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About
Oatlands School
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Oatlands is an Infant
School in the North East of Surrey Education
Authority with a published admission number
of 60 children. Approximately 210 children
will be on roll during the school year 2008
/ 2009 aged four to seven. The children will
be allocated classes according to age. There
will be seven classes organised as follows: |
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2 Reception Classes - age range
(4 to 5 years) |
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3 Year One Classes - age range
(5 to 6 years) |
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2 Year Two Classes - age range
(6 to 7 years) |
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Oatlands school is committed to
safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children and expects all staff and
volunteers to share this commitment. |
| We aim |
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To provide a happy, secure and
stimulating environment in which
children may develop positive
attitudes to both living and
learning. |
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To enable all children to
achieve their full potential
regardless of ability, gender, race
and culture. |
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To foster feelings of
self-worth, motivation and
independence. |
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To deliver a broad and balanced
curriculum which promotes high
achievement in all subjects. |
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To inspire an enthusiasm for
learning so that our children may
become active and responsible
participants in society. |
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Learning
& Teaching
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Oatlands School strives
to ensure that the learning experience for
all pupils is both effective and enjoyable. |
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Assessing the
needs of all children in each aspect
of the curriculum and planning to
deliver skills and knowledge that
are personalised to meet those
needs. |
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Planning and
delivering a curriculum which is
broad and balanced, and allows for
areas of learning to be revisited,
developed and extended to meet the
needs and interests of the children. |
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Using visual,
auditory and kinaesthetic methods of
delivery to meet the differing
learning styles of all children. |
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Providing a rich
and stimulating environment, which
offers a wide range of learning
opportunities both inside and
outside the classroom. |
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Ensuring all
pupils develop a high level of
motivation and self-esteem by
operating a pastoral policy that
rewards positive behaviour, provides
opportunities to learn from
experiences and emphasises values
for life. |
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Tracking pupil
progress and providing support,
through intervention if targets are
not achieved. |
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Liaising closely
with parents, carers and support
agencies, in order to provide
children with optimum support. |
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Maintaining a high ratio of
adults to pupils. |
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Ensuring all
staff are well-trained, competent
and confident practitioners who are
able to deliver the curriculum both
enthusiastically and effectively. |
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The
School Day
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8.50 a.m Doors Open |
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9.00 a.m 12.10 p.m Morning
Session |
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12.10 p.m 1.15 p.m Lunch Time |
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1.15 p.m 3.00 p.m Afternoon
Session |
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| Part-time children attend 9.00 a.m to
12.00 p.m |
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Teaching time (excluding
assemblies, registration and playtimes) - 21
hours 15 minutes per week. |
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School
Assembly
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A daily assembly is held
in the school hall. Each week's assemblies
are developed around a central theme and
incorporate the statutory daily Act of
Collective Worship which is broadly
Christian in nature. Representatives from
local churches and groups are invited to
lead occasional assemblies. |
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Parents have the right to
withdraw children from assemblies or class
work of a religious nature either in full or
in part. |
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What is Values Led Education and why
should I be interested?
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Those of you who follow
the PTA minutes will be aware that the
school has recently become part of the
Bridge Partnership, which is a confederation
of local schools. As a
partnership we have launched a Values Led
initiative in which all schools are
participating. |
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Schools have identified
22 values for life which will be introduced
to children over a period of 2 years. All
schools will be working on the same value at
the same time in order to have the greatest
impact on the community. |
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The school has been
trialling the project since April 2007 and
the seminar on the 10th October was the
official launch to which all parents and
members of the community were invited. We
joined with Manby Lodge for the evening to
illustrate our determination to make this
initiative community wide for the sake and
future of all our children. |
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We were absolutely
thrilled and privileged to have Dr Neil
Hawkes, who is both a leading exponent of
Values Led Education and a renown
international speaker, to lead our
introductory seminar. |
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It was definitely not an
evening to be missed with its inspirational
and thought provoking content. |
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Dr Neil Hawkes has
successful experience as a teacher, head
teacher, senior and chief education adviser.
He now works as an international education
consultant to governments and ministries
around the world. In England he is currently
an adviser to the Qualifications and
Curriculum Authority (QCA) working on
values-based education. He is a Director of
ALIVE (Association of Living Values
International). |
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This charity works with
organisations such as UNESCO to underpin
education systems throughout the world with
Values Education. Neil's most recent book
is: How to inspire and develop values in the
classroom.
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More Information About Oatlands
School
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Oatlands School Website |
