within classes and the school.

We are a Nursery and Pre-Preparatory school for children aged two to seven. We have a long-standing reputation in our community for providing the very best in early years education. Our dedicated and experienced team strives to ensure that all children in our care flourish within a happy and nurturing environment, giving a firm foundation to the start of their educational journey. Set within two beautiful Victorian houses, The Villa retains the feel of a family home and is welcoming, light, bright, and specifically designed for children. Our outdoor space is unique for the area and gives children the freedom to play and run around, greatly enriching their learning experience. Our aim is for The Villa to be a ‘home from home for the children in our care and this is particularly true in the Nursery where many of our children are learning to separate from their families for the first time. Children at The Villa learn through play and activities which stimulate their natural curiosity in an atmosphere of encouragement and praise. The Villa Nursery has been rated Outstanding by Ofsted and our curriculum is carefully planned to meet the guidelines of the Early Years Foundation Stage. We nurture an enthusiasm for knowledge and aim to develop each child’s confidence in their ability to become successful learners. Each child has a designated key worker who, in partnership with parents, responds to the needs of each child. They learn how to solve problems, make decisions, experiment, predict, plan, and question in a range of contexts. The Nursery provides the ideal preparation for school as children are encouraged to explore their creativity and imagination, make friends and share in a fun and caring environment. This area is fundamental to successful learning. Children are provided with different situations where they can follow instructions and communicate effectively with each other, within a stimulating and language-rich environment. Listening to stories and rhymes is an important part of every day. The children learn to sit quietly and discuss the stories afterward, re-telling them in their own words and talking about their experiences. Our Values: Caring & friendly environment Self-esteem & confidence Good behavior Education & care Encouragement & praise Personal Development Communication Our pre-school children also have the opportunity to participate in French and Spanish lessons. This allows the children to explore the use of different languages and cultures. The Villa Pre-Prep is a small and friendly school with children joining us for Reception, Year One and Year Two. We believe that school should be a positive, happy, and stimulating experience where the needs of each child are respected. We recognize that the early years at nursery and school are a crucial period of development in childhood and as a result, our guiding ethos is one of support and care. At the same time, we equip children with all the tools they need educationally, emotionally, and socially as they prepare to leave us at age seven. Children at The Villa benefit from our high teacher-pupil ratio which gives us the freedom to extend and enrich the curriculum and study topics in greater depth, with a key focus on pastoral care. Every child is treated as an individual, and we have an open and honest approach to communication with parents. We achieve excellent results by remaining true to our beliefs and supporting every child to develop talents and passions to excel in the classroom and their future learning journey. Pre-Preparatory Scholl Values: Meeting potential Excellent teaching Self-confidence & independence Enthusiasm for learning Reception builds upon the curriculum covered in the Nursery and is the final year of the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. We take a cross-curricular approach to inspire the children and promote deep and memorable learning. We use a themed approach, with key texts at the heart of our themes and with outings to inspire and motivate learning. We have a creative approach to learning in Year 1 and 2 whilst also covering the skills of the National Curriculum. With small class sizes, we can provide the children with broader learning experiences that promote curiosity and enthusiasm. The Villa opened in 1997 as a small nursery with just ten children on the ground floor of Studley Villa, as it was originally known. Increasing numbers gradually led to the conversion of the first floor into nursery classrooms and in 2001 The Villa expanded further upwards and the Pre-Preparatory school was born. In 2012, in a bid to meet the growing local demand for nursery places, The Villa expanded to include our adjacent property at 56 Lyndhurst Grove, thereby doubling the number of places available. The building underwent a huge modernization. Architect-designed, the building retains only its original façade with purpose-built, ultra-modern, well-lit, spacious classroom facilities at the rear. Our team in the Nursery now cares for 124 children daily and we teach approximately 48 children in the Prep-Prep. The Villa attracts many families from the local area, mainly through word of mouth. Demand for places at The Villa continues to be exceptionally high which is testimony to our success in supporting pupils as they take their first steps in their early year's education.

