Hythehill Primary School and Nursery December 2019 Welcome to Hythehill Primary School and Nursery Moray Council Education, Communities & Organisational Development Inspire, Include, Improve (The information contained within this handbook is correct at the time of publication, 6th December 2019 and is updated annually.) S.H.I.N.E – SUCCESS – HONESTY – INCLUDED – NURTURED – EFFORT Contents Page 2 Introduction to Moray Council Moray’s Vision and Aims Notes for Parents/Carers Booklet Data Protection 3 Introduction to Hythehill Contact information 4 Staff List 5-7 Welcome to Hythehill History Our School The ASN Base Further Information GIRFEC Security 8-11 Vision, Values and Aims School Ethos Pupil Leadership and Voice Positive Behaviour SOS Bullying 12-13 Enrolment and Transition Nursery Primary 1 Military Support P2-6 Primary 7 to S1 14-16 Procedures for contacting the school Absence Information telephone line Complaints Holidays (term dates) 17 School Improvement Plan and Celebrating Success 18-23 Curriculum 3-18 Curriculum for Excellence 24-26 Learning and Teaching Methodologies Skills Assessment Attainment Reporting Additional Support 27 Parental Involvement 28 Extra-Curricular Activities 29 Parental Organisations 30 School and the Wider Community 31 Photos of School life 32-33 School Uniform School Meals Transport Water bottles Valuables and Lost Property 34-35 Health and Safety Allergies Accidents Administration of Medication Head Lice 36-48 Appendices Useful contacts and website SSIP SQR 1 S.H.I.N.E – SUCCESS – HONESTY – INCLUDED – NURTURED - EFFORT The Moray Council Introduction Education and Social Care is a single, integrated department which brings together Education; Social Work support for Children and Families; Community Care services for adults; and Lifelong Learning, Culture and Sports. Our vision:- Ambitious to Achieve Excellence Together Our aims:- Ensuring people's outcomes remain at the heart of what we do Ensuring effective partnership working Supporting, enabling and encouraging people, their families and local communities to achieve what is important to them Actively promoting early intervention Delivering accessible, consistent, equitable and high quality services Using our resources effectively and targeting our capacity appropriately and efficiently Engaging and involving through effective communication with everyone we work with Promoting equality Sharing and using our information openly and fully Creating a culture of self-evaluation and continuous improvement Notes for Parents and Carers booklet Moray Council has produced a ‘Notes for Parents and Carers’ booklet, which is designed to provide basic information about the education system in Moray and also to detail specific areas of government legislation which may relate to your child’s experience at school. This booklet is available from the school, from Education Communities and Organisation Development, or the Moray Council Internet site www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page.47236.html Data Protection Act Information on pupils and parents/carers is stored securely on a computer system. The information gathered is subject to the terms of the data Protection Act 2018. The information may be used for teaching, registration, assessment and other administrative duties. The information is shared with moray Council for administrative and statistical purposes. Extracts of the information are shared with a range of partners such as Skills Development Scotland, the Scottish Qualifications Authority, and the NHS (for dental and child health immunisation programmes). Information is also shared with The Scottish Government for statistical and research purposes, although individual children are not identifies. The Data Protection Act ensures that information is collected fairly and lawfully, is accurate, adequate, up to date, not held for longer than necessary, and may only be disclosed in accordance with the Codes of Practice. More information is available on the Moray Council Internet site at: http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_75569.html 2 S.H.I.N.E – SUCCESS – HONESTY – INCLUDED – NURTURED - EFFORT Introduction Head Teacher Mrs Susanne Campbell Depute Head Teacher Mr Gordon Stewart (Nursery, P1-3) Depute Head Teacher Mrs Rachael Blackhall (P4-7) Principal Teacher SfL Mrs Alison Sayers School Administrator Mrs Diane Russell Clerical Assistant Mrs Shirley Flett Contact Details School Telephone Number 01343 812014 E-mail [email protected] School Website https://blogs.glow.scotland.org.uk/my/hythehill School Address: Hythehill Primary School, St Margaret's Crescent, Lossiemouth, IV31 6RF Moray Council Website: www.moray.gov.uk Opening Times: Nursery Start Finish am session - 8.35am 11:45am pm session - 12.25pm 3:35pm Start Finish Primary 1-3 8.55am 3.00pm Primary 4-7 8.55am 3.00pm Whole School Morning interval: 10.30-10.50 Lunch : P1- 3 - 12.15 - 1.00pm P4-7 –12.30pm – 1.15pm Office hours are 8.30am -3.30pm. Phone calls made to school outside these hours may take longer to be answered. Alternatively if it is a non-urgent message parents are encouraged to use the information line. STAFF LIST 2019/20 Member of staff Position/Responsibility Mrs Emma Dobbs Primary 