1 From mountain to sea New Pitsligo & St. John’s School Handbook 2018/19 2 |New Pitsligo & St. John’s School Contents Introduction to Ashire School Error! Bookmark not defined. Our Vision, Values and School Ethos Error! Bookmark not defined. Curriculum Error! Bookmark not defined. 1 1+2 Approach to Language Learning in AberdeenshireError! Bookmark not defined. 2 Further Information Error! Bookmark not defined. Assessment and Reporting Error! Bookmark not defined. Transitions (Moving On) Error! Bookmark not defined. 3 Admissions Error! Bookmark not defined. 4 Placing requests & School Zones Error! Bookmark not defined. 5 (S) Skills Development Scotland 14 6 Developing Young Workforce 14 Support for Children and Young People Error! Bookmark not defined. 7 Getting it Right for Every Child Error! Bookmark not defined. 8 The Named Person Error! Bookmark not defined. 9 Educational Psychology Error! Bookmark not defined. 10 Enhanced Provision & Community Resource HubsError! 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Bookmark not defined. 46 The information we collect from you 32 47 Your Data, Your Rights 32 48 Legal Basis for Processing 33 49 Parental Access to Records 33 50 ScotXed 33 51 Information Sharing 33 Appendix Error! Bookmark not defined. School Improvement Plan Error! Bookmark not defined. Members of Parental Groups Error! Bookmark not defined. Stats for attainment etc Error! Bookmark not defined. School Events Calendar & holidays Error! Bookmark not defined. Map of catchment area Error! Bookmark not defined. 4 |Introduction to New Pitsligo & St. John’s School All information in this handbook is correct as of 30 November 2018 Introduction to New Pitsligo & St. John’s School Welcome to New Pitsligo & St. John’s Primary School. As Head Teacher, I hope that our partnership will be productive and enjoyable and that your child settles quickly with us. We take pride in the fact that this is a happy and industrious school with a real sense of team spirit. We hope that your child enjoys his/her time at New Pitsligo and St. John’s School. The education of a child is far too important to be left to a school alone. Parents have a very important part to play too. The school handbook explains what you can expect of the school and also indicates what the school expects of you in the way of partnership, help and support. Aberdeenshire Council School Handbooks are designed to inform parents of as many aspects of life at New Pitsligo and St. John’s School as we can, and are written in response to ‘School Handbook Guidance (Scotland) Regulations 2012 . We hope you find our handbook clear and informative. Please feel free to contact us with any suggestions for improvements. Yours sincerely Mrs Helen James Head Teacher School Contact Details Head Teacher Mrs. Helen James School name New Pitsligo and St. John’s School Address School Street New Pitsligo Fraserburgh AB43 6NE Telephone Number 01771 653232 (You can leave a message on this line.) Nursery Number - 01771 653232 You can also find New Pitsligo & St. John’s School on facebook Introduction to New Pitsligo & St. John’s School | 5 Our chair of the parent council is Jill Murray. Email: [email protected] Adverse weather and emergency closure https://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/Apps/schools-closures/ Information Line 0370 054 4999 2340 (Please do not use this line to leave messages for the school.) New Pitsligo & St. John’s School is a non-denominational school with a role of 126. The school serves the village of New Pitsligo and the surrounding area. Devolved budgets are managed in accordance with authority guidelines in order to support planned improvements in the school. The School in Context New Pitsligo & St John’s School serves the village of New Pitsligo and its surrounding rural area. The village is situated about 14 miles from Fraserburgh and 12 miles from Mintlaw and has a few shops and small businesses. The current School roll is 107 with 24 in the Nursery. On leaving New Pitsligo and St.John’s Primary School, most children transfer to Mintlaw Academy as part of Mintlaw Community Schools Network (CSN). Within the Mintlaw CSN all services operate as a team in order to ensure that each child has the opportunity to maximise their full potential. The school building has six teaching areas made up of four classrooms and a large open plan infant area. There is also a nursery. It has accommodation for a gym, music/television/library area and houses the Mintlaw Cluster SEBN enhanced provision. Lunch is taken in a separate dinner hall. The school has large tarred playground areas and the use of an all-weather pitch which is easily accessed from the school. 6 |Introduction to New Pitsligo & St. John’s School The school day… ORGANISATION OF THE SCHOOL DAY School Hours Morning Afternoon Morning session Afternoon session Nursery 8.45am – 11.55am 12.20 – 3.30 9.00am- 10.30am 12.15pm-1.00pm- lunch 10.30am-10.45am- break P1-P7 1.00pm-3.00pm 10.45am-12.15pm Our staff team….. 1.1.1.1 School Staff Name Position Helen James Head Teacher Nursery Mrs C Downie Early Years Lead Practitioner Ms Debra Youngs Early Years Practitioner Mrs Gemma Wood Early Years Practitioner Mrs K McKenzie Early Years Practitioner P1 Miss Gillian Stevenson Teacher P2 Mrs. Isobel Watson Teacher P3/4 Miss Elizabeth Cordiner Teacher P4/5 Mrs Yvonne Davidson Teacher P6 Miss Gillian Mabon Teacher P7 Mrs Alyson Watson Teacher Mintlaw Enhanced Mrs Caroline Roche Teacher Provision Learning Mrs Irene Taylor Teacher Support Introduction to New Pitsligo & St. John’s School | 7 Non-Contact Mrs Faye Elrick Teacher Teacher Support Staff Mrs Kelly Morrison School Administrator Mrs Careen Fraser PSA/Receptionist/Clerical Asst. Mrs Freda Rennie PSA Mrs Joyce Heatherwick PSA Mrs Catherine Merritt PSA Mrs Jane Gunn PSA Mrs Ann Fraser PSA Enhanced Provision Mr Rainier Zaccarius Janitor Miss Carole Bain Senior Canteen Assistant Mrs Susan Dick Canteen Assistants Mrs Dorothy Shearer Mrs Janine Rae Cleaners Miss Laurane Duiguid 8 |Our Vision, Values and School Ethos Our Vision, Values and School Ethos At New Pitsligo and St. John’s School we are committed to achieving the following through the Aberdeenshire Entitlements: Successful Learners Confident Individuals Responsible Individuals Effective Contributors Our vision is to ensure all our pupils are safe, healthy, achieving, nurtured, active, respected, responsible and included, so that each individual can be fulfilled and reach their potential within a supportive and proactive community. We aim to involve pupils, their parents and the wider community in the learning process to monitor and record the progress of the individual child in order to support that child’s learning to provide and maintain suitable resources to enable the efficient delivery of the curriculum to create a well disciplined and happy atmosphere of warmth, caring and friendliness where the individual is valued and our achievements are something to be proud of to encourage good home school relationships and community links to provide the necessary organisation and leadership to identify targets for improvement, maintenance and achievement to equip pupils with foundation skills, attitudes and expectations necessary to prosper in ‘a changing society’ and to encourage creativity and ambition to prepare pupils for responsible citizenship by promoting the development of values, beliefs and attitudes compatible with living in an inclusive and multicultural world to value and support all pupils and ensure their access to a curriculum appropriate to their needs to promote the best levels of learning and teaching experiences which promote good learning, good behaviour, self-discipline and respect for self, others and the environment to have a positive and proactive impact on our community Curriculum | 9 Curriculum Within New Pitsligo & St. John’s School, we aim to provide a curriculum that is both inclusive and ambitious for all – a curriculum which is both academically challenging and also provides opportunities to develop skills for learning, life and work. Our curriculum will be based around the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence – to ensure our pupils are successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens.