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Kemble PrimarySchool

Prospectus 2011 - 2012

Telephone: 01285 770303 Email: [email protected]



Dear Parent,

May we take this opportunity to welcome you to KemblePrimary School and invite you to visit the school if youwould like your child to join us.

Kemble is a small, happy school where children can thrivein a friendly, supportive, village environment. The schoolbenefits from having strong links with the localcommunity, and in addition has a strong sense of

community within it. We value every child and aim tofoster independence, ambition and a love of learning.

The school provides a broad and balanced educationoffering many extra-curricular opportunities. We aim toensure that all of our children achieve well; valuingacademic, sporting and artistic success, as well asensuring that our children become well rounded membersof the community.

Kemble School enjoys active support from parents. Wehave a thriving Parents’ Group, which organises socialevents for children and adults, and many parents andfriends of the school give their time to come into schoolto help in the classroom and serve on the governing body.

If there is any additional information that you requireplease do not hesitate to contact us.

Chris Conners Marion RussellHeadteacher Chair of Governors



Our VisionKemble Primary School may be small in size but it thinks big!We aim to make school life enjoyable, fun and interesting; children willlearn more easily if they are happy in what they are doing. We wish todevelop creative and resilient children who enjoy learning for life andwork hard to achieve success.The teaching staff are working hard to provide a high standard ofeducation and to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, through acreative, skills based framework.The school aims to create an atmosphere in which every child candevelop intellectually, creatively, socially, morally, spiritually andphysically.Every child is encouraged to contribute to the life of the school and tofeel responsibility for the care and welfare of everyone within it, and

to engage with the community.



Staff & Governors

O u r S c h o o l G o v e r n o r sChair Of Governors

Mrs. Marion Russell

Vice Chair Of Governors

Mr. Rob Day

Parent Governors

Mr. Oliver Hughes

Mrs. Amanda Makin

Staff Governors

Mr. Dan Glentworth

Mrs. Sam Savage

Clerk

Mrs. Tuppence Hale

LA Governors

Mr. Allan Willis

Mrs. Therese Munroe

Community Governors

Mr. Andrew McIntyre

Mrs. Anne Wilton

Mrs. Jo Shaw

HeadteacherMr. Chris ConnersDeputy Headteacher

Mrs. Anne NewtonClass TeachersMrs. Erica AdamsonMr. Dan GlentworthForest School LeadersMrs. Rhiannon SmithMrs. Alison WilsonCleaner in Charge

Mrs. Mel Piesing

Cook

Mrs. Vanessa Enstone

School Administrator

Mrs. Brenda Turner

Teaching Assisstants

Mrs. Shevaun Anslow

Mrs. Alison Wilson

Mrs. Sharon Parmar

Mrs. Lauraine Cheesman

Mrs. Sam Savage

Mrs. Sam King

Mrs. Julie Allen

Mrs. Sam Breeds

Lunch Time supervisors

Mrs. Sam Breeds

Mrs. Shirley Day

Mrs. Nicky Florence

Mrs. Shevaun Anslow

Mrs. Amanda Makin



About Our SchoolThe school is situated in the centre of Kemble village on a large open site withclear views over adjacent farmland and the infant river Thames.Kemble is one of a small group of villages clustered around the upper reaches of

the River Thames. It is three miles from Cirencester and eight miles fromMalmesbury. Kemble Railway Station provides direct access to Swindon,Paddington, Gloucester and Cheltenham.

The school was built in 1873 to provide education for the children of Kemble, Ewenand the surrounding villages. Since then many changes have taken place. The originalbuilding has been enlarged and the surrounding meadows transformed intoplayground and playing field.

As well as the original Cotswold stone building, there are two new classrooms, ahall and two external classrooms. The original small classroom in the mainbuilding is now our computer room and the schoolhouse provides offices and thestaff room. Lunches are cooked on the premises in the school kitchen. Theschool playing fields are used for sporting and social events including sports dayand Bonfire night. There is a woodland area, where we run a “Forest School”, asmall pond, an activity trail and an adventure playground.

We currently have three classes; Oak, Beech and Chestnut. Oak class has YR,1,2children, Beech has Y2,3,4 children and Chestnut Y4,5,6. We have recentlywelcomed Kemble playgroup onto our site and look forward to working with themover the coming years.



