Our vision for teaching and learning at Halfpenny Lane is as follows. It will be:
- Child-centred, with the pupil as an active participant not a passive recipient;
- Intrinsically motivating for the children, with exciting activities, so that they both enjoy and want to engage in learning;
- Focused as much as possible on meaningful and relevant experiences and practical activities;
- Challenging but with appropriate levels of support;
- Empowering our children with transferable life skills, not just isolated and specific knowledge;
- Flexible and innovative, responding to both the children’s individual and group needs; and
- Creative and dynamic.
In our school we aim to:
- Enable all children to learn and develop their skills, to the best of their ability;
- Engage and motivate children, so that children enjoy coming to school and acquire a solid basis for lifelong learning;
- Teach children the basic skills of English, Maths and ICT;
- Enable children to be creative and to develop their own thinking;
- Teach children about the world, including how their environment and society have changed over time;
- Help children understand Britain’s cultural heritage; appreciating and valuing the contribution made by all ethnic groups in our multi-cultural society;
- Enable children to be positive citizens;
- Fulfil all the requirements of the National Curriculum and the Locally Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education;
- Teach children to have an awareness of their own spiritual development and to distinguish right from wrong;
- Encourage independent learners;
- Help children understand the importance of truth and fairness, so that they grow up committed to equal opportunities for all;
- Enable children to have respect for themselves and high self-esteem, and to live and work cooperatively with others; and
- Enable children to be active learners.
Learners at Halfpenny Lane will:
- Listen to adults when they are speaking;
- Stay focused in lessons;
- Put as much effort in as possible;
- Use the Success Criteria to help them to work independently, not giving in straight away;
- Be resilient learners.