THE SCHOOL
The school is a Local Authority Primary (5-11) co-educational day school. The number of children on role ranges from 120-150 and places are available for the reception age group in each school year. The school follows the Local Education Authority Admissions Policy for selection of successful applicants.

SCHOOL ORGANIZATION
Within our classroom organization we cater for children of various ability levels. Children are encouraged to proceed at their own rate, being given the opportunity to both extend and consolidate concepts in order to reach their full potential.

We aim at keeping class sizes small children of a given age range are taught in one classroom which is well equipped, bright and colorful.

CURRICULUM
The whole curriculum aims at promoting spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of the pupils and prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life. The following elements comprise the basic curriculum.

ENGLISH
The current Numeracy and Literacy Documents as implemented in Schools in England.

NATIONAL CURRICULUM
(Department for Education-Employment)
This sets our teaching objectives for children from the age of 5, to enable children to become fully literate. Literacy unites the important skills of reading and writing and includes the essentials of listening and speaking. We aim to enable the children to:
read and write with confidence, fluency and understanding.
understand the sound and spelling system and use this to read and spell correctly.
have well formed and legible handwriting.
have an interest in words and their meanings and a growing vocabulary.
be interested in books and read with enjoyment.

The National Numeracy Strategy
The framework for this, sets our for teachers how to plan and teach Mathematics to children from the age of 5. The framework has 4 strands. Using and applying Math’s is integrated throughout.

ENGLISH-LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING, AND WRITING
English centres around the study of the use of language through listening, speaking, reading, and writing which are all interactive and complementary. It is of vital importance to build on the pupil’s existing knowledge and experience of language. The emphasis in early years with listening and speaking is sustained and maintained throughout every section of education.

MATHEMATICS
In an era of computers and electronics a deeper understanding of mathematics is required from children-and in a different way from the old days.

Although there are different approaches to the methods of teaching mathematics they are basically very similar. At Garden Kids we teach Mathematics with the aid of The McGraw-Hill Math Series.

SCIENCE
For young children science is exploring, discovering and investigating the world around them. Children are encouraged to ask questions, suggested ideas, test them out and value their findings. At Garden Kids the encourage and value this process as much as the acquisition of knowledge and understanding.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Every school day contains a prayer. The children are encouraged to be aware and respect people from other backgrounds and to recognize and practice good moral values.

PASTORAL CARE
It is hoped that a stable, secure, friendly relationship will between the teacher, the child, and the home. All staff, have a caring approach to their work with the children. It is hoped that this approach will encourage close links between home and school. The Principal is always available to discuss confidentially family matters which may affect the child’s progress at school.

HOMEWORK
A certain amount of work will be set for children to do at home.

REPORTS
A weekly and monthly report is issued to the parents of each pupil in the school. This gives written comments on the progress and overall performance in the school.

PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
Several parents interviews are held during the year to discuss progress, but parents are also welcome to enquire about their child’s progress at any time.

SCHOOL BEHAVIOUR
Each child should realize to improve his or her own personal standard of discipline is to improve the standard of his or her class and therefore of the school which is a community of young people. When problems arise a withdrawal of privileges or a verbal chastisement is often sufficient but for more serious occurrences consultation with parents will be considered.