ACTIVEMARK 2009
Our Activate mark was renewed recently for 2009 - it means that at least 90% of pupils across the school were doing at least 2 hours high quality PE and school sport a week.
Please see
www.sportengland.org/activemark_and_sportsmark.htm
or
www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/
Eco-Schools Green Flag Award
In October 2009
this award was renewed. The Eco-Schools is an award that enables
your school to analyse its
operations and become more sustainable whilst
reducing the environmental impact of the whole
school on the community. The scheme also helps
children become more effective citizens by
encouraging them to take responsibility for the
future of their own environment. It is about
environmental excellence and how your school can
start to look at how it impacts upon the environment
and how this is decided upon and can be managed. Our
pupils have engaged in the whole process, including
monitoring, action planning and decision-making
which leads to genuine ownership of the programme
and an increase in their sense of responsibility for
the school environment and local area. The award
scheme has three award levels and we were able to
obtain the
highest level - Green Flag
• Bronze award - self-assessed via website leading
to a certificate
• Silver award - self-assessed via website leading
to a certificate
• Green Flag - externally assessed leading to a
certificate and flag
Eco-Schools is run internationally by the Foundation
for Environmental Education (FEE).
http://www.eco-schools.org.uk/
Arts Council England Artsmark gold award
In May 2007 we received the highest possible award to recognise our commitment to the Arts including Music, Drama, Art, Dance and Literacy. This is quite an achievement for a small infant school. Our main aim within the Arts is to maintain our high expectations and achievements in these areas.
In
Autumn 2007 we were reaccredited
under the new stricter
Investor in People
guidelines.
This is a recognition of the school's commitment to
the development of its staff. The assessment
officials said that
“The
leadership team have provided strong direction but
also presented people with a lot of scope to develop
their own ideas within these defined parameters.
People welcome this freedom, both as a sign of trust
in their abilities and as an opportunity to
influence school practice.”
We are delighted to have received this highly regarded award and are thrilled with the excellent report on the school. It reflects well on everyone involved with the school and recognises the high level of commitment and professionalism among the staff. Indeed, the staff deserves enormous credit for all that they contribute to the school in many different ways.
If you would like to learn more about the criteria for the Investors in People award click here to visit the website.
HEALTHY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE
We were delighted to be told that we have achieved 'National Healthy Schools Status' in Autumn 2006 with the external assessor being hugely impressed with our work. The assessor
remarked that "Work carried out in the school had been consistently of a very high standard". "The atmosphere in the school was positive and welcoming." "That the excellent displays throughout the school reinforce healthy messages, and all of the classrooms are highly decorated with stimulating and lively exhibits"
If you would like to learn more about the 'National Healthy Schools award' please click here.