Emersons Green Primary School Prospectus
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Emersons Green Primary School Prospectus Guest Avenue Emersons Green South Gloucestershire BS16 7GA Tel: 01454 867474 Fax: 01454 867475 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.emersonsgreenprimary.co.uk 1 Contents INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................................ 3 THE STAFF AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES ......................................................................................................................... 4 GOVERNORS ................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 NEXUS .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 APPROACHES TO LEARNING ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 The Curriculum 7/8/9 Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development across the National Curriculum 10 Sex and Drug Education 10 Cross Curricular Issues 10 Assessment, Profiling, Reporting 11/12 Special Educational Needs 13 THE SCHOOL ORGANISATION ................................................................................................................................................. 14 The School Day ........................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Holiday Dates 15 THE A-Z OF SCHOOL ................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Absence 16 Accidents 16 Asthma 16 Dinners 17 Extra-Curricular Activities/ Study Support 17 Holidays 17 Homework 17 Medicines 18 Milk 18 OfSTED 19 Playtimes / Breaks 19 Pre-school to Infant and Junior to Secondary Transfer 20 Punctuality 20 Swimming 20 SCHOOL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................................ 21 School Clothing 21 Behaviour and Discipline 22 Home - School links 23 Emersons Green Primary School Parent, Teacher and Friends Association 23 School Security 23 OTHER INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 24 Admissions 24 Charging and Remissions Policy 24 Child Protection 24 Health and Safety 24 Documentation 25 Insurance 25 Out of School Club 26 Parking 26 2 INTRODUCTION Emersons Green Primary School opened to Reception and Key Stage 1 children in September 2000 in classrooms at Mangotsfield Primary School. The building was completed in October 2000 and the school opened in Guest Avenue to all children following the half term holiday. The school is a community co-educational primary school and takes children from the age of four to eleven years. It has a Special Educational Needs "Resource Base" for up to 18 physically disabled and/or visually impaired children which provides specialist teaching. The children are included in mainstream classes as appropriate. Currently, the school is organised into 9 classes. Children whose parents live in South Gloucestershire may be admitted to school at the beginning of the academic year provided they have reached 4 years of age on or before 31 August so that they can benefit from a full three-year infant education. The admission of Reception children is phased for the first three weeks of the Term 1 in order to help them settle into school life successfully. The Local Education Service deals with admission to the Reception class although the school facilitates this process. Further details can be found online at www.southglos.gov.uk/admissions or in the booklet “Information for Parents - Admission to Schools in South Gloucestershire.” Information relating to school transfer at eleven years of age is detailed in a booklet published by the Local Education Service every September. Parents can apply for secondary places on line at www.southglos.gov.uk/admissions The school is part of the South Gloucestershire Education Service. The offices of the Education Services are at Badminton Road, Yate, South Gloucestershire, Tel: (01454) 868008 Fax: (01454) 863263 e-mail: [email protected]. The Director for Children, Adults and Health is Peter Murphy. 3 THE STAFF AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES Head Teacher Deputy Head Teacher & SENCO Senior Leadership Teachers Mr. Karl Hemmings Mrs Soraya Young Miss Caroline Mountford Mrs Laura Morson Mrs Pip Foley Teachers Mrs Anna Sandiford Mrs Nicola Sheldrick Mrs Laura Morson Mrs Roxanna Jefferies Mrs Julie Thorn Mrs Karen Adams Miss Alicia Hazzard Mrs Pip Foley Miss Caroline Mountford Mr Matt Poole Miss Holly Chivers Mrs Gemma Leech Higher Level Teaching Assistants Mrs Angela Knight Mrs. Sue Pope SEN Teaching Assistants Ms Andrea Kear Mrs Louise Cullin Mrs Kate Davies Mrs Jayne Britton Mrs Sam Cadwallader Mrs Sue Ahmet Mrs Beverley Gillard Ms Ria Appleton-Smith Miss Paige Griffiths Teaching Assistant Care Assistants Apprentice General Assistant Mrs Sarah Thatcher Mrs Bridget Shepherd Miss Chloe Burden – maternity leave Mrs Nicola Morrish Resource Based Teachers Miss Jo Chambers Mr Patrick Watson Resource Based Teaching Assistants Mrs Lesley Brindley Mrs Vicky Cole Mrs Claire Humphries Mrs Eileen Everson Mrs Louise Exton Mrs Linda James Miss Julie Palmer Mrs Louise Gilder Mrs Jessica James Mrs Lisa Jakes Mrs Omie Flook Miss Kim Cordy Mrs Michelle Weeks Mrs Teresa Croucher Office Staff Mrs Rachael Richards Mrs Meryl Grimshaw Caretaker Chess Club Coordinator Sports Coach Tony Elliott Mr Patrick Birch Mr Bradley Wilson Kitchen Mrs Julie Brizell Miss Gemma Foster Mrs Carol Rockliffe Other services and staff that support children at school The School Nurse visits occasionally to check on the children's general health; she also weighs and measures the children and tests their eyesight. The nurse also supports our Personal Social Health Education (PSHE) programme in school and gives advice on medical conditions such as asthma. The Educational Psychologist is available to offer advice on children experiencing learning difficulties or behavioural problems in line with our Special Needs Policy. There is a set procedure and parents are consulted at all stages. The Service for SEN can advise and support teachers in helping children who have specific needs. Additionally the school benefits from the services of a number of external agencies including speech therapists, physiotherapists, etc. 4 GOVERNORS The school governors represent a cross-section of the community and they serve for a period of 4 years, meeting at least three times a year. They are involved in setting up strategy, standards, aims and objectives, policies and targets for achieving the objectives and then reviewing progress. Parent governors must have a child attending the school at the time of election and are elected by the parents. The Governors Chair Mr Mike Beard Vice-Chair Mrs Bonnie Morgan Teacher Governors Mrs Soraya Young Mrs Laura Morson Staff Governor Mrs Eileen Everson Co-opted Governors Mrs Lucy Zambrano Mrs Wendy Bradbury Mr Matthew James Mr Matthew Chubb Mrs Jo Bishop Head Teacher Mr Karl Hemmings Clerk to Governors Mr Max Reed 5 Nexus Ten schools (Blackhorse Primary, Bromley Heath Junior, Bromley Heath Infant, Emersons Green Primary, Kings’ Forest Primary, Mangotsfield CE Primary, St Stephens Junior, Stanbridge Primary, St Michael’s and Staple Hill) have joined together to work collaboratively. More recently Mangotsfield CE has gained Teaching School status and the schools are now part of the Nexus Teaching School Alliance. Our Aims: To work collaboratively To raise the attainment and life-chances of the students in our schools To procure high quality services and expertise To share practice and innovation across our schools to provide high quality development opportunities for all To develop a culture of collaboration, commitment and coaching in all we do. Our Commitment To be open and transparent in all our school-to-school relationships To be fully committed to joint practice development To enable colleagues and governors to work together across schools To help and support all schools within the partnership on their journeys of continuous improvement To work hard to overcome barriers that might impede our progress To collaborate in the development of the future leaders of our schools and community We will establish clear protocols and accountability structures for our various learning project groups. Peer review and challenge will be at the heart of everything that we do. We will engage external improvement partners to ensure that we are suitably challenged. What OFSTED said about NEXUS: Blackhorse Primary School was the first to have an OFSTED inspection as part of the NEXUS Learning Partnership in January 2015. Inspectors noted that this was a ‘powerful grouping’, commenting in the report that: “Relationships with partner schools are used effectively to strengthen school improvement. The school embraces its involvement with NEXUS, a group of six primary schools that focus on inter-school evaluation. This partnership challenges judgements the