Welcome to Wyborne Primary School

‘’Where young minds flourish!’

About Our School• 2 form entry school with a part time nursery

• 459 Pupils on Roll

• Over 30 different languages are spoken by our pupils

• We celebrate diversity and equal opportunities for all

• One Teacher and one Teaching Assistant in each class

• Experienced staff - intervention team of qualified teachers

• Family Liaison Officer and a Learning Mentor

• Efficient office and premises staff

• Approachable Leadership Team and supportive/challenging Governors

• Hardworking Parents and Friends Committee

• Excellent resources enhance teaching and learning

including ICT/laptops/I pads

• ‘Forest School’ provision, including trained teachers

• A shared commitment to continuous improvement

Good Level of Development•Achieving at least the expected level (2) in all of the early learning goals in:

•The Prime Areas of Learning (Communication & Language, Physical Development and Personal, Social & Emotional Development (PSED)) and the •Specific Areas of Literacy and Mathematics

What to expect at Wyborne

• Sense of ‘Openness’

• Safe and happy children

• ‘Pupil Voice’ – School Council

• Good progress

• A broad, balanced and relevant curriculum

• Trips, clubs and visitors

• Dedicated Music, French and PE teachers

• Quality Teaching and Learning

• Commitment to physical and mental well being

• Commitment to pupils spiritual, moral, social and cultural development

• Commitment to recognising talents

• Preparing pupils for their future school career and beyond!

High Expectations‘If you work hard and are kind, amazing things will

happen...’

We expect:•All pupils to behave well•Zero tolerance to all forms of bullying •All pupils to do their best at all times•All pupils to wear school uniform•All pupils to attend school every day, on time•All pupils to read regularly at home•All pupils to complete homework

Behaviour Management

• Positive behaviour management

strategies

• Rewards

• Sanctions

• Partnership with Parents/Carers

• Restorative justice – Respect,

Responsibility, Repair and Re-

Intergration

• Learning Mentor/Teaching Assistant

with responsibility for Behaviour

Parents/Carers• Parent/Carer coffee mornings

• Parent/carer Consultation Days

• Family Liaison Officer

• Assemblies and performances

• School trips

• Parents and friends

• Alpha Breakfast/after school Club

• Home visits to all new entrants

Our Nursery at Wyborne

• We can admit 52 children into our Nursery

(26 am and 26 pm).

• Children attend for 15 hours a week.

• The morning session is 8.30-11.30 am.

• The afternoon session is 12.30-15.30 pm.

• Excellent Provision and setting

• Experienced and talented staff

• Weekly PE and Forest School

Sessions

Our Reception at Wyborne

• 60 children - Reception Classes

• 6 staff- 2 Qualified Teachers – 4 teaching assistants.

• Learning through play, whole class teaching and group work.

• Indoors and outdoor learning plus Forest School.

• Learning Areas include ; - Physical Development - Personal, Social, Emotional Development - Communication and Language

• Other areas include Mathematics, Literacy, Understanding the

World and Expressive Arts and Design

• We encourage independence, cooperation, confidence and a desire

to learn

• Strong focus on reading, phonics and number-work.

Applying for a place in the Nursery

• Children admitted into the Nursery, the

term after their 3rd birthday.

• Waiting list opens after 2nd birthday.

• Application Forms available at our office

or can be completed online via our

website.

• Parents/Carers will be invited to attend

an open day in the

summer term

Applying for a place in Reception

If your child was born between 1st September 2011 and 31st

August 2012 then you must apply for a place at a primary school

by 15th January 2016.

Applications should be made online via

www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/admissions

*Please remember that you do not automatically gain a place in

Reception if your child attends the Nursery at Wyborne.

Entrance Criteria• Diagnosed Special Need/existing EHC Plan – naming the

school

• Looked After Children – Children in care

• Siblings currently at Wyborne (apart from current Year 6)

• Family needs (medical/social)

• Home to School distance – straight line from centre of

home to centre of school site

• Child Care arrangements ARE NOT taken into account

Applying for a place in Reception

• Preferences- 6 Choices of Schools -If you need any assistance make an appointment with Sue Munroe (our

Family Liaison Officer).

• Allocation of School - April 2016 -Admissions will inform you of which school your child will be attending.

• Wyborne Entrants - Invited to a ‘new entrants’ meeting in the summer term

• Home Visits for Families new to Wyborne - This will be an opportunity for your child to meet the new teacher in the

home setting and for you to discuss any settling in issues.

• Applications Online - you will receive confirmation of your application – notified earlier