Partnership with Parents

We aim to communicate well with you about your child’s progress throughparents’ evenings, reports, targets, open evenings and most importantly,informal, everyday contact. We feel that often more can be achieved anda better relationship formed when parents have the opportunity, on a dayto day basis, to discuss their questions or concerns and so our teachersand the headteacher try hard to be available as often as possible beforeschool starts and at the end of the day.

We have a home-school agreement, which explains the aims and values ofthe school. This is available through our website or from the school office.

All parents are invited to sign this agreement. When children reach juniorschool age, Year 3, they are invited to sign the agreement as well.

Parents’ evenings are held twice a year, in November and March, for youand your child’s teacher to discuss their progress. During the year youwill receive two interim progress reports in December and March, and alonger, more detailed report during the summer term. Results of StandardAssessment Tests will be given at the end of Year 2 and Year 6.

We welcome parents to Kemble Primary School and believe that:

Ÿ Children learn best where there is a strong partnership between home and school

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We should keep you informed about your child’s progress and next stepsŸ We should listen to what you tell us about your child and their learning



Healthy

EatingTo encourage healthy eating, we have an outdoor area devoted togrowing vegetables. The children are involved with this project,from planting to harvesting, and get to eat the results of their

labour. We achieved Healthy School Status in November 2011.

A healthy lunch is cooked in the school kitchen daily and served alongwith fresh fruit & salad, and home-baked bread. Over 60% of ourchildren benefit from a hot meal each day, but alternatively they

may bring a packed lunch.

The national school fruit and vegetable scheme provides every childaged four to six with a free piece of fresh fruit or vegetable eachschool day at morning playtime. We hope you will share our beliefthat it has many benefits. It is a great way to help us teach ourchildren the benefits of healthy eating.

Children are allowed to bring a snack of fruit, dried fruit orvegetables only for playtime snack.

Milk is also available at school, free to children under

five. Please ask for an order form.



The highest expectationsAt kemble Primary School we take pride in everything that we do. Our staffwork incredibly hard to ensure that all children make excellent progress bysupporting children in their learning, expecting hard work and designing astimulating and challenging curriculum that allows all children to flourish.

Our children are similarly proud of their contribution. They try hard, achievewell and behave impeccably. It is important to us that we all show a high levelof respect to ourselves and each other and all try hard to follow these schoolrules.

1. Follow instructions2. Look after each other3. Be polite4. Look after the environment5. Walk around the school6. Try your best



in all we doWe follow the national curriculum and socover many subjects such as: English,maths, science, PE, ICT, art, designtechnology, RE, history, geography, PSHE,french and music.

We teach using a cross curricularapproach meaning that many of thesubjects are grouped around a centraltopic focus for the term. For moreinformation please see our school website.

We also value wider aspects of the curriculum such as sport, music and drama.The children in KS1 produce an annual nativity and the children in KS2 produce abiennial summer extravaganza. We also have two choirs and have music tuitionfor a wide range of instruments such as piano, flute, guitar, cornet and drums.

We have fantastic grounds and try touse them to their full potential. Wegrow fruit and vegetables that we usein our cooking, and use our outdoorclassroom for learning across a rangeof subjects and through our forest

school.

Each week all the children spend anafternoon in the forest school arealearning teamwork skills andconservation as well as using the timeto enhance understanding of othersubjects. The children do forestschool in all weathers and so will needto make sure that they bring warmclothing during the colder months.



Our school uniform

We are very proud that our children come toschool smartly dressed and ready to learn. Ouruniform is as follows:

Dark green or white polo shirts and a darkgreen sweatshirt or cardigan.Grey trousers with grey or black socks andskirts or pinafores with grey, green, black orwhite socks or tights. Black shoes with a flatheel or plain black trainers.

When weather is fine green and white checked dresses, grey shorts andsandals with a flat and enclosed heel may also be worn.

Dark green fleece jackets with the school logo on are now also available.

A white T-shirt and black shorts with black daps or bare feet areworn for indoor P.E. Track suits and trainers may also be worn for outdoorP.E. For health and safety reasons the only jewellery that may be worn is awatch and plain stud earrings. These must be removed for P.E. and Games.



