Prospectus and Mission Statement

Mission Statement

Head Teacher Chair of Governors

Mrs E. Lockwood. Mrs J. Deans

School Brochure

Postal Address
High Street
Kirmington
North Lincolnshire
DN39 6YP
Tel/fax 01652 688451
email: school@kirmington.n-lincs.sch.uk

Information published in accordance with the School Standards and Framework Act 1998
(as amended by Education Act 2002) for admissions from September 2005

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Dear Parents,

We welcome you and your child to Kirmington Church of England Primary School and we hope your time with us will be both enjoyable and rewarding.

This booklet has been prepared as an introduction to the school but if there is anything else you would like to know please do not hesitate to ask. You are always welcome to telephone or make an appointment to visit the school.

At Kirmington Church of England Primary School we aim to provide an excellent standard of primary education for all our children. As a staff we aim to ensure that the children receive a broad, balanced, well taught curriculum which excites and challenges each one.

We aim to harness the children’s enthusiasm for learning, giving them the opportunities to become independent learners and at the same time be successful in their achievements, maintaining high standards.

We also value honesty and kindness and encourage children to take responsibility for their actions. We value our title of Church of England school and we actively work to maintain links with the Church and Community.

We believe you as parents play a very important role in your child’s education and we encourage close co-operation between home and school. We value the rich diversity that children bring from home life and seek to build on it to provide a firm foundation for future success.

By working together we can make sure this happens.

Yours sincerely

E. Lockwood

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1. Information for Parents

Kirmington Church of England Primary School caters for children from 3 – 11years.
The school has an open door policy. Parents and other visitors may visit the school at any time although it is better to phone or write to be sure that someone can be free to speak to them.

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2. Admissions and transfers

Our nursery, open to children in the term after their third birthday, has been operating since April 2005. With the development of our purpose built nursery we are now able to offer full time provision for all children the term after their third birthday. This includes over the lunch time period. There will be a charge for sessions over and above the statutory five, 3hour sessions. We are waiting for advice from the Local Authority regarding these charges.
Children are admitted to full time education at the beginning of the school year in which their fifth birthday occurs. There are a variety of schools which our children transfer to at the end of the Juniors although our designated school is The Vale of Ancholme Technology College. We have very close liaison with The Vale of Ancholme Technology College..

3. Times of School Sessions

The time spent on teaching during the normal working week, including Religious Education but excluding collective worship, registration and breaks amounts to:-

4. Arriving/ Leaving School

Formal supervision of the children is from 8:45 a.m. It is preferable that children do not arrive before this time and left unsupervised.

Please make sure that the school is kept fully aware of the delivery and the collection arrangements for your child. In the event of an unavoidable delay in picking up a child, please try to contact us as soon as possible to enable us to make necessary supervision arrangements.

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The children’s entrance is at the side of the building off the main body of the playground.

5. Holidays

A list of holidays is attached. We strongly discourage parents from taking children out of school for family holidays during term time.

The head teacher is only able to grant authorised absence for holidays in exceptional circumstances and each request will be viewed on its own merit.

The demands of the National Curriculum make it very difficult for teachers to go back over any work your child has missed whilst not in school.

6. Attendance

Regular and punctual attendance is a legal requirement and it is of crucial importance if your child is to benefit from the education offered in school. If an absence is unavoidable, please contact the school as early as possible on the first day of absence. If a child is not present when the register is taken we a have a policy of contacting the parent immediately. Parents are required to explain all absences. Failure to do so will result in the absence being reported to the Governing Body and to the Education Authority as “unauthorised”.

For reasons of safety it is essential that your child arrives on time for registration. Lateness is carefully monitored and any instances require an explanation.

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Details of Authorised and Unauthorised Absences

No. on Roll	Authorised Absences	Unauthorised Absences	Attendance
29	6.61%	0.01%	93.38%

7. School Organisation

Our school was built in the mid Victorian period. It houses a Junior and an Infant classroom. Within the Infant classroom is a mezzanine which holds the infant computer suite. The junior computers are in the junior classroom to allow for ICT work to be an integrated part of the curriculum. Both classrooms have interactive whiteboards.
We have a purpose built library area in the children’s entrance and operate a lending library three days a week.
The school house which is attached to the school is now used primarily for administration and storage although a classroom has been created for small group work in this part of the building.
We have a small playing field and a good sized playground situated at the side of the school building. At the front of the school is a pleasant garden with benches for children to enjoy quiet times during play times.
We are developing the area at the rear of the school. We have installed a play fort for more adventurous play and have plans to incorporate more equipment in the future. We are also intending to create an outside classroom area and sensory garden for children to enjoy lessons, such as RE and PHSCE in a different, more contemplative environment. The centre piece, a maze seat, for this has already been installed.

