Sharmans Cross Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and
expects all adults to share this commitment
woodland and generally interact with their environment. Through their outdoor
learning experience, the children gain the ability to make their own considered
choices and look after themselves and each other. This contributes to developing
their increased self esteem and enables them to be thoughtful team players as well
as rounded individuals. Our drama studio offers children the opportunity to explore a
variety of times and places through drama. These are always closely related to the
National Curriculum and the programmes of study which the children are following in
their classroom activities.
We find that residential trips provide valuable experience for the children socially as
well as linking usefully to their curriculum. For a number of years Year 5 children
have had the chance of a stay in York and Year 6 the opportunity of staying at an
Outdoor Activity Centre near Welshpool. We are also able to offer Year 4 a
residential evacuation experience at Bell Heath.
There are a variety of extra-curriculum activities available to the children during
lunchtime or after school. The list is subject to variation according to the time and
skills available by both parents and teaching staff. Most frequent are:
Choir, Cookery Club (Year 3 only), Football,
Netball, Tennis, Squash, Gardening Club, Drama
Club, Film Club and ICT.
ASSESSMENT POLICY
“Teachers use assessment information effectively to … plan pupils’ next steps” Ofsted 2012
Pupils
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To develop their capacity for self assessment so that they can become
reflective and self managing
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Pupils using self and peer assessment strategies promotes commitment to
learning goals and a shared understanding of the criteria by which they are
assessed
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Opportunities to reflect upon their own work and that of their peers,
identifying what the achievements and improvements are
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