Looking after your child

If your child is unwell at school thenhe/she will be sent to the school officeand we will contact you by telephone.Therefore it is important that we havean up to date telephone number onrecord.Children are supervised at all timesthroughout the school but accidents

still happen. If it is a minor cut orbruise, which can be dealt with atschool, we will do so. If your childreceives a bump to the head we willsend home a bumped head letter sothat you are aware of what hashappened.

If a doctor considers that your childis well enough to be in school we areable to give prescribed medicines ifyou are unable to come into school togive this yourself. We are able toadminister medication to childrensuffering from medical conditions suchas asthma, diabetes or allergies.Children in KS2 who require an inhalerare encouraged to take ownership oftaking it.

If your child is too ill to attend schoolplease let the school know by 9:15 am.

If the weather is very hot then werecommend that you supply your childwith sun cream/lotion.

During their year in Reception, childrenusually have a vision, height and hearingcheck

If your child needs them, the schoolalso organises the help of specialservices available such as:

• School Nurse•

Educational Welfare Officer• Speech Therapist• Social Services• Behaviour Improvement Services• Educational Psychologists• Mental Health Support Services

Before any outside service isrequested parents will be consulted.



Our school day

Into playgroundfrom: 8:30am

Start: 8:45am

Break: 10:15 - 10:30

Lunch: 12:00 - 1:00

KS1 break: 2:30

End of day: 3:00

Teachers are on duty from 8:30 am and childrenare welcome to arrive at that time to play in theplayground and socialise with their friends. Please

do not allow your child to come to school beforethat time as there will be nobody to supervisethem.

Reception children start the year by goingstraight into their classroom and as they becomemore confident they then wait outside with therest of the children.

It is very important that children arrive in schoolfor 8:45 am. Often, just being a few minutes latecan have a considerable, negative impact onchildren’s learning as they miss the introduction tothe first lesson.

Clubs and homework

Children will have homework from the time that they are ready, which could varyfrom a list of key words to read in Reception to a piece of English, maths andscience in Year 5/6. All children from Year 1 upwards receive a weekly spelling listand every child is expected to read daily.

We pride ourselves on offering a wide range of clubs and we currently run a KeyStage 1 and Key Stage 2 football club, netball club, multiskills club, maths club,choir and drama club. We continually change our sporting clubs to reflect the timeof the year.



Joining our schoolIf you are considering sending

your children to the school

please phone the school andarrange a visit.

Gloucestershire County Councilcontrol all admissions to theschool and can be contacted on

01452 425407 .Children start school in theSeptember at the beginning ofthe school year in which they willreach the age of five.

During the year we run weeklystay and play afternoons whichcan help your child get used tothe school.



Parents are informed if teachers feel that a child has learning difficulties.

Children with special educational needs are taught and cared for under the Code

of Practice for Special Educational Needs. The school is committed toincreasing access to the school for pupils with disabilities.

Parents with any concerns about their children’s learning, behavioural or physicaldevelopment, should talk to the class teacher, the SENCO or the head teacher.Many problems can be successfully overcome by co-operation between parentsand staff. If necessary the head can arrange for help or advice from the Local

Authority’s Special Needs services.

Children identified as Gifted and Talented are challenged further throughparticipation in multi-school focused events.

School Council

Each class elects members to participate on the school council. This group isinvolved with decisions relating to the running of the school, such as tidiness ofthe cloakrooms, buying equipment, running competitions and choosing charities tosupport. This year the school council are looking at a number of issues includingEco status.



2011 dataThis table shows our latest KS1 data with a comparison to2010 national data.

L1 2C+ 2B+ 2A+ L3+

Reading 0 100%(85) 70% (73) 50% (50) 30% (26)

Writing 1 0% 90% (81) 70% (60) 30% (32) 10% (12)

Maths 0 (98) 100% (89) 90% (73) 70% (47) 20% (20)

This table shows our latest KS2 data with a comparison to2011 national data.

L4 National L5 NationalReading 100% 84% 65% 42%Writing 94% 75% 29% 20%English 94% 81% 41% 29%Maths 88% 80% 41% 35%



This prospectus provides just a summary of some of the manywonderful things that our school does everyday. For moreinformation please feel free to browse our school website.

http://www.kemble.gloucs.sch.uk/

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