Clovenstone Primary School

Clovenstone is a very warm place where everyone is welcome and supported to be and do their best. Our expectation is that we build a nurturing, positive learning community in which every child and their family feels included and has the opportunity to be and do their best. While attending Clovenstone Primary, we hope that every child will enjoy their time at school and develop a wide range of skills and knowledge to become successful learners.

We are committed to making our school a great place to be, and ensuring every child achieves their potential in a safe and nurturing environment. All staff are incredibly hard working and talented professionals. We put children first and greatly value our very positive relationships with children and their families – all staff in Clovenstone are passionately committed to working in partnership with pupils, parents and carers and the wider community to ensure that we provide the highest possible standards of education across all areas of the curriculum.

In Clovenstone Primary School and Nursery Class, we will provide a welcoming and friendly environment, which celebrates the diversity of our community. We are a nurturing school where everyone is kind, safe and proud and all children are supported to be and do their very best. This is achieved through working together with children, families and the whole community, based on a shared sense of direction. This vision is reflected in our school’s aims to:

• Create a welcoming and happy environment where all achievements are celebrated
• Listen to and consider all points of view
• Provide a variety of stimulating opportunities and experiences
• Equip children with skills for learning, life and work
• Work in partnership within our school and the wider community

Curriculum for Excellence is fully implemented at Clovenstone. We continue to review and develop our curriculum map, in line with the aims and principles contained within A Curriculum for Excellence. This is shared at parent consultation meetings and with pupils.

There are eight curricular areas – Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy, Mathematics, Religious and Moral Education, Social Studies, Sciences and Technologies. Many of these areas are taught in conjunction with others and not as discrete subjects.

At Clovenstone, pupils from Nursery to P7 will be taught across the different curricular areas using a variety of different approaches, and involving pupil interests and ideas. We recognise the varied learning styles of our pupils and appreciate the need to provide a balanced and interesting curriculum. As we develop what and how we teach, careful consideration is given to the main principles behind A Curriculum for Excellence. These are

• Challenge and enjoyment
• Breadth
• Progression
• Depth
• Personalization and choice
• Coherence
• Relevance