Preston Primary School Prospectus
Preston C of E
Primary School
Tasburgh
Challenging children to
achieve their full potential
Prospectus
2005/2006
CONTENTS
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CONTENTS 2
PERSONNEL 4
The Staff 4
Peripatetic teachers 4
Governing Body 5
GENERAL INFORMATION 6
Preston Primary School – past, present and future 6
Being a Voluntary Controlled School 6
Year groups and the school curriculum 6
Admissions Policy 7
Over-subscription 8
Moving to secondary education 8
The Long Stratton Area Association of Schools 8
Awards 9
Special educational needs 9
Pupil attendance record 10
Links with the community 10
School policies 10
Preston Primary School Friends’ Association 10
OFSTED 10
Standard assessment tasks 11
OUR PURPOSE 12
Mission statement 12
Aims 12
School Ethos 12
Ongoing objectives 13
THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM AND THE FOUNDATION STAGE 14
Introduction 14
English 15
Mathematics 16
Science 17
Information and Communication Technology 17
Religious Education 18
Physical Education 18
Art and Design 18
Music 18
Design and Technology 19
History 19
Geography 20
Sex Education 20
French 20
General 20
DAY TO DAY SCHOOL LIFE 21
School uniform 21
School hours 22
Holidays 22
Extra expenses 22
Clubs 22
Money and valuables 23
Homework 23
Home-school agreement 24
School visits 24
Discipline 24
Collective Worship 25
Meals 25
Milk 25
Absence 25
Arrangements for parents to visit 26
Parent helpers 26
Welfare 26
Safety 27
Child Protection 27
GLOSSARY 28
NATIONAL CURRICULUM ASSESSMENTS 29
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Preston Primary School
Henry Preston Road
Tasburgh
Norwich NR15 1NU
March 2005
Dear Parents,
Starting school is a very important step for you and your child; parents considering the best school to suit their child are welcome to visit us. The current arrangements for children who will be 5 years old between 1st September 2005 and 31st August 2006 is that they can start at Preston Primary School in September (this situation may be revised in line with Local Education Authority policy).
Preston Primary School does not have a nursery class but works closely with Tasburgh Playgroup, which claims Government nursery funding. In the term before children start school, visits are arranged to familiarise the children with the school and with their new teachers.
If your child doesn’t attend the local Playgroup we are happy to make individual arrangements. We are anxious to make the transition from home to school as smooth and stress-free as possible.
New parents are invited to an evening meeting in the term before their child starts. There is a chance to meet the staff, look round the school and be given a brief resume of our school routines, procedures and policies.
As your child gets older and moves through our school we place great emphasis on them beginning to take on more responsibility. Class 3 children run our school bank and Class 4 help to run the school library. We encourage them to express their ideas on ways to help maintain our happy learning atmosphere.
We are very proud of the results achieved by our children. They are very well placed to cope with high school education when they leave us having had the benefit of a small, family school atmosphere without it being too small to be stimulating.
We want you to feel part of our school and understand what we are doing from the very start.
With best wishes,
Dyan McKelvey
Headteacher
PERSONNEL
The Staff
Position / Co-ordinator forMrs D R McKelvey / Headteacher, Class 2 teacher / RE,Technology
Mrs S Bing / Assistant Headteacher, Class 1 teacher / Art, ICT, Science, SEN
Mrs N Piggot / Class 2 teacher (part time) / Music, Numeracy
Miss A Scott / Class 4 teacher
Mr M Dunscombe / Class 5 teacher / ICT,P.E,PHSE&
Citizenship
Mrs H Wilson / Class 3 teacher (part time) / Literacy, DT
Mrs B Scott / Key Stage 1 music, recorders and keyboards (part time).
Mrs E Royse / School secretary
Mrs C Hughes / Part-time school secretary
Miss R Walker / Specialist teacher assistant
Mrs C Austin / Specialist teacher assistant
Mrs S Weal / SEN Classroom assistant/midday supervisory assistant
Mrs S Betts / SEN Classroom assistant/ midday supervisory assistant
Mrs L Allgood / SEN Classroom assistant – Additional Literacy Support
Mrs J Fincham / Classroom assistant/midday supervisory assistant/part-time school secretary
Mrs V Bushby / Midday supervisory assistant
Mrs M Thompson / Midday supervisory assistant
Mrs J Roberts / Cook
Mr A Stevenson / Part-time caretaker
Mrs T Mills / Part-time cleaner
Mr O Willis Mr B Willis / Part-time cleaner
Peripatetic teachers
Mr K O’Brian / Percussion tutorMr D Eaton / Woodwind tutor
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Governing Body
The Governing Body of Preston Primary School is composed of people who are either elected by parents or teachers or who are appointed. Various bodies appoint governors including the local education authority, Tasburgh Parish Council, Tasburgh Parochial Church Council and the Church of England Diocesan Board of Education.
This is the current Governing Body:
Mrs Lesley Allgood / Parent governorResponsible for History, Early Years and Year 5
Mrs Julie Bennett /
Parent governor
Mrs Jean Campling / LEA governorResponsible for Year 2,Art & Design
Mrs Pat Crowley / Tasburgh Parish Council governorResponsible for SEN and English
Mr Matthew Dunscombe /Teacher governor
Responsible for PHSE&Citizenship,Year 6/5,P.E,ICT
Mr David Hughes / Parent governor and ChairResponsible for Mathematics
Mr Mike Leaf / Parent governorResponsible for PE
Mrs Dyan McKelvey / HeadteacherProfessional adviser to the Governors
Mrs Julia Orpin / Foundation governor
Responsible for Collective Worship and Year 4
Mrs Maggie Raney /Co-opted governor
Mr Keith Read / LEA governorResponsible for Design and Technology
Mr Julian Roots / Parent governorResponsible for Geography and Year R
Mrs Adrienne Watts / Foundation governor
Responsible for PHSE&Citizenship Music
Mrs Sue Weal / Non-teaching staff governorResponsible for Year 3
Mrs Emma Royse / Clerk to the Governors
If parents have any problems or queries, which they feel the Governing Body can help with, they are welcome to contact any of the above members.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Preston Primary School – past, present and future
The school was officially opened on its current site as a First School on 19th June 1981 by the then Bishop of Norwich, the Rt. Rev. Maurice Wood. It bears the name of Henry Preston, the rector who built the first school for the children of Tasburgh on Church Hill in 1844.