Here, at The Minster Nursery and Infant School, we never forget that your child is a unique and sentient human being with the unknown potential to achieve amazing things. We are passionate and determined to do all we can to work with you to ensure the brightest future for your child not just for the time that your child is with us, but to help him/her on his/her way to having the best choices at 16, 18 and beyond. We place a high value on relationships to honor one another as though we, each of us, our sons and daughters of the King of kings. We ensure that everyone is valued and celebrated regardless of race, gender, age, disability, religion, or socio-economic background. Underpinning our ethos are four main principles: empathy, unconditional positive regard, honesty, and a non-judgemental approach. The mix of these ingredients means that our children have hope and can believe that bright futures are theirs to claim. These are the perfect conditions for optimum growth and progress. Although we are a big school, we have a ‘small school’ feel. We know that your child is not a stand-alone unit or a walking pack of ‘results data’. Your child belongs to a family unit that is often complex. This is why we have a Family Liaison Officer who is available to work with you through life’s ups and downs to help you provide the best childhood for your child. We have an exciting program of refurbishment in the school so that your child can learn, grow and develop in beautiful and comfortable surroundings. At The Minster Nursery & Infant School we aim to develop every child, intellectually, creatively, physically, emotionally, socially, morally, and spiritually, through the values of the Christian faith: By providing a happy, healthy, safe, and stimulating environment in which learning takes place. By providing a happy, healthy, safe, and stimulating environment in which learning takes place. by promoting, developing, and supporting a positive partnership between all children, families, staff, governors, and the wider community. by teaching a broad, balanced, challenging, engaging, and inspiring curriculum that extends the children’s interests and responds to their individual needs. by providing varied opportunities for imaginative and creative expression both individually and collaboratively. by providing opportunities for exploration and appreciation of our world near and far. by building an inclusive community of reflective and responsive learners that ensures equality of opportunity. by building an inclusive community of reflective and responsive learners that ensures equality of opportunity. by promoting understanding, acceptance, and respect for the religious, moral, and cultural values of each individual, and a concern for the needs of others. by recognizing and celebrating the achievements and joys of all children, families, and staff. As a school, we feel our Christian ethos complements the government’s requirement of ensuring that key British Values are taught. In reflecting the Christian ethos of our school, we create a caring and secure atmosphere, encouraging our children to be unique, creative, independent individuals, open-minded, and respectful of themselves and others in our school. Through initiatives such as Many Cultures One Family, we encourage cohesion by celebrating the children’s different cultural heritages and promoting peace and harmony as we work alongside each other in school and the wider community.

The Hall School & Nursery is situated in a charming listed building The Grange Country House on the Rickmansworth Road in Northwood. The school provides a cozy and homely atmosphere in which the pupils (aged 1 – 7 years) feel happy and comfortable to learn and love education. Our class sizes are small so that every child can expect one-to-one attention and teaching, daily. We have specialist teachers for PE, Dance, French, and Music. We have various classrooms, ICT, and art rooms as well as a soft surface playground, outdoor sports arenas, and beautiful gardens for the pupils to enjoy. Each term the pupils go on educational school trips and enjoy taking part in school performances, events, and parties. The Hall School is the right setting for the child. Children are born to learn and are naturally inquisitive. The Hall School aims to provide a stimulating environment in which our enthusiastic teachers act as exemplary role models from which the children learn. Often children’s early learning ability is underestimated but we believe that, with the right approach, anything is possible. At The Hall School, children work in small groups, with a dedicated teacher and progress at their rate. By liaising with parents, individual needs and learning styles are identified, such that every child can achieve both their academic and social potential. The Hall School is a multi-faith and multi-cultural school where all staff and pupils show respect and care for one another at all times, regardless of race, color, ability, or creed. Because The Hall School knows that every single child is different, it offers each of its pupils – from Preschool through to 7+ – an individualized approach to education. This enables each pupil to have an agreed focus, set by their teacher or key worker in partnership with the child’s parents so that every pupil is encouraged to achieve their own personal best by identifying their particular learning needs. Targets are reviewed termly and discussed with parents at every parent interview. Class sizes are small to ensure children are taught at their own pace and that we can differentiate effectively to engage every child. Various learning styles are used to challenge each type of learner and to promote an inquisitive nature. The Hall School curriculum has been developed over several years to give the children an advance in academics alongside varied and interesting topics all promoted through fun-based activities and experiences. The Hall School uses a positive praise system to help establish a respectful and encouraging environment. Children are praised for their positive behavior, achievements, and social empathy prompting peers to follow this lead. The older children are encouraged to make good choices and to self-solve problems during the day. Merit badges are awarded weekly for those children that demonstrate friendly and positive behavior. We recognize that parents are the most important people for children’s early development. Close working between the school and parents is vital for supporting children’s learning. We aim to ensure regular communication with parents, keeping them informed of their child’s progress and involving them when setting individual education plans. We invite parents to join us at the beginning of each academic year to share the curriculum, structure, and working methods of each class and ensure that parents can fully support their children’s learning in the home environment. Teachers are available daily to discuss any needs as they arise as well as the regular parents' evenings and end-of-year reports. The Hall School strives to create strong links with a variety of organizations within the local area. The school works closely with the Hillingdon early years advisory team, service providers, places of worship, local shops, charities, and more. In doing so the children are given a chance to gain practical knowledge of the world around them, where they live and how a neighborhood works together. We also try to emulate this community spirit through our parent and pupils relations, with regular opportunities to get together and share achievements and ideas.

