NORTON ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL – Teaching and Learning Policy

We will provide a positive secure learning environment where:

• Our children will be safe, cared for and welcome
• Children and staff can say they enjoy learning and working together
• Visitors and parents will be able to remark about our happy, friendly, lively, visually stimulating and well organised school
   
• The whole school works in partnership to create an atmosphere of trust, support and respect
   
• Clear expectations are set and regularly enforced regarding required behaviour to ensure a purposeful working environment
   
• Children and staff use learning resources of good quality
   
• There is a focus on adding maximum value to children’s learning
   

We will provide a broad and balanced curriculum which:

• Meets or exceeds the requirements of the new National Curriculum 2014
   

• Promotes high academic standards
• Upholds good citizenship, through assemblies and weekly taught sessions to prepare children to play a positive role in our globally inter-dependent and inter-cultural society
   
• Teaches children to respect others and develop a set of considered moral and spiritual values
   
• Teaches the skills to enable children to become independent and self disciplines learners
   
• Sets children challenging but realistic targets for self improvement
   
• Utilises the International Primary Curriculum as appropriate
   

We will provide learning experiences and lessons which:

• Are well planned and organised
• Enable children to understand the purpose of their work and activities
• Are of interest to children, relate to their own experiences and address real life contexts and issued
• Are matched to children’s abilities and allow them to experience success
   
• Provide new challenges not just more of the same
   

The school will work closely with parents and the community to:

• Provide an annually updated prospectus which will outline the school’s values, expectations and procedures
• Ensure regular opportunities for parents to meet with their child’s teachers to discuss progress; what the child does well, what needs to be improved and targets to measure future success
• Ensure children have regular opportunities to be introduced to members of the community as part of their learning
• Enable children to have the opportunity for at least two educational visits outside the school each year and the opportunity to take part in a residential visit in their junior years
• Provide parents with regular opportunities to work alongside their children both in and out of school to promote successful learning
• Offer at least two opportunities each term for parents to come into school and watch their child perform and celebrate their child’s success

Each child and adult will be:

• Valued as in individual and know that his or her cultural heritage is respected
• Have his or her own strengths, interests and talents recognised and nurtured
• Taught to have a positive attitude and respect for others
• Assured equality of opportunity to achieve the full breadth of his or her potential
• Supported and nurtured to develop confidence, a positive self image and hold a high self-esteem

Out teachers and staff:

• Believe they will have a powerful impact on each child’s learning
• Have high expectations of themselves and for all children
• Care about all our children and go out of their way to help them
• Serve as positive role models
• Are committed to equality of opportunity for all
• Design tasks that are relevant, of interest and challengingly achievable