Prospectus

The Aims of our School

The School Mission Statement

Our School Day

Lunchtimes

Uniform

Reception

Keystage 1

Keystage 2

All Classes

Religious Education

The Aims of our School

Hello and welcome to Warley Road Primary School. We are a community school in the Halifax area of Calderdale.

The aims of our school are:

To foster a climate of mutual respect and personal responsibilty.
To encourage the partnership between the school, the home and the community.
To foster a friendly, caring environment that is stimulating and secure and caters for all pupils needs.
To develop self esteem through success and achievement of personal goals Back to top

The School Mission Statement

Where Everybody Matters Back to top

Our School Day

The school operates an open entry system and parents and well behaved children are welcome into the school building from approximately 8.40 am when they can choose books from the class library areas, chat to their class teacher or work quietly in their classroom. The older children will have some early work for them to engage in.

Registration is taken promptly at 9.00 am after this time the children will be marked down in the school late book which is monitored by the Headteacher and the home school liaison officers. Lunchtime is from 12 noon until 1 pm for Reception and KS1, 12.30 until 1.30pm for KS2. The school day ends at 3.30 pm. Back to top

Lunchtimes

Your child may have a cooked school meal or bring a packed lunch. The correct dinner money (£7.50 per week) should be sent on a Monday morning in a sealed envelope clearly labelled with your child's name and class number. As the school has its own cook, meals are cooked on the premises and are excellent. All dietary needs can be catered for. Packed lunches should be should be contained in a named box. On arrival at school, lunch boxes should be taken to the dining room and placed on the appropriate shelf. Drinks should be in flasks or cartons, not glass bottles or cans. Back to top

Uniform

The school has a uniform, which consisits if a burgandy sweatshirt with school logo, white shirt, or polo shirt with logo and grey skirt, pinafore dress or trousers.

For summer the girls can wear a blue and white checked dress and the boys grey shorts.

Uniform, which must be labelled, is available from the school shop on Wednesday's, but if buying from elsewhere parents must adhere to the school colours. Jeans or any other form of play clothes, are not allowed in school. Back to top

Reception

The Reception children work within the Foundation stage, which builds upon the Early Learning Goals of education. The children work in the areas of Language and Literacy, Maths, Knowledge and Understanding of the World, Creative, Physical and Personal and Social Development.
Those children who are ready to work are encouraged to do so , right from their entry into school. Those who are in need of structured and developmental play are given this time. The Reception classes lay the foundation for your child's education.

All the new Reception class children and parents have the opportunity of meeting their class teacher and support assistants in the summer term prior to them starting school. Parents and children are invited to school for coffee and biscuits. There is also a half day visit at the end of the summer tem and an evening meeting for all parents. These visits are very important as they give parents all the information they will need for thier child's start to school.
Reception children only attend school part time for the first 2 weeks so that their transition into school is as happy and smooth as possible. After 2 weeks they attend full time and can also stay for dinner or bring a packed lunch. Back to top

Keystage 1

Having left Reception the children are given access to all areas of the National Curriculum, RE and Personal and Social Development. In Keystage 1 a large amount of time is devoted to reading, writing and maths through the National Literacy and Numeracy projects. The school also encourages the children to participate in sport.
All the children in years 1 and 2 are class groups, apart from Y2 numeracy where children are placed in ability sets so that each child can develop to his/her fullest potential. Back to top

Keystage 2

Keystage 2 curriculum capitalises upon the work children have learned and again covers all areas of the National Curriculum. A large amount of time is devoted to language and literacy and mathematics, as these are the key areas for children for later life. KS2 children are in class groups apart from Numeracy where they are placed in ability sets. The children learn team games and skills for hockey, rugby, football, rounders, cricket and athletics. Back to top

All Classes

All classes are taught using a variety of methods, whole class teaching, group work and individual teaching. All classes within the school contain 30 or fewer children. The governors are committed to keeping class sizes to 30 children or below, in line with the government recommendations. Back to top

Religious Education

The school has a policy for RE, which fosters understanding and respect for the religious beliefs of others to help them live and grow together in our multi-racial society.
In accordance with Calderdale's S.A.C.R.E. this school follows the Calderdale Syllabus. Under the 1944 Education Act, parents have the right to withdraw their child from religious education after discussion with the Headteacher.
The Senior Management team lead the assemblies and sometimes guests are invited. The school encourages children to understand and appreciate diverse cultures and acknowledges the importance of all the main religious festivals. Every other day the classes discuss the chosen theme for the week with their class teacher. Back to top

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