Carlton Vale Infants School

We believe that the Infant years are the most important in a child’s life and certainly the most exciting. The sense of wonder and discovery as a child sets out in learning is a privilege to observe and to be a part of.

Our vision is to create an environment where every learner has the opportunity to amaze us. Our unique focus on developing the skills of learning along with our creative, active and exciting curriculum enables all pupils to be challenged to achieve their best.

We celebrate, and are proud of, all pupils’ achievements both in and beyond the classroom. Our staff teams are totally committed to providing pupils with the very best education possible. The teams plan a wide variety of learning opportunities in and out of the classroom that broaden pupil’s experiences and enable them to develop new and exciting skills that round them as individuals.

We strongly believe in team work. Together, children. teachers, support staff, parents, and families work as a team to give them the best possible start to life. We want everyone to:

Work Together and Achieve Together
Here at Carlton Vale we have worked together to develop our Learning Behaviour language and attitudes throughout the curriculum and it is incorporated right across the school. Behaviour for Learning is developing the skills and attitudes to become better learners! We have 8 key words which link into all the learning and behaviours of the school.

You and your staff continue to make sure that pupils make strong academic progress from when they join the school. You provide pupils with a range of enrichment opportunities that make a positive contribution to their personal development and welfare. The school has a caring and inclusive environment supporting effectively pupils and their families whose circumstances make them vulnerable. You and your leadership team are implementing initiatives to support pupils’ emotional and mental well-being. You arranged staff training on how to support pupils’ emotional and physical needs and on how to help them develop resilience, for example. These initiatives help pupils to feel safe and develop self-confidence".

Our motto ‘Grow together, achieve together” is instrumental in our journey to outstanding. We have some very exciting times ahead of us and we are really looking forward to experiencing and sharing them with you all.

We aim to provide a safe, stable and happy environment in which children's learning will flourish at Carlton Vale Infants, based on an understanding that children learn most effectively when:

• There is an emotionally supportive learning environment
• Their physiological, social, emotional and spiritual needs are catered for
• The children learn most effectively who attend daily.
• There is variety in the organisational structure of the learning environment which allows them to work individually, in pairs and in groups as appropriate
• They feel a sense of happiness, security, motivation and stimulation. They feel valued as individuals in the family ethos of the school.
• They have an opportunity to learn through first hand experience; investigating, exploring, experimenting, questioning, collaborating and listening, supported by positive reinforcement.
• Relationships are based on caring and mutual respect
• A close home-school relationship exists
• The learning environment is attractive, stimulating and positive. It is easily accessible through clear organisation and labelling of learning materials and effective storage.
• Teachers plan, record, assess, moderate and evaluate every child’s learning progress. Individual children and their peers learn to assess their own performance.
• There is continuity and progression
• Lessons have clear aims and purposes, the learning task is matched to their ability and there is provision for challenge, repetition and extension.
• Standards of teaching are closely monitored
• They use modern technology as an appropriate aid to learning.