Prospectus

Prospectus

Welcome

At St, Mary’s we understand that starting school is a new and exciting, sometimes daunting, experience for your child and in many cases, for you as parents. We want to make this transition as easy as possible for you and your child, we hope this brochure helps to give you an insight into life at St. Mary’s and answers any questions you may have.

Inspired by our Christian faith, our mission is to provide the highest standard of education and opportunity for all our pupils, enabling them to live their lives to the full. We are very proud of our school, our pupils and their success. We welcome children of all faiths or none.

Our school is a happy place, where the needs of the children are central to our philosophy. We also have a nursery school that offers a two-year-old provision for up to 16 children, a 30-hour provision for 3 and 4 year olds and our wraparound open from 8.00 am to 6.00 pm.

St. Mary’s is a ‘family’ where children are nurtured, encouraged, supported and challenged to reach their full potential in a safe and caring environment. If you would like to arrange a visit do get in touch.

Our Nursery

First Steps Nursery

We offer 2 - 4 year olds places in nursery. We offer 15 and 30 hour places. Three year old children are entitled to spend up to five terms in the Nursery, accessing morning or afternoon sessions

Our nursery offers a morning, afternoon or full day sessions, children who access 30 hours will receive a paid for school lunch.

Morning session: 8.45 - 11.45 am

Afternoon session: 12.45 - 3.45 pm

School Day

School times

Our school day starts at 9.00 am and finishes at 3.30 pm.

Wrap-around Childcare

We offer wrap around care - breakfast club opens at 8.00 am and we offer a mixture of healthy breakfast products Tea-time wrap around club is from 3:30pm up until 6.00 pm and tea is provided. Places must be booked please speak to the school office.

Extracurricular Activities

We also offer a wide range of school clubs including lego, netball, eco and cooking, you can find out more about current clubs on our website:stmarysjarrow.co.uk

Our Curriculum

The curriculum is divided into three stages:

Early Years Foundation Stage: from ages 0-5 years

Key Stage 1: from ages 5-7 years

Key Stage 2: from ages 7-11 years

Key Stages 1-2 areas of the curriculum are:

Mathematics

Literacy

Science

Religious Education

Information and Design Technology

History

Geography

Art

Music

Physical Education Personal and Social Education

Modern Foreign Language

School Uniform

Children are expected to wear a blue sweatshirt/cardigan with the school badge, a blue polo shirt, grey school trousers or skirt. Children must wear black school shoes or black trainers. In the summer, a light blue gingham dress or grey school shorts can be worn.

PE Kit

Children are expected to wear a school T-shirt, trainers, and navy shorts or tracksuit for PE. Kits must be worn on specified PE days. A navy sweatshirt/hoody or school jumper/cardigan can be worn if outdoors. No named sportswear is permitted.

Preloved uniform is available please contact the school office.

Special Educational Needs (SEN)

At St. Mary’s we believe that every child matters and every teacher is able to support special educational needs.

Children who have an Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP) have this reviewed annually with all parties involved. We also hold regular meetings with the families of all children that are recognised as having a Special Educational Need.

We have a SEN Co-ordinator in school who will liaise with parents and oversee support.

Safeguarding

St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

Staff work hard to maintain an environment where children feel safe and secure. The curriculum is designed to ensure opportunities for children to develop the skills they need to recognise and stay safe from abuse including whilst accessing the internet.

Children know that they can approach any of the adults in school if they are worried and that they will receive a consistent supportive response. We have trained designated Safeguarding leads in school.

Chadwick’s Kitchen

Our award winning in-house catering team Chadwick’s Kitchen, provide catering services across the Trust.

We use fresh ingredients to prepare healthy and nutritionally balanced meals each day. The majority of our menus are homemade by our chefs in our kitchens.

Staff are trained to accommodate medical diets and work in partnership with parents to ensure these needs are met. As part of the Trust’s commitment to sustainability, we regularly review food miles and continue to work to reduce food waste.

Parents/Carers can pay for school meals using ParentPay.

Pupils entitled to free meals are allowed to purchase food to the value of a free school meal allowance daily.

Pupils also have the option to bring a packed lunch (nuts or nut-based products aren’t permitted). Find out more: www.bccet.org.uk/chadwicks-kitchen/

Our Trust

We are proud to be part of Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust.

We are a catholic multi-academy Trust and currently have thirty schools, five secondary schools (four with sixth forms), and twenty five primary schools (16 have nursery provision).

The Trust covers the east part of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, we have schools in East Durham, South Tyneside and Sunderland.

Our family of schools work closely together so that can pupils can flourish. As part of the Trust effective transition is supported by our close relationships, and pupils benefit from a shared, progressive curriculum and common expectations.

Find out more: www.bccet.org.uk

“Do to others what you would have them do to you.” – Matthew 7:12