The school was a Primary School until 1977 and then became a First School. Twenty years later, in September 1997, it reverted to primary status and the refurbished, extended and re-equipped school was officially opened by HRH The Duchess of Gloucester on the 13th March 2001.
Preston Primary is a co-educational day school for children from 4+ to 11+ years. At present we have 112 children on the roll in five classes, although we have the capacity for 119 pupils.
Being a Voluntary Controlled School
Preston Primary is a Church of England Voluntary Controlled School. This means that while Norfolk County Council maintains the school through a delegated budget, collective worship is provided in agreement with the Church of England Foundation Governors and the Trust Deeds. Religious Education is taught in accordance with the Norfolk Agreed Syllabus.
While we are Church of England school we welcome children from other faiths and the diversity and multi-culturalism that this adds to the life of the school.
Year groups and the school curriculum
As with all primary schools in Norfolk, our school has seven-year groups and, as we only have four class bases, it is inevitable that classes will contain more than one-year group.
The anticipated arrangement for classes in September 2005/2006 is as follows although class sizes will be closely monitored to make sure no class is too large.
Class / Teacher / Year groupsClass 1 / Mrs Bing / Reception Year
Year 1
Class 2 / Mrs McKelvey
Mrs Piggot / Year 1
Year 2
Class 3 / Mrs Wilson / Year 3
Class 4 / Miss Scott
Mrs Piggot / Year 4
Class 5 / Mr Dunscombe / Year 5
Year 6
Children in Year 1 will be integrated into Class 2 for literacy and numeracy lessons as and when the school feels they are able to cope.
Year groups are described under National Curriculum arrangements as follows:-
Age
/ Description /Abbreviation
/ NotesFoundation / 3-4 / Year 0 / Y0 / Children aged 3 – 5 work towards the Early Learning Goals
Stage / 4-5 / Reception / YR
Key Stage / 5-6 / Year 1 / Y1
1 / 6-7 / Year 2 / Y2 / SATs taken at the end of this year
Key Stage / 7-8 / Year 3 / Y3
2 / 8-9 / Year 4 / Y4
9-10 / Year 5 / Y5
10-11 / Year 6 / Y6 / SATs taken at the end of this year
Key Stage / 11-12 / Year 7 / Y7 / Move to High School
3 / 12-13 / Year 8 / Y8
13-14 / Year 9 / Y9 / SATs taken at the end of this year
Key Stage / 14-15 / Year 10 / Y10 / Key Stage 4 begins
4 / 15-16 / Year 11 / Y11 / GCSEs taken
Admissions Policy
The LEA (Norfolk County Council) is responsible for admissions at Preston Primary School.
The statutory age for the start of compulsory education is from the beginning of the school term after the child’s fifth birthday.
In Norfolk, the LEA admissions policy is for all children to start school in September, at the beginning of the academic year during which they will be five-years–old. However the policy states that younger children go to school part-time for one term while the older children can start full-time education at the start of the school year. The full policy is as follows:
“Children born between 1st September and the end of February may
start school full-time no earlier than the beginning of the autumn term
before their fifth birthday”.
“Children born between 1st March and 31st August may start school part-
time no earlier than the beginning of the autumn term before their fifth
birthday and full-time at the beginning of the spring term before their
fifth birthday”.
As part of a gentle transition to formal school education, Preston Primary School likes to admit all children into the Reception class on a part-time basis for the first term regardless of their age. All children then begin full-time education at the beginning of the spring term in January. We are happy to discuss all aspects of school admission and when full-time education is right for your child; please contact the Early Years teacher, Mrs Bing or the Headteacher, Mrs McKelvey.
We have a special partnership with Tas Valley Pre-School and work closely together on Early Years issues and on ensuring a smooth transition to full-time education.
Over-subscription
Preston Primary has a maximum intake of 17 children each year although the school does sometimes accommodate more Reception children in exceptional years.
In the event of too many children applying for the places available in the school, the LEA will give preference to children living nearest the school, according to the following rules in this order of priority.
1. Children with a statement of special educational needs naming that school;
2. Children in public care who live in the area served by the school;
3. Children who live within the catchment area and have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission;
4. Children who live within the catchment area and have no brother or sister connection with that school;
5. Children who live outside the catchment area and have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of their admission;
6. Children who live outside the catchment area and have no brother or sister connection with that school.
In the event of over-subscription in any of these criteria, then those living closest to the school will be given priority. To determine who lives nearest, the LEA will measure distance door-to-door using Ordnance Survey data.
More details of admission and over-subscription policy along with the appeals procedure is contained in the LEA booklet A Parents’ Guide to Primary Schools in Norfolk available in the school office.
Moving to secondary education
Children will usually transfer from this school to the High School at Long Stratton at the age of 11, although parents are free to make their own choice about alternative schools, subject to the availability of space and their ability to provide transport out of the designated area. We have close links with the High School and other feeder schools in the area to ensure a degree of conformity and continuity in the children’s education.
The Long Stratton Area Association of Schools
Preston Primary School is a member of The Long Stratton Area Association of Schools. This Association is open to local First and Primary Schools; Long Stratton Middle and High Schools are also members.