Hallsville Primary School

Hallsville is a county primary school for pupils aged 5 -11 years, with a nursery class for 3-5 years, maintained by the London Borough of Newham. We are a two-form entry school, and therefore we are able to take up to 60 children in each year group. We are also federated with Scott Wilkie Primary School.

Hallsville is a special place to be. We are a caring and supportive school.We work closely with our parents to ensure the best possible care for their children.We have a great team of teachers, teaching assistants and support staff that treat children with fairness and respect because at Hallsville ‘Every Child Matters’.

Our aim is to ensure every child in our school reaches their full potential and has the skills to cope with secondary education, so that they can go on to fulfil their dreams.

We love learning and challenge makes us grow.Our strength is in valuing our differences.We show we care through our behaviour.Our learning begins with us.

We want to promote an inclusive and effective learning community where children are involved in active learning and always endeavor to set high expectations for themselves.We want to welcome and celebrate diversity and to provide an environment where pupils feel happy, valued and secure in their learning.We want to enhance children’s life chances through a stimulating, supportive parental partnership that nurtures each child to achieve his/her full potential.

Our aims are:

• To promote a wide range of creative experiences which enable children to make full use of their imaginations
• To promote, facilitate and enable the inclusion of children with disabilities and special educational needs
• To provide an environment that is safe, supportive and caring
• To provide a broad and balanced curriculum which is differentiated to match teaching to pupils’ needs
• To enable the acquisition of skills, knowledge and understanding which will be of use to all future learning
• To develop lively and enquiring minds through encouraging children to question and discuss issues, in order to make informed decisions
• To nurture self-esteem so children are motivated to learn and to develop an ability to co-operate and work with others
• To recognise, respect and celebrate individual religious and cultural values and to celebrate the rich diversity within our multi-faith community
• To promote positive attitudes, good behaviour and moral understanding, and to establish a sense of pride and achievement in being part of our school community
• To work in full partnership with parents

At Hallsville, we believe that every child has the right to succeed despite any barriers to their learning. We aim to prepare our pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life and work hard to foster positive and memorable learning experiences that will engage pupils and instil a love of learning.

We encourage children to be critical thinkers and resilient problem solvers who are willing to take risks. We believe that intelligence is not fixed so we nurture a growth mind-set in children who learn that they need to work hard to succeed. We value every child in Hallsville and strive to ensure their happiness and wellbeing as they become independent life-long learners. We use ‘Philosophy for Children’ to teach pupils how to be more reflective and considerate towards the views of others and regular ‘mindfulness’ sessions give children at Hallsville strategies to cope with their feelings.

In order to achieve our goals, we have carefully planned our curriculum so that it is balanced and broadly based. Hallsville follows the National Curriculum, which provides clear age-related expectations. We have adopted a subject specific approach so that children can be taught the knowledge and thinking skills required for each subject, however, we have made careful cross-curricular links to optimise these skills. Children are challenged to think at a greater depth, which results in a thorough understanding.Through guest visitors, specialist weeks and a wide-range of educational visits, Hallsville builds real experiences into the curriculum to enrich learning.