Every child is entitled to a good education, with equal access to knowledge, skills, opportunities, aspirations, diversity, and life chances. Your child deserves the very best from this school and we will seek to provide this in many ways, the most important of which are consistently well-taught lessons taken from a well-planned curriculum, in an environment where the well-being, happiness, and safety of every child is paramount. Teachers and school staff cannot do this on their own. When a school community does this together excellent results can be achieved. This includes parents and carers supporting their children at home, by encouraging learning, good behavior, and high expectations. With this community effort, you can see your children reach their full potential. On behalf of the staff, governors, and most importantly the children, I would like to warmly welcome you to our friendly and successful school that is at the heart of our local community in Edgware, in the London Borough of Harrow. Stag Lane Infant and Nursery School are proud to be a newly expanded four-form entry school with a large nursery. The new extension and internal building work currently taking place will provide much-improved teaching spaces with five new classrooms, a Studio, larger playgrounds/sports spaces, an improved kitchen, and a new Welfare room. We celebrate being a school that teaches children from a very wide range of abilities and backgrounds. In addition, we are privileged to be a national designated Teaching School leading the Harrow Teaching School Alliance. Our large and diverse infant and nursery school, with its many different languages, cultures, and religions, work effectively together to provide a very wide range of exciting, learning opportunities for all our children, in an energetic, happy and caring environment. At Stag Lane, we inspire and nurture lifelong learners through effective teaching and learning whilst at the same time providing rich and truly enjoyable experiences. Our school motto is Forever Learners: Achieving our dreams. We are committed to developing a passion for learning in all who attend our school. We want every child to see themselves as learners and to become a thinking, active and effective member of our ever-changing global community. Each child will have a personalized program of learning matched to their own: Understanding Experience Abilities and talents Rate of progress We will encourage them to develop: Initiative Responsibility Confidence Competence Respect for each other We will stimulate and challenge. We will create practical opportunities where children can explore and develop skills and understanding. We will ensure that the children are working in a secure, safe, and cheerful environment. We will develop a close partnership between home and school. We are at the heart of our community, providing a vibrant future-oriented learning environment inspiring all to become caring, responsible twenty-first-century global citizens. Our learners are encouraged to achieve highly, embracing life-long learning in a safe, secure, and supportive environment.

At St. Cuthbert's we do value relationships with our community and especially our parents in a strong partnership that has and will continue to support all of us to provide the best possible for all who come to our school. We work extremely hard to create a community spirit and very much hope you will choose to become part of it. Our Core Values: Honesty, Teamwork, Kindness, Tolerance, Commitment. The staff of the Federation has collaborated closely to devise a new and inspiring Creative Challenge Curriculum. This creative curriculum has been implemented to improve further the quality of our teaching and learning, with a strong emphasis on the challenge for all our children. The Creative Challenge Curriculum has a themed approach. The staff has devised themes that we feel “speak to our children, our parents and our wider school community”. Core Values are embedded within our teaching and learning and formally planned for throughout the academic year. Through these themes, children can appreciate the links between subjects, which further develop their understanding. We have reflected our changing world with themes like “Going Global”, and our commitment to our teaching of modern foreign languages with our theme “Viva Espana.” Our communities are celebrated in the theme “In My Liverpool Home.” At our schools, we strongly promote self-respect for all in our school irrespective of race, creed, or gender. Care will be taken to ensure that resources do not present stereotypical images, rather role models from diverse backgrounds and cultures reflecting the multi-ethnic nature of our society. The Federation of St Cuthbert’s and St Sebastian’s Catholic Primary Schools value the diverse ethnic backgrounds of all pupils and families and undertakes a variety of events and lessons to celebrate these. We are fully committed to preparing our children for life in modern Britain promoting fundamental British values. We have found this approach to be enriching for all parties as it teaches tolerance and respect for the differences in our community and the wider world. Underpinning all of this is a range of curriculum topics that have strong links to our Core Values. Our 2 years olds through to Year 6 explored themes of diversity, respect, and tolerance within our Creative Challenge Curriculum topic of World War 1. This is linked with the World War 1 Centenary year and culminated in a service of remembrance in November for our pupils, parents, and wider school community. This year, so far, children have recently celebrated the longest-reigning monarch in British History Queen Elizabeth II and we will continue to celebrate events and projects such as the Rugby World Cup where the ideal that sport is bringing together all nations with a common ethos and values. Our International Schools Award reflects the high profile of our appreciation of different languages and cultures. We are committed to the teaching of MFL, including the teaching of both Spanish (& in previous years Mandarin) across our schools. Some children and staff undertook the role of ambassadors for our school, city, and country by attending and presenting workshops at the International Headteachers Conference in Asia. In addition, October 2015 sees our European dimension being continued with staff training in Santander as part of Continuing Professional Development enabling them to share educational philosophies, strategies including the teaching of Core Values with our European colleagues. Daily, our schools undertake daily assemblies that uphold traditional values of empathy, respect, and tolerance which are reflected within the displays within our learning environments. These British Core Values are taught within core subjects, SEAL, PSHE, RE, and Collective Worship, through the introduction of ‘Philosophy for Children’ sessions and more recently holistically through class teaching and on a more general level, the school undertakes daily assemblies which uphold traditional values of empathy, respect, and tolerance.

