ST MADOES PRIMARY SCHOOL School Handbook Academic Session 2012/2013 School information The school handbook is legally required to contain some information and this is marked below with an asterisk*. Those areas which are not marked are Perth & Kinross Council recommendations only. 1. Introduction* 2. Delineated Area* 3. Factual Information* 4. School Aims 5. Visits 6. Organisation of School Day* 7. Uniform/Clothing* 8. Curriculum a) Curriculum for Excellence b) Language c) Maths d) Environmental Studies e) Expressive Arts f) Religious/Moral Education* g) Homework* h) Pupils with Additional Support Needs* i) Assessment* j) Reporting 9. Extra Curricular Activities 10. Positive Behaviour Management* 11. School Rules* 12. Attendance* 13. Health Care* 14. Instrumental Tuition* 15. Parent Councils* 16. School & Community Links* 17. Name of Child Protection Officer 18. Additional Support Needs* 19. Spiritual, Moral, Social & Cultural Values* a) Development of Pupils’ Values b) Religious & Moral Education c) Parental Rights d) Religious Observance 2 20. Attendance Rates – Authorised & Unauthorised absence* 21. School Costs* 22. Nursery 23. Arrangements for Emergency Closures 24. Other information 3 1 Introduction There has been a school in Glencarse/St Madoes for several hundred years. Our log books date back to 1873. The present school was opened in 1974 with an extension added in 2003. The present school has 6 classrooms, a Nursery classroom, a General Purpose room, two Learning Resource Areas and a school hall. We also have a particularly well resourced school playground which is an excellent area for outdoor learning. At St Madoes School we recognise that every child is a unique individual with a range of abilities and needs. We will endeavour to recognise and fulfil these needs and help all children to recognise their full potential. We try to foster in each pupil a sense of responsibility for themselves, for others and for their immediate environment and the world around them. We also recognise the importance of a good working relationship between school and home and will seek to work closely with you throughout your child's school career. This Handbook is issued when your child enters the school. You will not receive another copy. It is updated every January and can be accessed electronically on the Perth & Kinross Council website or the school website www.st-madoes.pkc.sch.uk 2 Delineated Area The school consists of the Parish of St Madoes and Glencarse and the catchment extends from Kinfauns to Glendoick, which includes the hamlets of Inchyra, Tofthill, Cottown and Leetown. 3 Factual Information SCHOOL ADDRESS St Madoes Primary School Sidlaw Terrace St Madoes Perthshire PH2 7NH TELEPHONE 01738 860332 FAX NUMBER 01738 860644 E-MAIL : [email protected] SCHOOL WEBSITE www.st-madoes.pkc.sch.uk PRESENT ROLL P1 – P7: 140 PUPILS Nursery: am class 19 children pm class 18 children 4 STAFF Teaching staff Head Teacher Mrs Lynne Carpenter-Jacobs Principal Teacher Mrs Nicola Kingslake Primary 1/2 Miss Jenny Green Primary 2/3 Miss Melanie Harvey Primary 3/4 Mrs Lynsey Imlay Primary 4/5 Miss Jillian Cassidy Primary 6 Mrs Pat Harris Primary 7 Mr Steven Crook Support Teacher Miss Claire Camack Additional Support Needs Teacher Mrs Lisa Martin Violin Instructor Mr Patrick Smythe Support staff School Secretary Mrs Linn Taylor School Assistant Mrs Helen Norrie Early Childhood Practitioner Mrs Nicola Coulter Early Childhood Practitioner Mrs Fiona Dawson Early Childhood Practitioner Miss Lynne Telford Classroom Assistant Mrs Sheonagh Keay Support For Learning Assistants Mrs Ilona Wann Mrs Ann Grant Cook Mrs Liz Fairlie Cleaners Tayside Contracts Janitors Mr Jim Denney Mr Bill Denney Other helpful information / visitors School Nurse Ms Alison Moore Educational Psychologist Mrs Barbi Arnaud C of S Minister Rev Marc Bircham School Bus Operator W & M Buchan 01738 828291 Perth and Kinross Area Education Office 01738 476200 Executive Director of Children & Education Mr John Fyffe Head of Education Services (Early Years and Primary) Miss Sheena Devlin School Service Manager Ms Alison Drever 5 4 School Aims St Madoes Primary School aims to work in partnership with families and the community for the benefit of our pupil’s education. Our Aims and Values are to:- • Provide a range of active learning and teaching approaches which will challenge all pupils and encourage them to become motivated. We will help pupils to become Confident Individuals, Responsible Citizens, Effective Contributors and Successful Learners. • Provide a curriculum which is fun, motivating and meets the needs of all pupils. It ensures ambition, depth, balance, breadth, continuity and progression. It will provide opportunities to be enterprising, problem solving and independent. • Provide an ongoing commitment to raising achievement and attainment and provide quality opportunities in all aspects of school life to achieve full potential. • Foster mutual respect between