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Welcome to Portfield Primary Academy

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The Portfield Promises

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Bringing Teaching and Learning to Life

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Supporting Individual Learning Needs

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Developing Creativity and Independence

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Looking After Ourselves and Each Other

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Place in the Community

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Broadening our Horizons

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Celebrating Achievement

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Welcome to Portfield Primary Academy Welcome to Portfield Primary Academy. This school offers pupils the opportunity to fulfil their potential, not just from an academic perspective, but in all areas of their life. Whilst our focus is on teaching and learning, at our school we want to broaden the children’s horizons in all walks of life, nurtured in a caring and stimulating environment.

If you are thinking about sending your child to Portfield Primary Academy, you do so at atime of real change; our buildings will benefit from essential updating and maintenance;we are recruiting dynamic and dedicated professionals and creating the most stimulatingand creative learning experiences for our pupils. Our goal is to make Portfield PrimaryAcademy a school of choice in the Chichester area.

We look forward to welcoming you and your child to our school.

Daryl Power Headteacher

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The Portfield Promises We all want Portfield Primary Academy to be the best school, and so we promise that we will...

• Create a great first impression of Portfield Primary Academy by improving the school premises to the best of our ability by wearing the school uniform with pride by respecting our school environment by working hard to support our local community by doing our best to help children who are less fortunate than us • Celebrate our collective achievements by speaking with pride when we have achieved something by congratulating others when they have been successful by telling our family, friends and neighbours about how good Portfield Primary Academy is

I enjoy coming to school because Dr. Who helps us to learn!

• Take pride in our individual talents by showing belief in each other by showing interest in all aspect of learning, even when we find the work hard and challenging

William, Year 4

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Bringing Teaching & Learning to Life I am sure we can all remember some of our lessons during our time at school. At Portfield we want to create memorable learning experiences that your children will tell their children about; how did it feel to be in an air raid shelter in World War II and what was it like to be a pupil in Victorian England? We will help them to discover these and many other times. Experiential learning is a hugely successful way to embed learning and we pride ourselves in our ability to create unique and effective lessons for our pupils.

We recognise that children have preferences in the way that they learn; not only will we provide opportunities that respond to those preferences, but we will also help our pupils with strategies to maintain their attention when it is something that doesn’t naturally appeal to them.

At Portfield, our creative, connected curriculum is based on the National Curriculum, with the following amongst its aims: • Interconnected knowledge and skills for lifelong learning - linking learning across the subjects, breaking down barriers and developing common sets of learning skills.

• Knowing, showing and celebrating success.

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Supporting Individual Learning Needs At Portfield Primary Academy we pride ourselves in supporting children’s, physical, social and emotional learning needs. We are proud that we have a specialist Speech & Language Centre within the school to support children in the Western area of West Sussex with their specific needs; this is resourced by qualified therapists and teachers.

From time to time many children will need special help either to overcome a learning difficulty or to ensure that the curriculum fully extends their abilities.

We support all children with special educational needs including those who are identified as Gifted or Talented. We refuse to label these children; we firmly believe that every student at Portfield is an individual with their respective needs.

In our school we work independently, have fun and we are challenged.

I am engaged in my learning because of our new classroom and school environment. It has made me love our topic! I now learn because I want to, not because I have to.

Through all that we do, we aim to ensure that every child is known, treated as an individual and has the best possible chance to succeed and achieve

Cody, Year 5

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Developing Creativity & Independence At Portfield Primary Academy we are very aware that young minds are incredibly adaptable!

We will offer our pupils frequent opportunities to express their creativity across the curriculum and offer them techniques to generate ideas for themselves. It is so important that, during their time with us, we support them in developing their independence, so that they are more than ready for the transition from year to year and then on to secondary school.

The ethos at Portfield is to provide learning experiences that promote self-esteem, perseverance, self-discipline and a lifelong love of learning.

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Looking After Ourselves & Each Other At Portfield Primary Academy we believe that it is important to learn about leading a healthy lifestyle; we promote a well-balanced diet, with nutritious meals, fruit and milk in school and encourage all pupils to drink lots of water throughout the day.

We have lots of space to run and play outside and make the most of it whenever the weather allows! It is vital that all of our children feel safe and cared for within our school community. We make sure that the environment is inclusive and free from any unacceptable behaviour. Any negative behaviour will be dealt with decisively.

Through our curriculum, we strive for our pupils to become responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society.

Portfield is a great school because the Teachers, children and helpers are caring and kind.

Rhys, Year 6

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Place in the Community Our school is at the centre of our community; we plan to create stronger links with local schools, businesses and organisations. We love to hear about what local people do and invite local fire crew and police officers to come in and tell us about their job and how they support the community.

At Portfield, it is our aim to develop further links with parents by continuing to provide parent workshops, focusing on current teaching methods and ways to support learning at home.

We also recognise that there are other people, children and adults, who need our help and during the school year we will work hard to do as much as we can for them.

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Broadening our Horizons At Portfield Primary Academy we know that everyone has a special talent; it may be creative writing, but equally it could be beat boxing! We want to ensure that all of our pupils have the opportunity to develop that special something, by creating lunchtime and after school experiences that reflect 21st Century children’s interests.

Many activities and clubs take place at the end of the school day. We are always seeking to extend the range and variety of experiences that we can offer our children and if you are able to help in any way, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

I like Portfield because there are always fun things going on and there are always new adventures.

If you come to Portfield, you will surely discover a new adventure.

Jayleece, Year 4

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Celebrating Achievement We know how demotivating it can be when an achievement or milestone goes unnoticed. At Portfield we want to catch our pupils being successful; whether it’s academic or extra-curricular, we will seek out opportunities to recognise and celebrate achievement.

This can be through offering opportunities to appear in assemblies, performances, sports competitions or even receiving awards for going the extra mile in demonstrating our values.

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I like coming to Portfield because every class I go through is the next step to having a great life.

Alfie, Year 6

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Portfield Primary Academy St. James’ Road, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 7HA Phone: 01243 783939 • Fax: 01243 530683

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