Every day in school is focused on learning and developing a love of learning. We hope our website will provide you with a flavor of the many wonderful opportunities and experiences offered in our school, and also give you the information needed to support your child’s educational journey. We are a Catholic Primary School in the heart of Kingsbury, clear in our beliefs and values, and the importance of Jesus Christ in our daily lives. Our Mission Statement underpins all we do: “Following Jesus’ footsteps, and inspired by St Robert Southwell, we work hard, aim high and treat everyone with honesty and gentleness” Our school is a thriving community that is well supported by parents and the Parish. There are many opportunities for us to work and celebrate together, including assemblies, concerts, coffee mornings, curriculum workshops, and fundraising events. We are immensely proud of our school and our very hardworking, enthusiastic children, with their wide range of individual talents. We are blessed to have extremely hardworking and committed staff who are ambitious for all our children and are wholly committed to achieving excellence for every one of our children, by providing the best learning opportunities each day. It is a tremendous privilege to lead such a wonderful community and to be part of your children’s learning journey, and work with you in preparing them for their future. At St Robert Southwell, Learning is central to all we do and is our core purpose. We approach learning in exciting, enriching, and creative ways, to engage, inspire and enthuse our children. We believe the curriculum should be relevant to children’s life experiences should inspire and engage them in their learning, while enabling them to work collaboratively using their imaginations. The aim of our curriculum is for pupils to have the requisite skills to be successful, independent, and motivated learners, in readiness for their next stage of education. In September 2016 we launched our ‘Creative Curriculum’ which is planned around the development of knowledge, skills, and understanding using content from the National Curriculum, under broad and engaging themes. The purpose of our Creative Curriculum is to ignite curiosity, nurture fascination and imagination while developing skills and providing a knowledge base for our children. Our Creative Curriculum has English and Maths at its core links are made to ensure children are engaged, motivated, and stimulated in all areas of their learning and subsequently make progress across the board. The general aims of our school are: To help and complement the exercise of the educational rights and duties of the R C family to cultivate the intellectual, creative, and aesthetic values of the child to help the child develop a lively enquiring mind, the ability to acquire information and to question and argue rationally, and the will to apply themselves to tasks and physical skills To help children develop the ability to make correct use of their judgment, will, and emotions To promote in the child a sense of values To encourage just attitudes and inner discipline To develop the children’s knowledge of their own culture and the culture and background of others, so that there will be a mutual understanding between people whatever their race, religion, and ways of life To help children understand the environment in which we live and the interdependence of the individual groups and nations To help children appreciate human achievements and aspirations in art, music, science, and technology To help children acquire knowledge and skills relevant to adult life at home, at work, and leisure. For the achievement of these aims St. Robert Southwell School strives: To provide a stable, caring environment conducive to study and learning in an atmosphere in which the love of God is shown in all aspects of school life To directly instruct children in the Roman R C Faith and to support the parish in preparing children for the reception of the sacraments To provide a wide curriculum that will develop the intellectual and physical skills of the child and enable them to use their particular abilities, talents, and interests to the full To give good emphasis to the skills of numeracy and literacy to seek close co-operation from parents so that the values taught and respected at home and school are the same To encourage the child to play a full part in parish life by contributing to parish worship and parish projects To recognize that the child is living NOW and not just for the future and that children should be happy now, purposeful, and able to contribute to the society around them now.