Around 200 pupils attend Well Lane Primary School.

Pupils may start in the Foundation 1 class in the term after their 3rd birthday

Pupils leave the school at the end of Year 6 when they are 11 years old.

There are currently 8 classes:

Foundation 1 & 2, Years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5/6, 5/6

No class has more than 30 pupils in it.

From Year 2 upwards each class elects two pupils to be on the School Council.

This gives the children a say in how the school is run.

The Friends of Well Lane was formed in September 2003 - current aims are primarily social and fund raising.

Our very enthusiastic committee arranges a variety of functions including discos for children, Christmas fairs, toy sales, raffles and sponsored events. Functions are well attended and we hope for your support in this way.

Part time Foundation 1 children finish their morning session at 11:25 a.m.

Lunchtime for children in F2, Y1 and Y2 12 noon - 1 p.m.

Lunchtime for children in Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6 12:15p.m. - 1:15p.m.

Part time Foundation 1 children begin their afternoon session at 1p.m.

School ends at 3:20p.m. (3:30p.m. for F1)

PUNCTUALITY

It is really important that children are in school on time. It is difficult to catch up if the beginning of a lesson is missed. After 9a.m. latecomers must use the main entrance to school and will be asked to explain why they are late. Children who are regularly late may receive a visit from the Education and Social Welfare Officer.

IF YOUR CHILD IS ILL..........

Please inform the school as soon as possible so that we can authorise the absence. If we don't hear from you Mrs Hughes, Home/School Link Officer may telephone you. The Education and Social Welfare Officer checks the registers each week and will contact the families of pupils who seem to have a lot of time off. If there are health concerns the School Nurse may be in touch to offer assistance. We monitor the attendance of each pupil and reward those with good or improving attendance. Mrs Hughes can let you have more details.

During the Foundation stage (Nursery, Reception and Year 1 as appropriate) the curriculum is divided into 6 areas of learning: Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Communication, Language and Literacy, Mathematical Development, Knowledge and Understanding of the World, Physical Development and Creative Development.

Children are taught using the Continuous Provision model. Miss Warwick (Leader of Foundation Stage Learning) can give you more details about this.

From Year 1 as the children become ready they begin to access the National Curriculum Key Stage 1 subjects.

The school provides a broad and balanced curriculum, which caters for differing abilities. The content of the curriculum is planned in such a way that all subjects are covered and these are listed below:

English, History, Mathematics,

Geography, Science Design Technology,

Information Technology, Music, Physical Education,

Religious Education, Art,

PSHE (Personal, Social & Health Education)

A really important aim of our school is to teach the children skills that will be useful for life. We aim for the skills of communication, application of number, information technology, working with others, improving own performance and solving problems, to be developed.

Often learning will be planned on a particular theme so that the different skills learned can compliment each other. For example a skill learned in a Literacy lesson will be applied in Geography or Science.

We try to make the curriculum interesting to our pupils and are continually developing the ways in which we do so.

In the first half term in Autumn parents are sent specific information about the curriculum by the year group teachers. Advice on helping your child at home will also be given, together with more detailed information on homework.

During October and March/April parents will be invited to an individual parent/teacher interview when targets and progress will be discussed for the rest of the year. In July parents will receive an end of year report.

Parents may meet with their child's teacher at other times throughout the year. If you wish to arrange an appointment please telephone or call in at the school office. It is usually easier to meet at the end of the school day as the teachers are supervising the children from 8:45 a.m. each morning.

Each child takes part in a daily act of worship. These assemblies may take different forms throughout the week, for example, whole school assemblies, key stage assemblies, year group or class assemblies.

Each child is taught Religious Education as a curriculum subject in class. This is based on the Wirral Agreed Syllabus for R.E. (SACRE). It may be taught as a separate subject or part of a wider topic.

Parents have the right to withdraw their child from R.E. and collective worship.

Homework

The amount and type of homework will alter as the pupils grow up. Class teachers will let you know what is required at the beginning of each term. Activities may include reading, spelling practice, learning tables, writing or completing work started in class. Sometimes children may be asked to carry out some research on a topic.