Currie Primary School

Currie Primary is a school on the south west of the city of Edinburgh. We currently have 2 nursery classes and 15 classes in the main school. Our school role is growing and is currently at 441 with another 120 children in our Nursery.

Currie Primary was officially opened in 2008 following the amalgamation of Curriehill and Riccarton Primary Schools. We have 16 classrooms, a large nursery, music/drama room, 2 halls, sensory room, 1 meeting room, 4 offices and a staff room. Our large playground is a mixture of grass and tarmac. we have specilaist teachers in Music and PE as well violin and brass instructors for our older pupils.

We are a very active Eco school. We achieved our second Green Flag in August 2013 and in June 2013 gained level 2 accreditation in the RHS benchmark scheme to get schools gardening. We have achieved Health Promoting Schools Level 2 status. We are currently working towards becoming a Rights Respecting School.

Currie Primary is a non-denominational school. We do however visit Currie Kirk and welcome their minister to our assemblies during the year. Assemblies take place this year on a Friday morning.

At Currie Primary School achievement is as important to us as attainment and we provide our pupils with a very rich and balanced curriculum across all areas. All pupils are encouraged to do and be the best they can be. Pupil voice is very important to us and we have a very active Pupil Council and Eco Committee, ensuring our pupils are represented on developments within our school.

We value a positive relationship with our parents and fully believe education is a shared responsibility. We use on-line Learning Journals to share learning with parents as it happens and encourage parents to work with us in a variety of ways – working alongside us in classes, parent appointments, through assemblies, open afternoons/evenings, trips etc. We have an active PTA and Parent Council who meet regularly. They work closely with us to ensure that the school is supported in many ways.

We pride ourselves on the ethos in Currie Primary School. Many visitors have commented on the warm welcome they receive and on the friendly atmosphere in the school. We believe that everyone, whatever their position or job in school, contributes to a very successful team.

At Currie Primary School it is our shared vision to create a welcoming, inclusive and nurturing environment for learning which is deep, personal and enduring. We share the same values on which Scottish society was founded and the Curriculum for Excellence promotes, those of wisdom (successful learners), justice (effective contributors), compassion (responsible citizens) and integrity (confident individuals).

Currie Primary School exists to enable our pupils to be successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.

To achieve our vision, we aim to do this:

• By delivering a varied, stimulating, active and relevant curriculum encouraging creativity, enthusiasm for, resilience to and motivation for life-long learning, ensuring every pupil reaches their full potential and the highest standards of attainment possible.
• Through a positive ethos, we build on and promote confidence and selfesteem, recognising and celebrating the wider achievements of our pupils.Through nurturing self-respect, respect for others, for the local community and wider environment we enable our pupils to live and work, now and in the future, in a sustainable world.
• Through building strong partnerships with parents, carers and our professional partners we create opportunities for and encourage our pupils to make informed choices enabling them to be active and responsible participants in our school, in the local area and within the wider world, appreciating the diversity within our communities.
• By being a health promoting school we encourage and promote the health of the whole child - physical, emotional and social health and well-being.