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FROM A LITTLE ACORN GROWS A MIGHTY OAK
Article 29:
Article 29:
Education must develop every child's personality, talents and abilities to the full.
It must encourage the child's respect for their parents, their own and other cultures and the environment.
Curriculum Rationale: Created August 2019 after discussion with parents, pupils and staff.
Bishopmill Primary School- Our Uniqueness
Bishopmill Primary School- Our Uniqueness
Our Vision and Values
Our Vision and Values
We have consulted twice on establishing and revisiting our school vision and values in 2016 and 2017 to ensure they reflected our school life and work. Last session following feedback from our community we decided to launch a new vision to reflect upon our current school context.
Our Location
Our Location
In Bishopmill we have access to a wonderful outdoor playground and are surrounded by open green spaces and Spynie and Oakwood woodland areas. We have access to Elgin Academy's outdoor learning area too which we visit as often as we can. We are at present developing our own outdoor classroom.
Our Catchment
Our Catchment
We have a diverse catchment of pupils with our SIMD index ranging between 3 and 10 and 17.5% of our pupils coming from military families who transition to Bishopmill from all over the world.
A number of pupils have family members who work away from home too and our pupils are supported in curriculum groups, nurturing activities, Home School Link and collaborative work with other agencies.
Local Industries
Local Industries
Fishing, oil and gas, farming, local business, Royal Air Force, Johnstons of Elgin, Walkers Shortbread, Gordon and McPhail, tourism, distilleries, Springfield, Robertsons.
Our Heritage
Our Heritage
We have a rich heritage in Elgin- Johnstons of Elgin has been manufacturing the finest cashmere cloth, knitwear and accessories from its mill in Elgin since 1797.
Our Elgin Museum contains unique items about Moray's rich past- over 36,000 objects relating to the story of Moray and its people home and abroad.
We have dolphins regularly visiting our coastal waters, castles and many distilleries to visit- in Elgin- Glen Moray, Linkwood, Glen Elgin and the Benriach Distillery.
Elgin Cathedral, "The Lantern of the North" is a majestic, historic ruin dating back to the 13th century, damaged by the Wolf of Badenoch.
The River Lossiemouth flows through Elgin- originating in the hills above Dallas and entering the sea at Lossiemouth on the Moray Firth.
We endeavour to create learning opportunities for our pupils from our local context in order to provide a relevant and meaningful education for our pupils.
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