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take part in supervised tooth brushing as part of the school session. Parents are
encouraged to allow their children to take part in this programme and will receive
paperwork about the scheme, together with consent forms.

ORGANISATION OF CLASSES

Pupils are grouped, according to age, in nursery and fourteen classes. In all classes,
children work at their own level and care is taken to support or extend children when
necessary. Teachers and children are supported in their work by a team of Teaching
Assistants (TAs).

All teachers are entitled to 10% of their weekly working time out of the classroom to
undertake planning, preparation and assessment (PPA time). Experienced teachers, are
then timetabled to take the same classes for the same lessons on a regular basis. This
ensures continuity of our standards.

Children with special educational needs are helped by our Additional Learning Needs
Co-ordinator, Mrs Ceri Porter, who is assisted by our specialist Teaching Assistants to
provide additional support.

THE CURRICULUM

The curriculum consists of all the activities planned by the school to promote children’s
learning. It is built around the Literacy and Numeracy Framework, the Foundation
Phase Framework, Curriculum 2008 and the Skills Framework. It is concerned not only

with the content of the curriculum but also the development of skills, how the children
learn and how teachers teach most effectively. All school policy documents are
monitored and approved by the Governing Body. You, as a parent, are also welcome to
inspect them.

The planned curriculum is constantly reviewed and evaluated in order to enhance
learning.

The subjects in the National Curriculum and
Curriculum 2008 for Key Stage 2 pupils are:

 English
 Welsh (as a second language)
 Mathematics
 Science
 Design and Technology (D&T)
 Information Technology (I.T.)
 History

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