BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN EVERYONE
HARTFORD INFANT SCHOOL
An Academy of
WELCOME FROM THE HEADTEACHER We are delighted that you are interested in your child attending Hartford Infant School. We aim to provide a caring, secure and purposeful environment where all the children feel valued and respected, where they will enjoy learning and make lots of new friends. Our vision sees us continually striving to ‘bring out the best in everyone’ by becoming a community of active learners and creative thinkers. We have the highest aspirations for ourselves and others, combined with a love of learning and supported by a personalised curriculum, enabling environment and excellent teaching and learning. We are proud to be part of The Cam Academy Trust as we feel our spirit is echoed within their five core principles. It also ensures a more cohesive education for our children as they move into their junior and secondary education. While we hope that you will find this brochure helpful and that it will answer some of your questions regarding the ethos of our school and its organisation, we would encourage you to visit so you can see us in action. We are very proud of our school and would love to show you what we do! It is always helpful if you can make an appointment so that a senior member of staff can give you the time you need. We look forward to meeting you in the near future and hope that your partnership with Hartford Infant School will be a long and happy one.
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Mrs Rae Lee Headteacher, Hartford Infant School
HIGH QUALITY TEACHING & LEARNING All learning experiences for the children are carefully planned and structured by our wellqualified team of teaching staff. We believe that high-quality teaching will enable the children to do their very best. While English and Maths are given high priority, we strive to provide a broad and balanced school curriculum which will enable all children to progress towards realising their full potential. From the outset we have high expectations of the children, both educationally and socially. We are convinced that good standards of behaviour and high self-esteem provide a secure basis for learning. We also recognise that children benefit enormously when parents, carers and teachers work together. We therefore aim to develop a close partnership between home and school. We will keep you informed about the progress of your child and hope that you will feel able to discuss with us any concerns.
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We assess every child carefully and continuously to know and understand their unique starting points and next steps in learning in all areas of the curriculum. In partnership with parents and carers we aim to develop and build on each child’s strengths. We then support and challenge them to ‘go the extra mile’ and become successful learners who endeavour to make the very best progress. Our Hartford Heroes support the development of good attitudes to learning throughout the school; we ask all children to aspire to be like our six heroes in their learning and teachers duly reward these qualities.
“The staff really get to know each individual child and the way they learn, enabling them to provide an inclusive environment, where every child is valued and encouraged to challenge themselves and to do their very best.” – Year 2 Parent
HIGH ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL 4
A POSITIVE & CARING ETHOS Everyone in our school is committed to our behaviour policy which is based on an expectation of good behaviour and developing relationships within a secure, caring environment. We emphasise the ways in which we can foster such a positive atmosphere, stressing the need for mutual respect, courtesy, consideration, tolerance and an understanding of every member of our school community. All adults working in our school have consistent and realistic expectations of children’s behaviour. Honesty is positively encouraged as children build up an understanding of right and wrong. Children are helped towards developing self-discipline and to begin to accept responsibility for their words and actions. All children will be encouraged to develop a positive attitude towards their work and progress in school.
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WIDER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES While your child is with us they will participate in a wide range of exciting activities that include an annual year group performance, achievement assemblies, clubs and trips. We use the local environment to support our school curriculum and also invite a wealth of visitors from near and far to share their expertise and develop the children’s horizons. Annual educational visits are arranged in conjunction with topic work and are an important way in which work can be made more meaningful for the children.
“Hartford Infant School is such a positive place, from the smiles given when greeting one another to the positive way in which good behaviour is encouraged and celebrated.” – Year 2 Parent
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“Hartford Infant School really care about the individual needs of each child, and the teachers at the school are all very approachable and friendly should you have any concerns. My son has needed some support a couple of times since starting school, and together the school and myself were able to work through the problems so that my son could feel happy and confident once more.” – Year 1 Parent
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Hartford Infant School Mayfield Crescent Hartford Huntingdon PE29 1UL 01480 398046 office@hartford-inf.cambs.sch.uk www.hartford-inf.cambs.sch.uk
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