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30/11/23

Y6 have been making their Christmas cards for the Bromley Christmas Card Project. They have written kind messages to people who may be lonely at this time of year. This also links to our value of kindness. pic.twitter.com/SfsvEBxqgV

30/11/23

Y4 Takin class had a wonderful trip to Pizza Express last week. They made pizzas, thinking about food hygiene, ingredient sources and links to their learning about Italy! 🇮🇹 🍕 pic.twitter.com/FB0S0XNfr9

30/11/23

Y3 had a fun, engaging and memorable PSHE Education workshops that helped our children to understand the importance of promoting positive behaviour,  mental health, wellbeing, resilience and achievement.   pic.twitter.com/2bhCjfZcD1

30/11/23

This week Year 5 have refined their chopping skills by learning three new techniques. They learnt how to rough chop, dice and julienne potatoes and carrots 🥕 pic.twitter.com/9O39aQ2NYQ

28/11/23

Nursery have been exploring different materials, developing their ideas of how to use them and what to make. pic.twitter.com/iHWkN8PkXT

28/11/23

Reception have been enjoying their new home corner and making some Christmas decorations. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.. 🎄 pic.twitter.com/hjlHqtuuLU

28/11/23

Y6 enjoyed their time on the Life Bus today, thinking about decisions, influences and good choices around peer pressure. pic.twitter.com/VFWa9OX47Z

20/11/23

Y3 had a wonderful trip to Dulwich Picture Gallery last week. They took part in a mark making session in an art studio, as well as observing pieces of art in the gallery. 🖼️🖌️🎨 pic.twitter.com/Q00Q4q6VfM

17/11/23

Y5 have had a great day visiting Tate Modern. They thought about how the art made them feel and what media was used to create them. 🎨🖌️🖼️ pic.twitter.com/9YxhuMblNe

17/11/23

We’ve had a wonderful day celebrating children in need, wearing spots and Pudsey colours! pic.twitter.com/Jb8E7FtnUz

16/11/23

Some children have been writing some beautiful Remembrance Day poems! pic.twitter.com/z5aZ9Q9w7B

16/11/23

Don't forget it is Children in need tomorrow. You are invited to wear something spotty! Reception today made their Pudsey bear hats ready to wear! pic.twitter.com/pnrwjSrZgq

14/11/23

Knitting club have started making their scarves, bags and purses. They have mastered the skills of knitting! 🧶 pic.twitter.com/xjJO2GmNb2

13/11/23

Amazing guys! Thanks for sharing and supporting Odd Socks Day and Anti-Bullying Week 2023! 🧦🙌❤️

13/11/23

This week, we are focusing on kindness and anti-bullying. Today we wore odd socks to remind us that differences are good! 🧦 pic.twitter.com/FjmNIpT2yt

13/11/23

Peace and light to everyone this Diwali 🪔 Reception have been embracing the light of kindness and humanity this week. Kindness is also our value of the term pic.twitter.com/kW6thZOrr5

13/11/23

EYFS have been celebrating odd socks day today, to kick off Anti-Bullying week! 🧦 pic.twitter.com/lfj8SVOZdl

13/11/23

EYFS celebrating Diwali and embracing kindness week. pic.twitter.com/Bcpip8vcaV

13/11/23

Get your best odd socks at the ready as on Monday we will be having Odd Socks Day to celebrate everyone being unique. This day will kick off Anti-Bulling week. We can't wait to see your odd socks! 🧦 pic.twitter.com/JhEyLcpw9Q

13/11/23

This morning we hosted a wonderful maths workshop, where Mrs Bocus spoke to parents about how to support Y4 pupils in preparation for the Multiplication check. 🧮❎ pic.twitter.com/Y0vZqF9AwK

Harris Academies
All Academies in our Federation aim to transform the lives of the students they serve by bringing about rapid improvement in examination results, personal development and aspiration.

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Our Ethos

Whatever a child’s background or starting point, we want to make sure that they finish Year 6 with the academic skills, social skills and knowledge necessary to succeed.  Every lesson at our school is creative and there is plenty of time for children to think, to play, to discover and wonder.

Each child is taught in the way that suits them best and we step in quickly if a change is needed.  For some children, this might involve one-to-one support if they are finding something difficult and for others it could mean stretching them more to keep them interested.  

Our Academy is relaxed and comfortable but pupils know that good behaviour is expected of them.  They are frequently praised and rewarded for trying their best and for being kind, hard-working and well-behaved.

We want the Academy to feel friendly and welcoming and we always make sure that every pupil has at least one friend.  Our children are taught to respect each other and their teachers.   

There is a zero tolerance approach to any type of bullying.

 

An Academic Head-Start

We are lucky to be located close to several of the Harris Secondary Academies, including the Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ Harris City Academy Crystal Palace.  This means that specialist teachers often come into our Primary Academy and, as they get older, children can be taken regularly to use facilities such as science laboratories.

As well as engaging them in the excitement of the subject at hand, these experiences help prepare children for a successful transition to Secondary School.

 

Children Treated as Individuals

We want children to retain their individuality and be treated and looked after in the right way for them.   

We welcome children of all abilities and want them to enjoy school and thrive.  For children with special needs, one of our first steps is to work with their parents and other specialists to create a plan for supporting them.  Our approach as a whole is reviewed with children’s classroom teachers, relevant specialists and parents every half term.

 

Every Lesson is Creative

The aim of our teachers is always to deliver lessons that children enjoy and feel motivated by. We believe that all lessons should be creative, not just arts subjects.

We want our children to learn to be confident readers, writers and mathematicians.  Our teachers make sure these areas as well as the rest of the National Curriculum are taught in ways that engage the natural sense of curiosity that children have.  

The result of this is that children become eager, confident pupils who understand the joy of learning and are well prepared for academic success.

 

High Standards in Every Classroom

With each week, term and year being so significant in a young child’s life, consistency is particularly important in their Primary education.  

As part of the Harris Federation, which has its own training school for teachers, our staff receive outstanding professional development to make sure that standards are consistently high in every classroom.