From mountain to sea Barthol Chapel School Handbook 2020/21 2 | Contents Introduction to Barthol Chapel School 4 Our Vision, Values and Aims 6 Curriculum 7 Assessment and Reporting 10 Transitions (Moving On) 11 1 Admissions 11 2 Placing requests & School Zones 12 Support for Children and Young People 13 4 Getting it Right for Every Child 13 5 Wellbeing 13 6 Children’s Rights 14 7 The Named Person 14 8 Educational Psychology 15 9 Enhanced Provision & Community Resource Hubs 15 10 Support for Learning 16 11 The Child’s Plan 16 12 Child Protection 17 13 Further Information on Support for Children and Young People 18 Parent & Carer Involvement and Engagement 19 14 Parental Engagement 19 15 Communication 19 16 ParentsPortal.scot 20 17 Learning at Home 20 18 Parent Forum and Parent Council 21 19 Parents and School Improvement 21 20 Volunteering in school 21 21 Collaborating with the Community 21 22 Addressing Concerns & Complaints 21 School Policies and Useful Information 23 23 Attendance 23 24 Holidays during term time. 23 25 Dress Code 23 | 3 26 Clothing Grants 24 27 Transport 24 28 Privilege Transport 24 29 Early Learning & Childcare Transport 25 30 Special Schools and Enhanced Provision 25 31 School Closure & Other Emergencies 26 32 Storm Addresses 27 33 Change of address and Parental Contact Details 27 34 Anti-bullying Guidance 27 35 School Meals 28 36 Healthcare & Medical 30 37 Schools and Childcare – Coronavirus 31 38 Exclusion 31 39 Educational Visits 31 40 Instrumental Tuition 32 41 Public Liability Insurance 32 42 School Off Site Excursion Insurance 32 43 Data we hold and what we do with it. 33 44 The information we collect from you 33 45 Your Data, Your Rights 33 46 Parental Access to Records 34 47 Information Sharing 34 48 ScotXed 34 Further Information 36 All information in this handbook is correct as of November 2020 4 |Introduction to Barthol Chapel School Introduction to Barthol Chapel School It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Barthol Chapel School. We are very proud of our school and rightly so. We take pride in the fact that Barthol Chapel School is a happy and industrious school with a real sense of team spirit. Our learners are enthusiastic, friendly, welcoming and well behaved. Our staff are very hard working and very committed to doing their best for each and every child. In partnership with you, we will encourage your child to have a positive attitude to learning. We aim to create an ethos where all the children are nurtured, respected, included, inspired and motivated in reaching their full potential, not only academically but as confident individuals ready to actively grasp and follow their dreams in the future. We enjoy good links with the local and wider community, something we are looking to further develop. We enjoy a very successful partnership with our Parent Council which is open to all parents. We work hard to develop and maintain a strong relationship with parents and carers - the education of a child is far too important to be left to school alone. Be assured that no worry concerning your child is too small or unimportant to share with us. We hope the following pages will give you a flavour of our school. Should any questions remain unanswered, we will be only too happy to help. Mr Adrian Anderson (Head Teacher) Barthol Chapel School St Katherines Inverurie Aberdeenshire AB51 8TD TEL: 01651 267440 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bartholchapel.aberdeenshire.gov.uk Adverse Weather and Emergency Closure https://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/Apps/schools-closures/ Information Line: 0370 054 4999 [School Pin: 021330] (Please do not use this line to leave messages for the school) | 5 School Staff Head Teacher Mr Adrian Anderson Class Teachers Mrs Elaine Rodgers Mrs Brenda Macdonald Mrs Gillian Newlands Mrs Kirstie Chalmers Additional Support Needs Mrs Ashley Carstairs School Administrator Mrs Gladys Allan Admin Support Assistant Mrs Caroline Brown Pupil Support Assistants Mrs Heather Strathearn Mrs Susan Beedie Mrs Caroline Brown Catering Assistants Mrs Kathleen Osborne School Janitor Mr Stuart Sim School Cleaner Mrs Cara Fyfe Organisation of the School Day Start 09:15 Interval 10:45 – 11:00 Lunch 12:30 – 13:30 End of Day 15:30 All pupils whether they are transported by school transport or by parents should not arrive at school more than 20 minutes before the start of the school day. They will be allowed into the building to use the toilet or if the weather is excessively wet or windy. 