St Ambrose Catholic Primary School

Welcome to St Ambrose Catholic Primary School. The family of St Ambrose is one in which each member is valued and respected for who they are. We aim to encourage and support the personal growth of each individual through living in our community, which is rooted in Christ and inspired by the Gospels. Our school is a very special place, successful and full of creative energy.

Our children are happy and thriving: they have fun and have a passion for learning. They spend their days within a community of love which ensures that their learning journeys are thoughtfully planned with their best interests in mind. Our dedicated and committed teaching and support staff ensure that learning is engaging, interactive and packed with new challenges and long-lasting memories, and children are rightly proud of their achievements.

To provide a high quality education which enables everyone to reach their full potential within a caring and supportive environment. We Aim: To develop and teach a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum appropriate to the spiritual, intellectual, physical and emotional needs of every child.

Objectives: To implement activities that enable children to enjoy and achieve, so that each child is able to reach their full potential. To teach effectively and to set the highest standards in work and behaviour. To care for each child by ensuring that they feel safe and know that they are a valued member of God’s family. To encourage regular communication with parents in order to strengthen relationships between home and school.

To celebrate the school’s place in the community and wider world. We Aim: To strengthen and develop links within the parish and wider community.

Objectives: To join with the parish and local community to celebrate special occasions throughout the year. To welcome members of the local community to visit school to enhance the curriculum on offer. To provide opportunities for the children to visit places of interest in order for them to come to a better understanding of their lives and the world around them. To participate in charitable activities and to be able to empathise with the needs of others.

Here at St Ambrose Catholic Primary School, we provide a rich, rigorous and enjoyable curriculum based upon the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and National Curriculum frameworks. We follow a ‘topic based’ approach to our curriculum through our International Primary Curriculum. This means wherever possible we group our subjects around the topic.

The International Primary Curriculum is an enquiry based approach built around questioning, which helps ‘hook’ the children into their learning. It helps teachers make all learning exciting, active and meaningful for children. Learning with the IPC takes a global approach; helping children to connect their learning to where they are living now as well as looking at the learning from the perspective of other people in other countries.

Each year group has a new theme each term or half term. It starts with an entry point designed to hook the children into the learning experience. This may be based around different subject areas usually History and Geography. Through these themes, opportunities are built in for children to apply other key skills in Art, Design Technology, Computing and skills in learning together.

At St Ambrose, we believe that every child deserves the best possible start in life and the support that enables them to fulfil their potential. Children develop quickly in the early years and a child’s experiences between birth and age five have a major impact on their future life chances. A secure, safe and happy childhood is important in its own right. Good parenting and high quality early learning together provide the foundation children need to make the most of their abilities and talents as they grow up.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. It promotes teaching and learning to ensure children’s ‘school readiness’ and gives children the broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and life.

There are seven areas of learning and development that must shape educational programmes in early years settings. All areas of learning and development are important and inter-connected. Three areas are particularly crucial for igniting children’s curiosity and enthusiasm for learning, and for building their capacity to learn, form relationships and thrive. These three areas, known as the prime areas, are: Communication and language. Physical development. Personal, social and emotional development.

We also support children in the four specific areas, through which the three prime areas are strengthened and applied. The specific areas are: Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the world, Expressive arts and design.

We are Awarded with: Basic Skills Quality Mark Award, School of Sanctuary Award, Liverpool Healthy Schools Award,Liverpool Counts Award.