St. Michael in the Hamlet Community Primary School

A very warm welcome to our school. It is a wonderful school where children have fun learning together. We are totally committed to ensuring our pupils develop into confident, independent life-long learners.

We provide a warm, caring environment where we nurture the individual talents of our pupils. We offer an exciting creative curriculum to engage children in their own learning, encouraging self-belief.

Our Vision for St Michael in the Hamlet Community Primary School is to provide a welcoming, stimulating environment, where children can develop into confident, independent, lifelong learners.

Provide a safe, secure and stimulating learning environment. We will do this by: Following rules for our own safety. Supporting and encouraging everyone. Being good role models. Being creative. Trying new things and not be scared to be ambitious.

Promote high standards of behaviour. We will do this by: Having good manners at all times. Leading by example. Respecting others and our school. Being proud of our school and who we are.

Encourage children in their own learning and encourage self belief. We will do this by: Motivating each other and ourselves. Listening to people at all times. Being enthusiastic and happy. Going to bed early. Being positive. Having dreams and ambitions.

Forest School at St Michael in the Hamlet offers a unique hands-on outdoor natural learning experience on our own grounds; that compliments both the school’s ethos and curriculum.

We use a holistic approach in a natural woodland setting to focus on building positive personal attributes such as self-confidence, independence and self-esteem enabling our children to become independent, innovative and inspired learners.

Our outdoor environment gives us a unique place which we use in a fun and challenging way, where learners may choose to follow a suggested activity or to pursue their own ideas so they can further their own development and practice new skills.

Learners are offered the opportunity to work independently or with others; use tools, make dens, explore, create, investigate and experience camp fires. Here we also have the opportunity to manage and take risks in a safe and responsible way.

At St Michael in the Hamlet we believe that a healthy school is one that is successful in helping pupils to do their best and build on their achievements. We are committed to ongoing improvement and development of children in all areas of their lives.

At St. Michael in the Hamlet Primary School we believe that sport plays an important part as it contributes to the health and well-being of our children. Sporting excellence and participation, alongside strong cultural opportunities, go hand in hand with academic standards.

Our school has achieved The National Sport England 'Gold Athletics Award' every year for the past 6 years which continues our proud record in this sport.

In 2013/14 our Years 3 and 4 Indoor Athletics Squad became Liverpool Champions. At the same time our Years 5 and 6 Indoor Athletics Squad also became Liverpool Champions. A Very successful season.

Our St. Michael in the Hamlet Creative Curriculum works hand in hand with the 2014 Primary National Curriculum. We teach through a carefully planned thematic approach, valuing a broad and balanced curriculum which gives children the opportunities to achieve their potential in all subject areas. We have designed our curriculum to build on children’s prior learning over time, linking key concepts across subjects as well as developing a breadth of subject knowledge. Topics are designed to support children’s natural curiosity and stimulate their creativity.

Topics begin with a ‘hook’ or ‘opening event’ and finish with a ‘final celebration’. Trips and outings are central to the children’s learning. In addition to this they will have a series of memorable learning experiences, which may include; inspirational speakers, STEM workshops, LJMU dance students, global students, topic themed days and themed weeks.

Some subjects may be taught discreetly, such as English and mathematics. Other subjects may be taught as part of a topic, for example, they may learn history alongside their geography, or science alongside their design technology. Where possible the links have been made from their topic work to maths and English to enable pupils to apply skills in different contexts.

Our curriculum promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental, philosophical and physical development of our pupils. The children experience these through a wide range of subjects and opportunities such as: Physical Education (PE), Religious Education (RE), Philosophy for Children (P4C), Rights Respecting School Agenda (RRSA), mindfulness, forest school and personal, social health education (PHSSE).

We are really proud of our wider opportunities and the range of after school clubs on offer, from magic to dodge ball to e-cadets. We end our academic year with a ‘summer festival’ to display our pupils’ creative talents celebrating our diverse array of wider opportunities such as singing, brass, drumming and violin.