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YENTON PRIMARY SCHOOL OPEN DAY

Mr Cadwallader Mrs Hemming

Yenton Primary School History

• Yenton started as a girls’

school, as part of Josiah Mason's orphanage, built in 1858 for thirty Mason s orphanage, built in 1858 for thirty homeless children.

• In 1997 the separate Infant and Junior school

amalgamated to become Yenton Primary School.

• In 2012 Reception moved to the main site
• In 2012 Reception moved to the main site.

SCHOOL STRUCTURE.

• Two form entry – 60 children per year group.
• Mixed ability classes / differentiated lessons

Mixed ability classes / differentiated lessons

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Improvement made since September 2011:
• £96,000 on floors and windows (part grants)
• £10,000 phonics resources and books,

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• £38,000 Reception classrooms, £10,000 Reception Playground
• £8,000 maths books and resources,
• £16,000 classroom refurbishment,
• £36,000 tablets, laptops, wireless network, visualisers, new projectors
• £25 000 outdoor equipment (part grants)
• £25,000 outdoor equipment (part grants)
• £21,000 redecoration of classrooms / corridors
• £10,000 new reading books

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• £,9000 on stage 2 of Reception Playground
• £5,500 on more tablets
• £8,000 on Forest Area

Whole Child – creative,

i i i caring citizens.

• Happy
• Happy.
• Year 4 Brass free
• Woodwind & Brass 1: 1

k in years 5 and 6, 50p per week.

• Football, gym, multi‐skills FREE
• Choir recorders
• Choir, recorders
• Gardening club
• Charity Work – Harvest, Children In Need

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• School council, Eco council, peer mediators, house

captains, librarians.

• PATHS
• PATHS.
• Trips – residential in Y6

Trips and curriculum. p

Reception – Birmingham Nature Centre Year 1 – Aston Hall, Umberslade Farm Year 2 – Sea Life Centre, ‘Beach day’, Year 3 – Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Year 4 – Stone Museum, Roman Day Year 5 – Blakesley Hall, Year 6 – Residential trip for 3 days. Plus Y3‐6 Symphony Hall, Black History Month, Divali day, Children in y p y , y , y, Need Day plus much more.

“My child started Yenton in September (from her previous school) and I have been so impressed with the school. I feel fully informed with her have been so impressed with the school. I feel fully informed with her progress which I have noticed has greatly improved. The school does a wide variety of activities to join in… I would have no hesitation in recommending this school to go to Thank you to all the staff for their hard work and 201 responses 99% f hild j b i t this school to go to. Thank you to all the staff for their hard work and dedication” 99% of children enjoy being at Yenton, according to their parents in November 13 & February 15. 99% of parents felt that Yenton met their children’s needs – November 201 responses 2013 96% were happy with their child’s “My son has nothing but good things to say about school and this makes me as p 96% were happy with their child s experience at Yenton. 98% felt children made good progress school, and this makes me as a parent happy.” Y2 parent 98% felt children made good progress

“All pupils make good progress and achieve “ Pupils behave well in class and well in all subjects. The results achieved by pupils are rising rapidly”. p around the school. Pupils are polite and friendly. The school is a calm and peaceful place in which to calm and peaceful place in which to learn”. “Relationships are warm and Relationships are warm and supportive” “Classrooms are bright and Classrooms are bright and

• stimulating. Classroom displays are

used well by teachers to help il t l P il i d d tl pupils to learn. Pupils independently use the information displayed to support their own learning”.

25th November 2013

“Parents and carers say that pupils behave well in school, are well looked after and feel safe”.