pupils, staff and wider school community. Provide effective supports to meet emotional, physical and mental well being of all. Aim to encourage healthy and active lifestyles and resilience throughout whole school community. • Provide a positive, respectful, secure, and welcoming ethos which encourages a high level of pupil and staff enthusiasm. Foster good communication and effective working partnerships throughout school community. Appreciate parents/carers as partners in the children’s learning. • Offer safe, fair, friendly and stimulating environment through provision of appropriate, accommodation, good staff, quality resources effective ongoing training. • Encourage reflective practice in both staff and pupils, and promote ongoing self-evaluation through the process of effective management and consultation. Revised March 2010 5 Visits for prospective parents/registration Parents who are considering registering their child/ren at St Madoes are welcome to contact us to arrange a visit. Registration forms can be collected from the school and should be returned to the office. The child's Birth Certificate, your Child Benefit book or letter and your Council Tax documentation should also be brought to school as proof of your child’s home address. Visits to school will be arranged to enable new Nursery and P1 pupils to spend time with their teacher and classmates before the start of the session. Parents are also invited to a meeting with school staff to discuss their child's start at school. 6 6 Organisation of School Day Primary 1 – Primary 7 9.15am – 3.15pm Interval 10.30am – 10.45am Lunch Break 12.20pm – 1.05pm Nursery Class am class 9.20 am – 11.50pm pm class 12.40 pm – 3.10 pm Break and Lunch arrangements Lunches are cooked on the premises and are of a very high nutritional standard. There are two sittings for lunch, the younger children going in before the older pupils. Pupils may bring a packed lunch, they eat it in the hall or, if in P6 or P7, outside in good weather. Those staying at school for lunch must stay on the premises under our supervision. The playground is supervised at morning and lunch break by support staff, with involvement of the Head Teacher and Principal Teacher. If the weather is very wet or stormy at break times children are kept indoors. P7s monitor each class with support staff patrolling the school. Please do not send your child to school before 9am as the playground is not supervised before morning bell. On wet days we ask you not to send your child before 9.10 am 7 Uniform/Clothing It is school policy to encourage every pupil to wear school uniform. It is as follows: Grey trousers (boys / girls), shorts, skirt or pinafore White shirt and school tie OR white polo shirt Red jumper, cardigan or school sweatshirt Summer dress – red and white Grey or red tights or white socks Sensible indoor and outdoor shoes are required (sensible heels for girls please). Shoes are changed on entry to the school, so indoor shoes such as gym shoes are also required and these should be kept in school. School sweatshirts, fleeces and rainproof jackets can be ordered from the school office. A PE kit of plain shorts and t shirt is required along with gym shoes or trainers. Tracksuits and outdoor trainers are also required as often PE takes place outside. The wearing of jewellery is discouraged for safety reasons, it is not part of school uniform and should not be worn in school. Earrings must be removed or studs taped over during PE. 7 8 Curriculum Curriculum for Excellence As we prepare our children for the future in our fast changing world, and equip them for jobs which may not yet exist, Curriculum for Excellence has been introduced, in all schools across Scotland, for all learners aged 3-18. In Perth & Kinross we have built on our “Setting the Standard” documents and the “Improving Learning” series by producing Creating a Curriculum for Excellence – which incorporates a four-part guide outlining the role played by the 3-18 Curriculum Framework, Effective Learning and Teaching, Enterprise and Vocational Education and Assessment for Learning in creating Curriculum for Excellence in our schools. Under Curriculum for Excellence every child is entitled to a broad general education with opportunity to acquire depth of knowledge in some areas and to develop Skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work. The learning experiences we deliver will offer learners the opportunity for personalisation and choice. Learning activities will be structured to ensure children work at a pace they can cope with and with the challenge they will thrive on. Plans and tasks will link knowledge in one curriculum area to that in another, helping children to understand the world and to make connections. Children will think for themselves, make sound judgements, challenge opinions, enquire and find solutions. Curriculum for Excellence empowers our teachers to make professional judgments about what and how they teach.