1 Class Teacher Mrs Emma Carey Primary 1 Class Teacher Mrs Levi McNee Primary 2 Class Teacher Mrs Sarah Middleton Primary 2 Class Teacher Mrs Emma Witkowski Primary 3 Class Teacher (3 days M,T,W) Mrs Louise Sutherland Primary 3 Class Teacher (2 days Th, F) 3 S.H.I.N.E – SUCCESS – HONESTY – INCLUDED – NURTURED - EFFORT Miss Joanne Edwards Primary 3/4 Class Teacher Mrs Michelle Wong Primary 4 Class Teacher (3 days M,T,W) Ms Kirsty Pollack Primary 4 Class Teacher (2 days Th, F) Miss Hannah Ward Primary 4/5 Class Teacher Miss Megan McWhinney Primary 5 Class Teacher Ms Emma MacKay Primary 6 Class Teacher Mrs Ruth Payne Primary 6 Class Teacher Mrs Jill Robinson Primary 7 Class Teacher Mrs Deborah Gault Primary 7 Class Teacher Mrs Hilary Gray SfL Teacher for Primary 4 and 5 (3 days M,T,W) Mrs Judith Watt SfL Teacher for Primary 1, 2 and 3 (2.5 days M, T 1/2W) Mrs Janette Sone SfL Teacher for Primary 6 and 7 (3 days W, Th, F) Mrs Marian Stuart SfL Teacher for Dyslexia across the school (2 days Th, F) Mrs Sandra Gordon Acting Senior Nursery Nurse Mrs Caroline Jones Acting Nursery Nurse Mrs Elizabeth Burgess Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Marian Dawson Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Lorna Edwards Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Ros Fletcher Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Laura Laing Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Greta Main Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Rachel Maver Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Jennifer McCracken Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Sarah McNeilly Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Evelyn Munro Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Lorna Owen Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Sam Rennie Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Wendy Strang Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Kate Wood Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Louise Dempsey PEF Pupil Support Assistant Mrs Wendy Stewart Classroom Assistant Mrs Beryl Thompson Classroom Assistant Mrs Jackie Thomson Playground and Lunchtime supervisor Mrs Louise Dempsey Lunchtime auxiliary Mr William Glennie Janitor Mrs Brenda Bruce Cleaning Supervisor WELCOME TO HYTHEHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL We are pleased that you have chosen to send your child to Hythehill Primary School and we look forward to working with you and your child to ensure a happy and successful school experience for all. History 4 S.H.I.N.E – SUCCESS – HONESTY – INCLUDED – NURTURED - EFFORT We are very proud of our history and established links within the local community. The school was opened in 1965 and over the years has developed a strong sense of community with a number of local families having several generations educated at the school and a number of RAF families being educated here over the years as personnel and squadrons have moved in and out of RAF Lossiemouth. We consider this to be an asset as the children coming and going bring first hand experiences of the wider world into our classrooms. Our School Hythehill Primary School and Nursery provides an educational service to children from Nursery through to Primary 7 (ages 3 years – 12 years). We are a non-denominational primary school with a current roll of 328 primary children and 30 nursery children. We also have an Enhanced Provision Base with an Autism Accreditation certificate. The catchment area of the school covers the west side of the town of Lossiemouth and surrounding rural areas to the west and south of Lossiemouth. We are also part of the Lossiemouth Associated School Group – this includes St Gerardine PS, Hopeman PS, Burghead PS and Lossiemouth High School The teaching areas are housed on several levels. On the ground level there are three classrooms, the nursery and the Base. On a further three floors there are ten further classrooms, a food technology room and an ICT suite. There are extensive grounds around the school including a staff and disabled access car parking area, a substantial outdoor learning area, raised flower beds, wildlife garden, a quadrangle with garden, concrete and grass playing areas, a large football pitch/athletic field and a concrete basketball court. Our playground has painted games to encourage children to play cooperatively. We are currently developing our Loose Parts shed to encourage more creative play. ASN Provision At Hythehill, we have an ASfL Base which also has the Autism Accreditation certification. The Base provides additional support through the provision of individualised work spaces and specific resources for those children who have been identified as having Exceptional Need. These children require individualised programmes of learning and for all or part of the day additional adult support. The majority of children accessing the Base and its resources are also active members of mainstream classes. The Base is under the guidance of Mrs Alison Sayers, Principal Teacher of SfL. Further Information Pupils are taught in mixed ability classes, as far as possible, according to their age. Schools in Scotland are staffed to a formula that relates to the school roll.