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Our sensory garden

The Bishop’s visit

There are two classes; the Infants, which is Reception and Years1 and 2 and the Juniors which is made up of children from Years 3 to 6. Each classroom has a teacher and support staff to ensure that all the children receive a rigorous education.
We use a variety of teaching methods to ensure that all learning styles are catered for. Our teaching recognises that all children are individuals with their own talents, strengths and needs. It is therefore organised so that all children are working at a level appropriate to their abilities.

First Step Nursery

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8. School Curriculum

The subjects taught in school are English, mathematics, science, information and communication technology (ICT), design technology, history, geography, music, art, physical education, religious education and personal, health, social, citizenship education.

Each subject area has Programmes of Study, which the children follow in their appropriate “key stage”. Children in Reception are working towards their Early Learning Goals. The children in Years 1 and 2 are working at Key Stage 1 and the children in Years 3 to 6 are working at Key Stage 2.

Our aim is to make the curriculum as exciting and meaningful as possible, giving the children the opportunity to use their skills and abilities in a wide context. Literacy and mathematics are taught daily in each class often using other subjects’ themes as the stimulus.

As the children progress through the school, there is an increase in the amount of subject teaching as appropriate to meet the needs of the National Curriculum.

The school is very well equipped for ICT both in the Infant and Junior classrooms and this is integrated into all aspects of teaching and learning.

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Celebrating World Book Day

The Juniors taking part at Hull Museum

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We offer as wide a range as possible of PE activities, indoor and outdoor and are currently part of The National PE and School Sport initiative. All the Juniors attend the Ancholme Leisure Centre for eight weekly swimming lessons in the year.

Sex Education

Sex education is part of the Healthy Schools programme. It emphasises the development of personal and social skills and is linked with the Drugs education programme and the development of self-esteem.
Year 2 and Year 4 children receive the appropriate teaching within the school year from their class teacher. Year 6 is taught by outside agencies including the school nurse and the police. All these programmes include video material. Parents have the right to withdraw their children from the video.

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9. Religious Education and Collective Worship

The school is controlled by the local authority but has close links with the Church of England to which it is affiliated.
As a Church of England School, we value our time of Collective Worship. It is a time for reflection in the midst of a busy day.
We are proud of our Church of England status and welcome the fact that we are part of the wider Christian family.


Celebrating Easter.

Religious Education Policy

The school’s religious education follows the guidelines of the LEA agreed syllabus and within the framework of the Education Reform.

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10. Assessment and Reporting

In line with statutory regulations, each reception child is assessed soon after entering school. This helps the teachers to plan appropriate work for each child and provides a “baseline” against which future assessments can be made.

During the time your child is in school, continuous assessment by your child’s teacher will take place and progress will be reported to you on a regular basis. There will also be a written annual report, which you will be given an opportunity to discuss.

Statutory Standard Assessment Tasks/Tests (SATs) will take place in Year 2 (for Key Stage 1) and Year 6 (for Key Stage 2). The children’s levels of attainment will be included in their written annual report.

11. Homework

Homework in Key Stage 1 is less formal, although the children should regularly take home reading books and will always be encouraged to practise reading, writing and maths skills at home. In addition, they may be asked to do a simple task, find out facts or collect items for a particular topic. In Key Stage 2, there is a structured programme of homework increasing as the children progress from Y3 to Y6. We attach great importance to homework and ask for parental support.

We are currently running the Bookworm Challenge to encourage home reading. Reception toY4 have to fulfil a number of reading sessions to acquire the Bronze, Silver and Gold awards. Year 5 and Year 6 are asked to complete a number of book reviews to gain the awards.
We have also introduced a number challenge, which consists of number recognition, number bonds and multiplication tables. There are Bronze, Silver and Gold awards for different stages.

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12. Special Educational Needs

We make every effort to identify children who have special educational needs as early as possible. They will be given extra help and support on an individual basis or within a small group. This may be within the classroom situation or children may be withdrawn for a specific purpose. A teacher from the Special Needs Support Service works in school on a weekly basis and provides additional help when required.
We also recognise the special needs of very able children and aim to meet these needs by providing them with challenging tasks and giving them the opportunity to work with older children in Literacy and Maths.

13. Educational Visits and Visitors to the School

Educational visits are a vital part of our school life. They are always arranged to fit in with the National Curriculum requirements, and we therefore feel it is important that the whole class shares such visits. We also have visitors into school to enhance the children’s learning e.g. theatre groups, sports coaches, musicians etc. They provide important first hand experiences and are valuable in the stimulus and reinforcement they give to the work the children do in class. It is necessary for each educational visit to be self-financed. This can only be achieved if parents are willing to contribute to the cost involved. We do therefore ask for your support in this area.

