Ethos
At All Saints all children are valued and their successes celebrated. As a staff, we recognise that all children can achieve their best even if they do not attain the nationally expected levels.
We aim to teach a broad and varied curriculum through which pupils are able to reach their full potential.
We recognise that it is important for all children to achieve a certain standard in both Literacy and Numeracy if they are to be successful in our present day society, but we recognise that we are also educating children for the future. The future our children will face is a rapidly changing one and they will need a wide variety of skills.
They will need to be:
- computer literate
- flexible and solve problems
- know how to learn (learners for life)
- to develop hobbies to aid relaxation
- socially competent
- self confident to achieve whatever they wish to achieve.
Through both our core and broader curriculum we try to foster these skills.
Our class organisation for 2006/2007 was as follows:
- Class 1 Reception / Year 1
- Class 2 Year1 / Year 2
- Class 3 Year 2 / Year 3
- Class 4 Year 3 / Year 4
- Class 5 Year 5
- class 6 Year 6
Decisions are made on an annual basis about which year groups are to be split and the criteria for how decisions will be made are carefully considered. Your child/ren's needs take priority in allo our decision making and parents have the opportunity to discuss the classes with either key stage co-ordinator or the Headteacher. all classes have a support teacher who has hours based upon the needs of children in that class. The Reception class will have at least one full time support teacher.
Our morning sessions are mostly spent of Literacy and Numeracy lessons, where, in line with national guidelines, children are taught new concepts as a class and then split into ability groups so that appropriate follow up tasks can be given. We have a number of Learning Support Assistants who work with groups under the direction of the class teacher. Sometimes, they work alongside the class teachers and at other times, they withdraw groups. We are small enough to have the flexibility to respond to individual needs and children can be moved between groups as their needs change.
For Mathematics, we follow the National Numeracy Strategy and use a variety of mathematics schemes to supplement the strategy. This is supplemented through a variety of other materials. We use the Oxford Reading Tree and other schemes as a core for individual reading with books from our well resourced library and guided readers providing extra material to ensure that children gain understanding of text and do not just rush through levels. all children also have a group reading session with their teacher. This ensures that the teacher is able to monitor reading progress closely.
Our afternoon sessions are spent on the foundation subjects (History, Art, Geography etc). We aim to give the children as many opportunities as possible for an enriched and extended curriculum. Having an international dimension to our work and using foreign languages is very much part of our curriculum. We also buy specialist musicians to run a percussion group who play in assembly once a week.
In order to promote aesthic education, we make full use of local facilities. Children regularly visit Stockport Art Gallery and Bridgewater Hall. We also buy specialist teachers for one off events.
BROADER CURRICULUM
All Saints has achieved International School status (awarded by British Council). We are committed to giving the children a broad range of experiences and have recently established links with schools in Finland, France and Uganda. We have just finished a three year topic where children used email to communicate with the European schools and children from the three European schools are studying some of the same topics and then comparing findings, e.g. favourite television programmes. We are continuing with informal links.
The children have written to the school in Uganda and have received replies. They have been amazed at how little the children in Uganda have.
We regularly support a number of charities such as The Rainbow Trust, a local hospice for children, UNICEF and Christian Aid. In addition children organise their own charity events throughout the year.
Ethos
At All Saints all children are valued and their successes celebrated. As a staff, we recognise that all children can achieve their best even if they do not attain the nationally expected levels.
We aim to teach a broad and varied curriculum through which pupils are able to reach their full potential.
We recognise that it is important for all children to achieve a certain standard in both Literacy and Numeracy if they are to be successful in our present day society, but we recognise that we are also educating children for the future. The future our children will face is a rapidly changing one and they will need a wide variety of skills.
They will need to be:
- computer literate
- flexible and solve problems
- know how to learn (learners for life)
- to develop hobbies to aid relaxation
- socially competent
- self confident to achieve whatever they wish to achieve.
Through both our core and broader curriculum we try to foster these skills.
Our class organisation for 2006/2007 was as follows:
- Class 1 Reception / Year 1
- Class 2 Year1 / Year 2
- Class 3 Year 2 / Year 3
- Class 4 Year 3 / Year 4
- Class 5 Year 5
- class 6 Year 6
Decisions are made on an annual basis about which year groups are to be split and the criteria for how decisions will be made are carefully considered. Your child/ren's needs take priority in allo our decision making and parents have the opportunity to discuss the classes with either key stage co-ordinator or the Headteacher. all classes have a support teacher who has hours based upon the needs of children in that class. The Reception class will have at least one full time support teacher.
Our morning sessions are mostly spent of Literacy and Numeracy lessons, where, in line with national guidelines, children are taught new concepts as a class and then split into ability groups so that appropriate follow up tasks can be given. We have a number of Learning Support Assistants who work with groups under the direction of the class teacher. Sometimes, they work alongside the class teachers and at other times, they withdraw groups. We are small enough to have the flexibility to respond to individual needs and children can be moved between groups as their needs change.
For Mathematics, we follow the National Numeracy Strategy and use a variety of mathematics schemes to supplement the strategy. This is supplemented through a variety of other materials. We use the Oxford Reading Tree and other schemes as a core for individual reading with books from our well resourced library and guided readers providing extra material to ensure that children gain understanding of text and do not just rush through levels. all children also have a group reading session with their teacher. This ensures that the teacher is able to monitor reading progress closely.
Our afternoon sessions are spent on the foundation subjects (History, Art, Geography etc). We aim to give the children as many opportunities as possible for an enriched and extended curriculum. Having an international dimension to our work and using foreign languages is very much part of our curriculum. We also buy specialist musicians to run a percussion group who play in assembly once a week.
In order to promote aesthic education, we make full use of local facilities. Children regularly visit Stockport Art Gallery and Bridgewater Hall. We also buy specialist teachers for one off events.
BROADER CURRICULUM
All Saints has achieved International School status (awarded by British Council). We are committed to giving the children a broad range of experiences and have recently established links with schools in Finland, France and Uganda. We have just finished a three year topic where children used email to communicate with the European schools and children from the three European schools are studying some of the same topics and then comparing findings, e.g. favourite television programmes. We are continuing with informal links.
The children have written to the school in Uganda and have received replies. They have been amazed at how little the children in Uganda have.
We regularly support a number of charities such as The Rainbow Trust, a local hospice for children, UNICEF and Christian Aid. In addition children organise their own charity events throughout the year.