Our Christian values - curiosity, compassion, courage and commitment - underpin all that we do at school. We follow the National Curriculum and through the embodiment of our values, children develop the necessary skills and knowledge and experience a wide range of opportunities through our broad and enriched school and outdoor curriculum. Our curriculum and values develop children's character, encourage good mental health and enable them to live life in all its fullness now and in the future.
Promoting happiness at school and at home. Being mindful and maintaining a positive attitude.
Developing specific skills to improve wellbeing.
Supporting children whose circumstances or wellbeing is a challenge.
Through our enriched curriculum, including the Happy Minds programme, children develop character in a personal, reflective and meaningful way.
We appreciate differences, embrace challenge and change, taking risks and learn from failure.
Whether in the classroom or outdoors we actively encourage children to acquire skills and knowledge through experimentation, mistakes and learning collaboratively - being brave and bold with bags of grit.
Activities range from forest school and a competitive sports programme to performing on stage.
Cognition & Learning
Communication & Interaction
Behaviour, Social & Emotional
Sensory & Physical
Sensory Circuits
Magpie Group (SEN focused group at Forest School -developing speech, social & language)
ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support)
Speech & language (including external SALT support)
Cued articulation (specifically trained TAs)
Better Reading Partner & Dancing Bears Reading Interventions (specifically trained TAs/Parents)
Beanstalk Reading (external readers) & reading to the dog
Accelerated Reader (reading fluency & comprehension)
1-2-3 Maths
Auditory Processing intervention
Clever Fingers (fine motor control)
BEAM
Social Communication & Speech Bubbles
Drawing & Talking
DILP
Pupil mentoring (Teacher & TA)
Well-being/emotional counselling - Weald Family Hub
Our Forest School is run on a rolling programme throughout the school year. Each pupil in the school receives 10-12 sessions (usually 6 whole days, once a week) over the course of the school year. Each year group receives their sessions at different times of year, so that all children, as they progress through the school, have access to regular Forest School, in a woodland setting, at different times of year.
Whole School: Annual Pilgrimage to Kilndown Church, Kidenza Concert, Pantomime (Tonbridge School),
Class: Bedgebury Arboretum, Shakespeare Schools Festival, Kent Life, Whitstable, RNLI, Rare Breeds Centre, Marden Indian Restaurant, Hever Castle, Scotney Castle, Kino Cinema, St Ronan's School (Art & DT), British Museum, Science Museum, Houses of Parliament, Herstmonceux Observatory,, Rye Outdoor Centre, Brogdale Farm, Bowles Outdoor Centre (Residential), Bewl Outdoor Centre (Residential)
Breakfast Club (Premier Sports) - daily (inc breakfast)
Afterschool Care - daily (inc supper)
Karate
Running & Cross Country
Athletics
Football (KS1/KS2)
Netball
Hockey
Gymnastics (Premier Sports)
Judo
Girl's football
Dance
Art
Choir
Brass club
Maypole
Drawing (fine motor skills)
Spanish
French
Godly Play
Chess
Computing/Coding
Debating
Healthy Brains/Talk Club
Gardening
Chatterbooks (Love to Read)
Small World Play (Lego/Playmobile etc)
Storybox
Junior Duke