Wednesday, 10 March 2010
     
Learning
Ofsted inspection Print E-mail

The school had a successful and useful Ofsted inspection in June 2006 and the following quotations reflect the positive way in which the school was seen to be working.  A full copy of the Ofsted Inspection Report - 2006 can be obtained from the school office or downloaded from the document section of this website

Innovative and creative aspects of learning, which have set pupils' imagination alight.

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Curriculum Print E-mail

The National Curriculum and the Primary Frameworks for Literacy and Numeracy are our guides to the learning and teaching that takes place at our school, providing the children with a broad and balanced curriculum.

We enhance and encourage further independent learning by being creative and innovative in identifying and organising areas of study which promote cross-curricular links and encourage children to think creatively between subjects.
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Year of Science and Design Technology Print E-mail

The vast loneliness up here is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize what you have back on Earth.  The Earth from here is a grand oasis in the big vastness of space.  Jim Lovell (NASA astronaut, 1968)

In the 21st century, science and technology will increasingly dominate our lives. There will be many challenges, not only environmental, but ethical and moral as well. Science and Design and Technology are key subjects for all children in helping them live in an increasingly demanding world.

2009 is a special year for science. It will be the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’. It will also be the 400th anniversary of Galileo's use of a telescope to study the night sky and 40 years since the first moon landing.

 

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Global Dimension Print E-mail

943359_95054034_medium.jpgGlobal issues are part of children's lives in ways that are very different from when we were children. Television, the Internet, international sport and increased opportunities for travel all bring the wider world into everyone's daily life. Our society today is enhanced by people, cultures, languages, religions, art, technologies, music and literature originating in many different parts of the world.

 



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