Welcome to Attendance, Safety and Behaviour
Vision Statement
Stanley Crook Primary School is committed to improving outcomes for all pupils through delivering a book-led, reading rich curriculum, which is dynamic, fun and meaningful in a safe, secure and stimulating learning environment with high standards and expectations.
We are passionate about developing lifelong skills, which will enable all pupils to be resilient, respectful, independent and successful citizens of the future.
Our Mission
‘To try our best, to tell the truth, to look after each other and our community’
SAFEGUARDING IS EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY
Durham Police and Crime Commissioner’s Challenge
Children in Year 4 and Year 5 continue to enjoy their involvement in this challenge!
The Commissioner’s Challenge is an interactive educational project aimed at boosting awareness of basic crime prevention techniques that can help reduce crime in the community.
Over the past few weeks, children have took part in a host of crime prevention activities including litter picking, property marking of school equipment with UV marker pens and safe road practices to earn themselves a bronze, silver and gold badges.
The programme is designed to equip young people with the knowledge and skills they need to make safe choices and avoid harm.
Attendance
- Attendance of All Pupils in R-Y6 (135) 2022/2023: 96.4% (School)/ 93.8% (FFT National) +2.6%
- Persistent Absenteeism (% of persistently absent pupils) 2022/2023: 11% (School)/ 19% (FFT National) -8%
Attendance improved last academic year from the previous, and remained above national comparisons (FFT National attendance information used for full 2022/2023 academic year) by 2.6%. This has been the result of targeted action and support for vulnerable families, improvements in ways of promoting good attendance with pupils in school (Celebration Assembly, Attendance Champions, TEAM Attendance Awards, 100% Attendance Trophies) and engaging with external support agencies.
Attendance of target groups and those children disadvantaged was also national comparisons (FFT National 22/23):
- Female: 96.2% (93.9%) +2.3%
- Male: 96.6% (93.6%) +3.0%
- FSM6: 95.9% (91.3%) +4.7%
- Not FSM6: 96.4% (94.7%) +1.7%
- SEND Support: 92.7% (91.9%) +0.8%
- Not SEND: 97.2% (94.3%) +2.9%
At our Year 6 Leavers’ Service on 20th July, we celebrated our pupils who had achieved a 100% attendance record throughout the year. These pupils were awarded with a £25 Amazon Gift Card and an individual Attendance Trophy.
Pupils who had achieved a 100% attendance record for the second half of the academic year were also presented with a £10 Amazon Gift Card!
Also, staff nominated a pupil from each Team for an Outstanding Achievement Award. There were three categories: Outstanding Academic Achievement, Outstanding Sporting Achievement and Outstanding Effort!
Each pupil received a special trophy and £10 Waterstones Gift Card!
Behaviour
It is a primary aim of Stanley Crook Primary School that every member of the school community feels valued and respected, and that each person is treated fairly and well.
We are a caring community, whose values are built on mutual trust and respect for all, including SEND.
The school’s behaviour policy is therefore designed to support the way in which all members of the school can live and work together in a supportive way. It aims to promote an environment where everyone feels happy, safe and secure. Whilst the school will always encourage good behaviour outside of the school boundary, we will expect parents to be responsible for their children’s behaviour in such circumstances.
The school has a number of rules, but our behaviour policy is not primarily concerned with rule enforcement. It is a means of promoting good relationships, so that people can work together with the common purpose of helping everyone to learn. This policy supports the school community in aiming to allow everyone to work and learn together in an effective and considerate way.
The school expects every member of the school community to behave in a considerate way towards others.
We treat all children fairly and apply this behaviour policy in a consistent way and this policy aims to help children grow in a safe and secure environment, and to become positive, responsible and increasingly independent members of the school community.
The school rewards good behaviour, as it believes that this will develop an ethos of kindness and cooperation.
Safeguarding
Our partnership with Big Foot Arts Education continues to provide pupils with support on key issues around Anti-Bullying, Stranger Danger and E-Safety. Visits to various Teams have provided key knowledge and skills to support pupils in these areas.
Jack Drum Arts have visited school to deliver a range of workshops around E-Safety and Anti-Bullying.
Following his visits last academic year, pupils will once again participate in workshops with David Burn in May. These workshops provide a variety of valuable learning opportunities around ‘Stranger Danger’, ‘Being safe on-line’ and ‘How to stay safe on the streets’.
Team Morpurgo pupils will participate in Bikeability training. This programme is delivered by the County Council and teaches children how to use their bicycle safely and how to maintain key safety features.
Parents have attended an emergency First-Aid workshop learning about strategies to prevent chocking in young children. The workshop has proved popular with parents/ carers and pupils also participated in learning around the basics of emergency first-aid in a separate workshop, hosted by St. John’s Ambulance. Additional ‘top up’ training is planned for pupils in Year 2 and Year 6 in June.
Mr Teasdale and pupils from our Rights Respecting Group, have been successful in gaining school Level 1 accreditation. Within this work, pupils across the school learn about the UNICEF Conventions on Rights of the Child and the work carried out by UNICEF to support extremely disadvantaged people across the world.
Within this work, Mr Teasdale has also established an international link with a school in Mozambique. Initial contact has been made with the school and pupils have enjoyed creating posters and learning about Mozambique as well as writing about our local area in order to send over to our partner school in Africa.
Our UNICEF Rights Respecting Group have also played a key role in our petition to support our campaign to reduce the speed limit on the road directly outside the front of school. Many, many signatures were collected and pupils from Team Morpurgo presented the petition, along with Cllr. John Hart, to their County Council during their visit to County Hall.
Following Team Cowell, Team Walliams have participated in ‘Pedestrian Training’ during Summer term 1. Similar to Bikeability, this training teaches children the key features of road safety including how to cross the road safely ad how to spot potential hazards. Future training is planned for this academic year.
School will again support Durham County’s ‘Big Spring Clean’ project this year. Pupils across school will get involved in this important community event which teaches pupils the importance of community support and engagement.
All staff have completed Prevent and Counter-Terrorism training this term. This training provided additional guidance on ways to identify people who may be vulnerable to radicalisation and how/ where to refer them.
Pupils in school enjoyed the visit of the Fire Service from Crook Fire Station. During the visit, all pupils learned about fire and water safety. This visit compliments the visit of school’s to Crook Fire Station.
Workshops are also held every year around firework safety and further work on water safety before the summer break.
Pupils in Team Morpurgo have participated in the Safety Carousel in March. This event, at the Workplace in Newton Aycliffe, combines elements from all of the emergency services as well as valuable input of safety from utility companies.
Since January 2016, Stanley Crook Primary School has also been proud supporters of a range of charity events, including Red Nose Day Sponsored Mile and Cancer Research UK Race for Life.
Recently, pupils in school participated in a visit by the Barnabas in School charity who delivered several workshops focused on promoting British Values. Their overall aim is to enable schools to explore Christianity creatively. They do this by resourcing the teaching of Christianity and the Bible within RE and Collective Worship. The work of Barnabas in Schools supports our SEAL aims and objectives and the provision of RE, PSE and SMSC in our school.
Pupils in Team Morpurgo have completed training towards becoming accredited Play Makers! The scheme develops leadership skills and provides pupils with the knowledge and skills in order to be able to organise and lead games during break times and lunchtimes.
Jet & Ben – Police Dogs
A visit from Jet and Ben. Jet and Ben are dogs who work for Durham Police. They work and live with Claire. Thy visited our school to talk to us about how to keep safe and Stranger Danger.