6 |Our Vision, Values and Aims Our Vision, Values and Aims B E S T Believe Endeavour Succeed Together Our Values Our Aims Believe Endeavour At Barthol Chapel School we believe in ourselves and each other. Through At Barthol Chapel School we promote lifelong learning and demonstrate strong relationships and trust, we support everyone in believing they can that success requires hard work and dedication. We endeavour to develop achieve by having high expectations for all. We provide our learners with resilient learners who embrace challenge and persist in the face of relevant, progressive and engaging learning opportunities. By ensuring setback. We support our learners to take ownership of their learning, everyone has the opportunity to develop a positive mindset, we enable our helping them to build upon their unique strengths and talents and set learners to feel confident to question the world, each other and themselves. clear, achievable targets for improvement. Succeed Together At Barthol Chapel School we work in partnership within our school and At Barthol Chapel School we value everyone’s achievements. Everyone wider community to enable everyone to play an active role in the strives to be the best they can be, and we support each other to achieve this. continuous improvement of our school. We provide the opportunity to We are clear about what success means and how it can be attained and listen to and consider all points of views in matters which affect our achieved by having shared expectations and apply them consistently. We learning community. We understand and respect the fact that as a support and challenge all learners by providing an inclusive, broad learning community, we have a collective responsibility to provide and education which meets the needs of all learners, including their wellbeing. deliver the best outcomes for all, Curriculum | 7 Curriculum At Barthol Chapel 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 is based around the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence – to ensure our pupils are successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens. Our curriculum will also reflect the principles of curriculum design to ensure breadth, depth, personalisation & choice, challenge & enjoyment, progression, coherence and relevance. We have a curriculum which we will adapt continuously over time to meet the needs of our pupils. Following the principles of Curriculum for Excellence, achievement of children and young people is celebrated in its broadest sense. This means looking beyond formally assessed learning, to also recognise activities like volunteering and participation in arts, sports and community-based programmes. This approach complements the nurturing and aspirational outcomes of Getting It Right for Every Child, and our aim in Aberdeenshire to overcome inequality by Raising Attainment for All, promoting Equity and Excellence in schools and Closing the Gap. For further information on our Curriculum at Barthol Chapel School, please go to: http://bartholchapel.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/our-curriculum/ Curricular Areas • Literacy and English Language: Listening, Talking Reading and Writing. • Numeracy and Mathematics: Number, Money and Measure, Information Handling, Shape, Position and Movement. • Health & Wellbeing: Mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing, Physical education, activity and sport, Food and health, Substance misuse, Relationships, sexual health and parenthood. • Social Studies: People, past events and societies, People, place and environment, People, society, economy and business. • Sciences: Planet Earth, Forces, electricity and waves, Biological Systems, Materials, Topical Sciences. • Technologies: Technological developments in society, Business technology skills and knowledge, Computing science, Food and textiles, Craft, design, engineering and graphics. • Expressive Arts: Music, Drama, Art and Design and Dance. • Religious and Moral Education: Christianity, World Religions, Development of beliefs and values. • Modern Languages 8 |Curriculum Curriculum Design Our curriculum is designed on the basis of the following 7 principles: • Challenge and enjoyment • Breadth • Progression • Depth • Personalisation and choice • Coherence • Relevance Developing Young Workforce As part of our curriculum, pupils will develop skills for learning, life and work. More detail about these key skills can be found using the link below: https://www.npfs.org.uk/skills-in-a-nutshell/ Throughout their time in school, from Early Years onwards, all pupils will have an opportunity to engage with employers, through experiences like workplace visits, career talks, employability events and courses, work experience and curriculum- based activities. They will also have the opportunity to learn about further and higher education, and the work done by training providers, as well as different career pathways into employment. Further information for parents can be found on the Aberdeenshire DYW website: http://dywaberdeenshire.org/parents/ Curricular Levels Early The pre-school years and P1, or later for some. First To the end of P4, but earlier or later for some. Second To the end of P7, but earlier or later for some. Third and Fourth S1 to S3, but earlier for some. The fourth level broadly equates to Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework level 4. The fourth level experiences and outcomes are intended to provide possibilities for choice and young people's programmes will not include all of the fourth level outcomes.