The Mulberry Primary School

Welcome to The Mulberry Primary School. Our school is one of Haringey's largest primary schools and is proud of its cultural and linguistic diversity. Over 750 Children.

We are fully committed to working with parents to give children the very best start in their education as well as supporting children to be well-rounded individuals and good citizens of the future. We strive to learn and achieve together in all areas of school life. We are proud of our inclusivity; 18 place provision for autism based on site. 2017/18 is set to be great! The supportive school community provides opportunities for us to continue the hard work which makes The Mulberry Primary School a fantastic and fun place to learn.

The Mulberry Primary School provides high quality education through partnerships between children, staff, home and the wider community within an inspiring, stimulating and safe environment enabling all children to achieve their potential, to become independent learners, creative thinkers and responsible citizens for the future".

Our Aims are:

• To create an inclusive environment in which learning can flourish both indoors and outdoors.
• To create an inclusive environment in which learning can flourish both indoors and outdoors.
• To promote high levels of achievement and raise attainment for all pupils through effective teaching and high expectations.
• To enable every pupil to foster a lifelong love of learning.
• To value and celebrate everyone's uniqueness and individuality, including their own.
• o develop independent, well rounded, confident, capable children.
• To encourage a sense of community based on mutual respect, co-operation and equality to all.

OUR VALUES:

• Resilience and respect
• Thoughtfulness
• Morality
• Equality
• Co-operation and Communication

The Early Years and Foundation Stage (EYFS), covering Nursery and Reception years, curriculum is based on the understanding that children develop rapidly during this stage of their learning – physically, intellectually, emotionally and socially. It is the base on which children build the rest of their lives and it is not viewed as simply a preparation for the next stage of development.

Pupils in the Foundation Stage learn best through staff providing experiences that build on and extend children’s own interests and experiences. Pupils are influenced by everything in their environment, they use their senses to explore and make sense of the world around them. They learn best through imaginative and meaningful play.

There are four principles that underpin all pedagogy applied within the EYFS. These are:

• A Unique Child
• Positive Relationships
• Enabling Environments
• Learning and Developing

The early years experience builds on what children already know and can do and planned, purposeful activities engage children in the learning process.

The Characteristics of Effective Early Learning are the factors which play a central role in children’s development.

Finding out and exploring. Playing with what they know. Being willing to ‘have a go’. Being involved and concentrating. Keep trying. Enjoying achieving what they set out to do. Having their own ideas. Making links. Choosing ways to do things.

The Mulberry Primary School aims to provide a Literacy based curriculum within which a focus on key reading skills can be maintained. Word reading at the school is taught through systematic synthetic phonics, using the Letters and Sounds programme.

Children are encouraged and expected to practise reading regularly in school and at home, by participation in the school's Reading Reward Scheme (Reception to Year 2) and in the Accelerated Reader Programme (Years 3-6).

We deliver daily maths lessons based on the National Curriculum. Mental maths is considered a core skill and there is an emphasis on developing a range of mental strategies and knowledge of key facts such as times tables. Pupils are then encouraged to build on this foundation by developing a range of robust written methods in line with the school's calculation policy.

All pupils are also given an opportunity to take part in a weekly maths investigation which allows them to work collaboratively and develop skills such as reasoning, explaining and the ability to think in an abstract way. Pupils are also encouraged to think about why maths is important in our everyday lives and to apply it to real life situations.

The Mulberry Primary School is situated in an area of great culturally diversity, therefore we place a great emphasis on promoting diversity with the children. Assemblies, including SEAL, are regularly planned to address this issue either directly or through the inclusion of stories and celebrations from a variety of faiths and cultures. Our RE and PSHE teaching reinforce this. Members of different faiths or religions are encouraged to share their knowledge to enhance learning within classes and the school.

Within school, pupils are actively encouraged to make choices, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. As a school we educate and provide boundaries for young pupils to make choices safely, through provision of a safe environment and empowering education. Pupils are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms and advised how to exercise these safely, for example through our E-Safety and PSHE lessons. Whether it be through choice of learning challenge, of how they record, of participation in our extra-curricular clubs and opportunities, pupils are given the freedom to make choices. We debate regularly and use our words every day with respect, thoughtfully and reflectively.