Welcome toFerryhill Primary School

Please enjoy a tour of our school

Our school Vision, Values and Aims

Our Vision:• Through a caring environment, we

strive to create high quality educational experiences to allow pupils to reach their full potential.

Our values:• Honesty• Respect• Responsibility• Cooperation• Pride

Our Aims:• Allow children’s confidence to grow by

celebrating their successes, achievements and efforts in and out of school.

• Ensure equality and inclusion are firmly embedded in the positive ethos of our school.

• Work in partnerships with parents and carers ad the wider community.

• Ensure there is continuous improvement through teaching approaches which enhance and develop children’s learning and understanding

• Promote the physical, social and mental and emotional health and well-being of all pupils, staff, parents and the wider school community.

Positive Behaviour Policy

At Ferryhill all our pupils follow our positive behaviour policy using the the ‘Golden Rules’.

They work hard to follow the rules in the classroom, in the playground and in and around the school.

Merit Awards

At Ferryhill all our pupils work towards earning merits. Pupils are awarded merits over a period of time and try to achieve their bronze, silver or gold. It is very popular with all our pupils and families.

Merits are awarded by staff for:• Following the Golden Rules• Good behaviour and manners• Being kind and helpful• Achieving targets• Exceptional work • Effort in homework that goes beyond what is expected• Respectful attitude towards staff and peers• Team work• School duties – JRSO, Litter Patrol, Pupils council

When a child achieves 25 merits parents and carers are invited to a special award ceremony where the head teacher will present the pupil with their bronze certificate.

When a child achieves 50 meritstheir parents/carers will receive a special invitation in the post to attend our award ceremony, where the head teacher will present them with their certificates and afterwards the children will join the head teacher for a celebratory tea party.

When a child achieves 100 merits they reach their gold. This high standard is recognised at our P7 Valedictory service when gold medals are presented. The first child to receive gold that year have their name engraved on the award to mark the occasion

Wider Achievements

Celebrating wider achievements and skillWe encourage children to share their achievements from outside school with their

teachers and peers and love to hear about competitions they have taken part in and awards and trophies they have earned. We have a special ‘Wider achievements wall’

in the dining hall where we post a photo and a short description of each their achievement to celebrate and share with the wider school community.

Sharing learning with parentsPupil progress will be shared in several ways.

• Parent consultations take place twice a year

• Every term, your child will bring home their progress jotter. In their jotter you will see examples of their best work and targets set by pupil and teachers to inform next steps. There’s also a comment box where you are invited to write your thoughts and comments on your child’s work and progress.

• Throughout the year you will be invited to class assemblies, open mornings or afternoons where you will be invited into the classroom where your child can proudly share with you what they have been learning.

The School building

P1 entrance

ToiletsCloakroomThis is where you hang

Your coat and bag

P1 classrooms

P1 AreaAn area where we inviteOur pupils to be creative

OTHER SCHOOL AREAS

Join me for aGuided tour

The Main Entrance

You enter the school through the blue double doors

School office Dining hall

This is where you take the registerand collect your dinner tokens for your class

This is where you will eat your lunch with your friends

Assembly Hall Gym Hall

We have assemblies, award ceremoniesand school shows and disco’s in our assembly hall

This is where you willHave PE with your teacher

or Mr. Robertson our PE teacher

Computer Suite

A place to listen to a storyor share a book

with a friend

Time to learn new skillsIn our ICT suite

The Rainbow Room

The Rainbow Room is used as our nurture room and the children who attend are part of our nurture

group. Nurture groups are to help some children develop their social, emotional and behavioural

skills in a small, group structured, home like environment.

Let’s go outside

Play is an important partof learning at Ferryhill. We spend

A lot of time outdoors.

P1 Playground

We have a climbing frame, a bridge to cross,a slide to whizz down and lots of toys

to play with in our playground.

Main playground Trim trailWillow tunnel

Our pupils enjoy playing games in the playground, hiding in the

willow tunnel and making their way across the

trim trail.

Rainbow Garden

The Rainbow Garden is a small supported play area for some

children who find the big playground too busy and noisy. It’s

a safe, quiet space to play with your friends and your favourite

toys.

Ferryhill Forest and field

We are so lucky to havea forest and a field for our

Outdoor learning, daily mile and exploring.

School uniform

School uniform helps you look smart and shows everyone that our are part of the Ferryhill school community.

Our girls and boys wear a navy blue sweatshirt or cardigan , red for our primary 7’s; a white or red polo shirt; grey or black trousers, skirt or pinafore, or a red gingham dress in summer.

Our school P.E. kit is a white T-shirt and black shorts.

Your parent/carers can order school uniform from our school office. Mrs Boath or Mrs Henderson are there to help.

Parental involvementHow can parent/careers help to build a positive partnership between home and

school?

We are committed to building a partnership based on mutual respect and regular sharing of information. This is the best way to support our children in their learning and personal development. Ways in which you can support us with this is:

• Talk to your children about their school day.• Support and encourage them to complete their homework• Reading letters and emails, progress jotters, school reports and offer any

comments you may have.• Attending school events, such as school shows, award ceremonies, class

assemblies• Attending parental events such as open mornings/afternoons, information

sharing sessions• Supporting school events – ceilidh’s, school fayre’s, sports day• Supporting the parent council• Becoming a member of the parent council

Keeping connected

Facebook Twitter School websiteWe regularly share information on Facebook, Twitter and on our school website.

Please check regularly to get the most up to date information