Releasing Butterflies Mr Tyska bought some chrysalis’ into school. We watched them open. Amazing!

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14. Extra Curricular Activities

Various extra curricular activities are available to pupils on a voluntary basis. They presently include football, music, science, activities and French. Most of these clubs are free of charge but where experts are bought in a small charge will be made.
Individual music tuition is also available from the LEA peripatetic music service. Junior children have the opportunity to learn woodwind and upper strings. School pays half the cost of this music provision and parents are asked to pay the remaining half.

15. School Discipline

The best kind of discipline, we believe, is self discipline and our aim is to encourage, foster and develop this at all times. We hope to achieve this by our attitudes to the children and their work, by respect and consideration for everyone in the school and a clear definition of our high expectation of personal behaviour. The children have been consulted in the process of making rules for behaviour in the classroom and on the playground. We feel ownership of this is important so that the children have a greater understanding of what is expected of them.
We have a whole School Behaviour Policy. This includes a policy for the Prevention of Bullying. The policy outlines rewards and sanctions to ensure a consistent approach.

We show a friendly, caring attitude and believe praise and encouragement of children’s efforts and achievements are very important in maintaining good discipline. We celebrate children’s good behaviour and achievements in our weekly “Golden Child” assemblies to which all parents and other members of the family are warmly welcome.

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16. Parents

We aim to establish a firm partnership between parents and teachers from the beginning. We share with you the responsibility for your child’s education and development and therefore aim to keep you as fully informed as possible about school life. This is done in a variety of ways including open evenings, workshops, family assemblies, concerts, regular newsletters, written reports and informal chats.

We try to foster an open atmosphere where parents and staff communicate freely and where parents’ opinions, support and involvement are highly valued. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have a problem or query. Also come and tell us if you are particularly pleased with something! We are here to work with you.

17. Pastoral Care

Children are able to approach any member of the school staff with any worries that they might have. The staff makes a great effort to get to know the children and are ready to respond to their social and welfare needs. Should there be any cause for concern we would contact you. We hope that these arrangements will work in reverse and you will come to us to discuss any problems or worries you may have.

Cuts and grazes resulting from play are dealt with in school. In the case of illness or an accident, the school will immediately contact the parents where available or another adult nominated by the parents.

No medicine should be brought into school by children. Parents should see the head teacher if the giving of medicine, or the use of an inhaler is important.

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If a child in Key Stage 1 needs the regular use of an inhaler, this must be clearly labelled with the child’s name and instructions for dosage. The teachers will look after the inhalers.

Key Stage 2 children will be in charge of their own inhaler, which should also be clearly labelled. We recommend that it is kept in the classroom for easy access.

Children must administer inhalers themselves

If a child has a serious or recurring medical problem it is essential that parents notify school.

18. School Dress

We feel that a high standard of school dress is very important. This helps create a strong sense of identity and belonging to the school.

The school uniform consists of:
School sweatshirt, bottle green with the Kirmington logo
Polo shirt, yellow with Kirmington logo
Grey skirt, shorts or trousers.
Black shoes.
For PE children are asked to wear shorts and T-shirt and black plimsolls for indoor work.
Outdoor games, Key Stage 2 T-shirt, joggers, sweatshirt and trainers.
This uniform may be purchased, at cost, from the school.
Jewellery should not be worn in school. If ears are pierced, only plain studs are accepted.

It is LEA policy that all earrings are removed for PE in the interests of health and safety. The children will be responsible for taking them out.

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19. General information

School Meals

An excellent mid-day meal is available for all the children. The LEA fixes the cost of the meal and the present charge can be obtained from the school office. Dinner money can be paid by a cheque made out to North Lincolnshire Council or by cash and should be brought in a named envelope on Monday morning.
Termly menus are available from the school office.
Children are also able to bring a packed lunch. We ask parents who chose this option to ensure that their child brings sensible, healthy food in their packed lunch, in keeping with our healthy schools policy.

20. Complaints Procedure

Parents are asked to discuss any problems with the class teacher and the Head teacher in the first instance. Most problems can be sorted out in this way. If parents are still dissatisfied, formal arrangements for making complaints can be made.

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21. National Curriculum Results for 7 and 11 year olds

DfES regulations take account of the need to protect the confidentiality of the results of individual pupils in schools with a very small number of pupils eligible for assessment. If you have any queries regarding this matter please do not hesitate to contact the head teacher who will be happy to discuss our approach to the SATs.

Key Stage 1 National results 2006

Key Stage 1

Subject	National 2B+
Reading	72%
Writing	61%
Maths	73%

Key Stage 2 National results 2006

Key Stage 2

Subject	National 4+
English	80%
Maths	76%
Science	87%

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