26290 Scargill Junior Prospectus

Striving Jointly For Success

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“ You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.”

Clay P. Bedford

Welcome to

Scargill Junior School Scargill Junior School, is part of the Hornchurch Academy Trust, situated in South Hornchurch within the London Borough of Havering.

At Scargill Junior School we strive for excellence in all that we do. We do this by setting very high standards and expectations for ourselves and our pupils. Our pupils are passionate, enthusiastic and caring. Our school motto is: Striving Jointly for Success. Recognising the importance of all stakeholders and the part they play.

Our curriculum endeavours to equip all pupils with the necessary skills needed to be successful in life. We do this by ensuring we take every opportunity to inspire curiosity, facilitating meaningful links between subjects and engaging pupils with thinking about the values, ideas and objects that help to shape our lives. We aim to develop happy, well-rounded children with a love for learning.

Mrs H. Graham - Head of School

“ Our school is a spectacular, amazing school that I am very proud to be part of.”

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Our Scargill values

PRAISE

The school community identified a set of six core school values – PRAISE. These are explicitly taught and contribute to the development of our positive school ethos and culture for teaching.

The six values are:

Perseverance Respect Aspiration Independence Sensitivity Enthusiasm 02

“ The values help to make our school extra special.”

These school values then underpin our ethos by: •

creating a calm and purposeful environment in which everyone feels valued;

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creating a culture which is open, honest and harmonious;

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supporting the development of good quality relationships between all members of the school community;

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helping pupils to understand themselves, through an awareness of their inner selves;

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encouraging pupils to develop their positive dispositions and to choose their attitudes;

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developing emotional intelligence.

“ They help me to tackle problems and accomplish things I may have found difficult.” “ They help me to not give up. To do things I thought I couldn’t do or to do them better.” “ They give me an extra something to work towards.”

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Our

Curriculum At Scargill Junior School we have designed a curriculum that…..

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Equips all pupils with the basic skills of

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reading, writing and mathematics to ensure that pupils are adequately prepared for the •

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Inspires curiosity where pupils know what they are learning about, why and

Enables children to understand who they

want to know more.

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Engages pupils with thinking about the values, ideas and objects that help to shape our lives.

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between subjects.

transition from KS2 to KS3. are and the world in which they inhabit.

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Facilitates meaningful links

Celebrates our local history, geography and demography.

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Exposes pupils to ambitious vocabulary.

We do this by…….

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Ensuring that our subjects are coherently

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planned and sequenced.

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Using carefully chosen, high-quality

to meet the needs of all pupils.

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texts in all areas of the curriculum.

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Using knowledge from the local

Ensuring that lessons are tailored Making lessons enjoyable, engaging and fun.

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Re-visiting ideas and building upon

community.

them. Creating opportunities for

Making our classrooms book rich

character development.

environments.

Our goal is that when pupils leave Scargill Junior School they will…..

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Be able to articulate what they are

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learning about and why it is important.

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Be engaged with their learning.

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Have a love of reading.

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Achieve in line with or above government

Have a keen interest in the wider world and a thirst for knowledge.

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Have a good understanding of the local area and how it came to be.

expectations.

“ I find the lessons fun.”

“ I always have a challenge to do and I go home with a brain full of things.”

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Enhancing Our

Curriculum At Scargill Junior School we recognise the importance of activities outside of the classroom and outside of the school day.

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We offer a broad range of extra-curricular

We place a large focus on sports as

clubs tailored to the needs and interests

we are continually striving to promote

of all of the children.

healthy lifestyles. The school is part of the Havering Sports Collective. This creates

Example of clubs that we offer are:

opportunities for lots of the pupils to

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Football

experience participating in a competition.

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Netball

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Fitness

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Athletics

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Nature

further develop their independence and

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War Hammer

confidence.

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Choir

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School Council

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Science Club

As part of our curriculum offer, our Year 6 also have the opportunity to go on a residential trip. This experience helps to

We also enrich the pupil’s knowledge and understanding with well-planned visits and visitors.

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Health & Well-being

at Scargill As a school we believe first and foremost that your child must feel safe and be happy in order to succeed.

All staff take a personal interest in the pastoral care of the children. Everyone makes it their priority to get to

know the children as quickly as possible so they are able to respond to their social and welfare needs. Any problems which cannot be resolved in the classroom are brought to the notice of the Deputy Head or Head of School.

We are very fortunate to have a fantastic pastoral support team in the school and trust. We are able to offer support to both the pupils and parents. Should there be any cause for concern we would always contact you before starting any support and we hope that these arrangements will work in reverse and you will come to us to discuss any problems or worries you may have, no matter how unimportant they may seem.

In addition to this, the school nursing team visit regularly to do routine medical checks and give general advice.

Their support can be requested through school.

We are an inclusive school and pupils with special educational needs are well catered for within our provision. Pupils will be given extra help and support on an individual basis or within a small group. Equality of opportunity is built into the curriculum and every step is taken to take account of pupil’s needs.

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Contact Us Scargill Junior School, Mungo Park Road, Rainham, Essex RM13 7PL  01708 555677 envelope office@scargilljun.org.uk

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