HAKIN COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROSPECTUS School Year 2016-17 INTRODUCTION Welcome to Hakin Community School. We hope that you find the information contained in this prospectus useful and helpful. If your child joins our school, we trust that he/she will be happy here and will make good progress. Our school staff and governors work hard to achieve this goal. We believe children learn best in a friendly, caring and positive environment where everyone is given the chance to succeed. This means having the confidence and courage to ‘have a go’ and be just as prepared to fail as to succeed, as we all learn from both outcomes. We strive towards “partnership” in the fullest sense involving staff, children, parents and governors in the educational process. By the age of 11 we want our pupils to be confident, self-assured and responsible young people ready to take on the challenge of their secondary school. Community values are at the heart of all we do. Personal, moral, social and emotional development supports learning across the whole curriculum, as well as learning for life. We are also at the heart of Hakin as a community and see ourselves as a hub for learning and fulfilment in the local area. Many parents use the school daily, learning alongside or supporting their children in class, or through daytime and evening learning activities. At Hakin Community School we aim to: provide a warm and caring school with a happy, secure, healthy and purposeful learning environment. secure stimulating and challenging learning that develops lively, enquiring and aspiring minds so that children can reach their full potential in all aspects of life. provide enthusiastic, skilful and effective teaching to encourage all pupils to learn in a variety of styles and achieve high standards across the full range of learning. provide a curriculum which is comprehensive and robust, but also relevant and flexible within a changing world. provide conditions for all staff to develop professional skills, knowledge and expertise, ensuring that standards of teaching and learning are consistently high. develop spiritual and moral awareness, including an understanding and tolerance of other people, cultures and societies. help children to develop confidence, high self-esteem and a positive and enthusiastic attitude to their work and life in general, without fear of failure. empower children to make decisions, respond to choices, overcome problems and take an active part in their own development and learning. foster close links with parents by being welcoming and open, and by involving parents so that they can play their part in the life of the school, including supporting children’s learning. promote effective associations with our local community to both support children’s learning and establish the school as a focus for learning for the community. ensure that all voices are listened to, and that teamwork is promoted. be honest, sensitive, courteous and supportive. Hakin Community School Prospectus 2016-17 1 BASIC INFORMATION Hakin Community School e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Years 2-6: Nursery – year 1: Waterloo Road Picton Road Hakin Hakin Milford Haven SA73 3ES Pembrokeshire SA73 3PB Tel: 01646 692894 Tel: 01646 694852 Headteacher: Mr Nicholas Dyer Number on Roll: 350 (January 2017 FTE) Deputy Headteacher: Mrs Delyth Evans Chair of Governors: Cllr Mrs Yvonne Southwell Assistant Headteacher: Mrs Andrea Reynolds Facebook Page: Search for Hakin Community School on Facebook PCC School Page: http://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/content.asp?Language=&id=7495&nav=647,690&parent_directory_id=646 Type of School The school is a co-educational Community Primary School administered by Pembrokeshire Education Authority. As such it provides education for children between the ages of three and eleven living in the district of Hakin and its environs. The school is an English language medium school. Children normally leave to attend Milford Haven School in the September following their eleventh birthday. The junior site building was built in three stages in 1913, 1938 and 1974. The infant site building was built in 1959. The modernisation of the school has provided excellent facilities which include multi-purpose Halls, Kitchens, Art and Science Areas, Nurture Room, Music Practice Room and a large field on the junior site for outdoor games. The infant site has well developed outdoor areas for Foundation Phase learning. Admissions The school adopts the PCC admissions policy which can be obtained from the school on request, or from the admissions office at County Hall 01437 764551 www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk. Parents of new entrants are asked to complete an admissions form giving details of addresses, telephone numbers of parents and other family contacts for emergencies. Two members of our Early Years staff make home visits to all new entrants to the nursery. Prior arrangements for these visits are made with parents the term before the child is due to start school, and parents of all new entrants are invited to an initial meeting prior to entry. This is an opportunity to visit the classrooms and observe the pupils at work. The new entrant nursery children are invited to spend a short session in their classrooms with their teachers prior to entry. Home School Agreement Since September 1999 all maintained schools have been required to produce a home/school agreement, signed by pupil, parent and teacher. At Hakin Community School this agreement is designed to help your child to develop in supportive surroundings, both at school and at home, so that he/she can make the most of the opportunities available during his/her time at school. It is a way in which we can all commit ourselves to work in partnership, and to forge an effective link between the home and school. The agreement is a set of commitments that the school, parents and children will make based on ‘I will …’. The intention is that this strong triangular partnership will lead to a good understanding of all our responsibilities, and that your child will feel the benefits of our joint pledge in the future. Hakin Community School Prospectus 2016-17 2 The School Day Picton Road Site Part Time Nursery Pupils Full time Nursery Pupils Mornings: 9.15 am to 11.40 am Mornings: 9.15 am to 12.00 noon Afternoons: 12.45 pm to 3.10 pm Afternoons: 1.00 pm to 3.10 pm Pupils in Years Reception & yr 1 Picton Road site Breakfast Club opens at Mornings 9.15 am to 12.00 noon 8.00 a.m. Afternoons 1.00 pm to 3:15 pm School starts for infant pupils at 9.15 am but pupils are welcome in their classrooms from 9.00 am onwards; this gives pupils an opportunity to experience a relaxed start to the day reading books or completing jigsaws. On a Thursday morning parents are encouraged to come in and read with their child during this time. Parents are asked to escort pupils to the exterior classroom doors, and to arrive punctually in order for registration to take place promptly at 9.15 am. Parents are asked to collect children at 3.15 pm at exterior classroom doors. If parents are unable to meet their children at the end of the day, please inform the class teacher of the alternative arrangements. Waterloo Road Site - Yrs 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 8.00 am Breakfast Club 9:00 am School Starts 10:45 am - 11:05 am Morning Break 12:20 pm Lunchtime 1:15 pm Afternoon session begins (year 2 have an afternoon break) 3:20 pm School ends Parents are asked to note that there is no supervision before 8.50 a.m. and are asked not to send children to school before this time, unless they are registered for breakfast club. There is also supervision for ten minutes after the end of the school day. The registration periods end at 9.30 a.m. and 1.20 p.m. Any child arriving after these times will be deemed absent for the session. The school office is normally open from 8.45 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Breakfast Club The school runs a free breakfast club which starts at 8.00 a.m. each morning – please ask at the school office for details of how to register. Breakfast club closes for entry at 8.30 am and then finishes in time for the beginning of the school day. Attendance The school is required by law to account for every child during the school day. The registration period closes at 9.30 a.m. Pupils who arrive after this time will be deemed officially late and an unauthorized absence will be recorded. Junior children who go home at lunchtime should not arrive back before 1.05 p.m., but should be in class at 1.15 p.m. Infant children should be back in school at 1.00 p.m. Regular attendance is very important. It is still the responsibility of parents to inform the school before 9.00 a.m. if your child will be absent. However, when a child is fit to return to school, a note is required, unless a parent personally comes into school to explain the absence. If your child is registered absent, and we have not received notification, this automatically triggers a text from the school to your mobile phone with the message ‘Hakin School. Your child did not register at school today. Please phone the school asap. Jun: 692894 Inf: 694852’. We ask that you then phone the school to provide a reason. This should also double as a safety mechanism to pick up if your child has not arrived in school, even though you assume they have come in.