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 From
the Nursery, through the Junior Department and on to
the Senior Department, we aim to provide a curriculum
which is rich in opportunities for personal fulfilment.
We uphold the values of hard work and good manners,
and the school ethos of mutual co-operation and respect,
thus creating a harmonious atmosphere where girls learn
from adults and each other.
Learning Support
 As
a school we are committed to recognising and supporting
pupils who have Special Educational or Additional Learning
needs enabling each individual to achieve her best and
to reach her full potential with access to all aspects
of school life. As a fully integrated school it is the
shared responsibility of all staff to accommodate pupils
with different learning styles, including pupils who
are Gifted and Talented. Interestingly many pupils who
have Learning Support sessions are also on the Gifted
and Talented spectrum.
Our objectives are:
• To help pupils achieve improved self-esteem
and confidence as learners.
• To help pupils achieve independence as learners
by teaching underpinning study and organisational skills.
• To be involved in arranging exam concessions
for internal and external exams.
• To be a resource for staff.
• To liase with staff, parents and external agencies.
Learning support offered may include:
in class support, small group sessions working on literacy,
study skills and exam preparation plus after school
drop in workshops for pupils preparing for external
exams.
Learning Support sessions are offered
to pupils referred to us by parents, staff or for who
have been identified by screening tests on admission.
We liase closely with our Junior
Department.
 Distance
Learning Subjects:
Psychology
Law
Sociology
Junior Department Curriculum
 The
curriculum is all the activities that we organise in
order to promote learning and personal growth and development.
It includes not only the formal requirements of the
National Curriculum, but also the range of extra-curricular
activities that the school organises in order to enrich
the experience of the children. It also includes the
'hidden curriculum', or what the children learn from
the way they are treated and expected to behave. We
value the way in which all children are unique, and
our curriculum promotes respect for the views of each
individual child, as well as for people of all cultures.
The aims of our school curriculum are:
- to enable all children to learn
and develop their skills to the best of their ability;
- to deliver a curriculum at a point
that allows all children access to it;
- to promote a positive attitude towards
learning, so that children enjoy coming to school,
and acquire a solid basis for lifelong learning;
- to teach children the basic skills
of literacy, numeracy, ICT, music, art and P.E.
- to enable children to be creative
and to develop their own thinking;
- to teach children about their developing
world, including how their environment and society
have changed over time;
- to help children understand Britain's
cultural heritage;
- to enable children to be positive
citizens in society;
- to fulfil all the requirements of
the National Curriculum, Foundation subjects and the
agreed syllabus for Religious Education;
- to teach children to have an awareness
of their own spiritual development, and to understand
right from wrong;
- to help children understand the
importance of truth and fairness, so that they grow
up committed to equal opportunities for all;
- to enable children to have
respect for themselves and high self-esteem, and to
be able to live and work co-operatively with others.
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