Prospectus - Penair School

OUR AIMS
Our purpose is “To create a caring,
learning community of high quality where
everyone is valued for who they are and for
what they may become.”
To achieve this we have eight clear aims:
to ensure that individuals develop intellectually,
physically and emotionally aspiring to the highest
level of which they are capable and celebrate
it.
to provide a lively and enthusiastic atmosphere
in which a love of learning and a questioning
approach to life may be stimulated.
to highlight and to develop those standards
which society finds estimable, establishing an
ethos in which they are modelled as well as
taught.
to develop self-confidence, self-discipline and
self-knowledge.
to help individuals expand their interests by
encouraging them to participate in the opportunities
that are available.
to help people to understand the world about
them and the nature of the political, social and
economic influences to which it is subject,
developing in them a genuine concern for the
needs of others.
with our educational partners, to encourage and
support individuals to foster their lifelong ambitions.
retain our rich curriculum and specialist teachers
in an era of recession and cuts. Our students
are at the heart of what we do. We will utilise our
considerable facilities and 54 acres of land for
the benefit of the community.
“Students feel extremely safe and secure
and this contributes to their extremely positive
attitudes to work, and their preparedness
to focus and involve themselves in
their learning. Relationships in lessons
are very positive and the students want to
learn.”
(OFSTED 2009)
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Primary Secondary Transfer
Transfer from primary to secondary school
is an important time for all children; some
students take it in their stride, others are
less certain.
At Penair we invest a considerable amount
of time and effort in an induction programme which
will help students adjust socially, emotionally and
academically. Visits are made to primary schools
as often as possible by the senior staff, the Director
of Learning and the Special Educational Needs
Coordinator (SENCO), to establish links with future
students. Members of staff teach lessons in our
Partner Primaries and we have an exciting Year 6
curriculum project during the summer term, with a
special day of activities as the focal point. This is followed
by two Intake days in July spent with Year 7
tutors in new form groups. These days continue the
theme of the joint curriculum project and culminate
in an exhibition and performance of the students’
work from the project on the second Intake day.
The aim of the two Intake days is to ensure
that the students feel confident, eager and enthusiastic
to start at Penair in September. Immediately
after the Intake days a ‘New Parents’ Evening is
held to exchange valuable information and meet
form tutors, the Director of Learning, the Headteacher
and Senior Management Team. In recent
years, Year 6 students have also been informed of a
‘summer challenge’ activity. This takes place in the
summer vacation period with the intention of enabling
students to establish and build new friendships
before starting at Penair in September
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