Walter Halls Prospectus Jul10 v2

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Walter Halls Primaryand Nursery school

A very effective school with a strong team spirit OFSTED

Your local Primary and Nursery school for children aged 3 - 11 years


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So you are looking for a great school where your child canget a rounded educational grounding in a happy and friendly

atmosphere? Look no further

Walter Halls welcomes up to 420 children between the ages of 5 and 11, as

well as offering a part-time, play-based introduction to learning for 60 nursery

aged children.

We think you will appreciate the calm, orderly environment where good behaviour

is prized and the focus is on hardwork while keeping learning fun.

Theres so much more to know...

Look at our website www.walterhalls.nottingham.sch.ukfor details on all our policies,

from anti-bullying to safety and security.

Welcome to Walter

Halls Primary and

Nursery school!

Some interesting facts and figures:

14 classes, on average 2 per year/age group

25 average no. of children per class

19 full and part-time teachers

30 PCs available +15 laptops and 40 palm-tops

60 pupils regularly attend the affordable Breakfast Club

25 attend the After School Club

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Our approach

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A full day at Walter Halls:

*Breakfast Club:

Healthy nutritious food to kick start the day available from

Monday Friday 08:00am 08:45am.

Daily lessons:

Morning: 8:45am 11:30am

Afternoon: 12:45pm 3:15pm

Nursery sessions: available for

children between 3 5 years old

*After School Club:

This affordable club is open to all a safe and fun environment for

the children to play or work. A lifeline for working parents or those

who need a delayed pick up from 3.15pm 5.30pm in term-time

and all-day during holidays Monday Friday.

*Up to date costs are available on our website:

www.walterhalls.nottingham.sch.uk

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Walter Halls values every single member of its community, be it pupil,

parent, teacher, or other supporters.

Everyone has the right to succeed, and we have high expectations

of each individual who attends Walter Halls.

We are committed to providing each of our pupils with the best

experience of education possible, both in terms of core skills like

literacy, numeracy and information technology and also enriching

the curriculum with music lessons, foreign languages, educational

trips and fun physical sport and games.

Walter Halls is an inclusive school welcoming children from a diverse

community, with over 20 mother tongues represented. We foster

and reflect the tolerant nature of our local community where all our

children grow through understanding and celebrating diversity. Our

goals are the same for everyone achievement through hard work,

application and enjoyment.

You, our parents, are a vital part of the Walter Halls community and

we are proud that we succeed because we work together as a

team to deliver the best education to our children.

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These are a few of the comments made by the OFSTED Inspector who visited Walter Halls:

The table below shows the summary of the 2009 National Curriculum results of pupils in the school

and nationally at the end of Key Stage 2 (as a percentage of those eligible for assessment):

Our achievements - what did OFSTED say?

Walter Halls National Curriculum SATs results

Level 4 and above English Maths Science

Walter Halls 57% 62% 77%

National Average 80% 79% 88%

A major strength

is in its nurturing

of pupils and

the value that it

places on all

of them

Teaching provides the

children with a good

range of activities,

both indoors and

outdoors, to excite and

stimulate their interest

and to help develop

their skills

Children

are friendly

and behave

well

Staff are

sensitive to

childrens needs

and support

their personal

development in

many ways

Good links

with parents

encourage

children to

enjoy school

and feel safe

their (pupils)

cultural

development

is exceptional

A comprehensive

programme of

activities for those

with particular gifts

and talents is in

place

High aspirations

are promoted

through partnership

projects, assemblies,

workshops,

residential and day

visits and a broad

range of visitors

Pupils can attend

after-school

clubs that would

otherwise not be

offered, such as

Spanish and

Mad Science

This is a good

school, which

is effective in

all aspects of

its work

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Kids: I love Walter Halls because...

being taught how to

play an instrument

Holly of everything Aaron, age 8

the delicious

school dinners

Nicole age 9

maths as you get to learn

new stuff and I am good at it

Muhammed and Ethan

the friendly teachers

and students as they

are kind and you can

tell them anything

John, Nicole and Mya

of the variety of skin colours

Nicole, age 9

literacy as you can make up

lots of stories and it is fun

Ashley and Lauren

There are lots of friendly

children and teachers

Aisha, Beth, Niamh, Caitlin

and Imogen,

all age 8

of the school trips, like when

we went to the museum and

ate with the dinosaurs

Sharday age 9

Pride in our achievements - Pride in Walter Halls

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Multi-sports sessions take place each Wednesday after school and last 45 minutes. The charge is

1 per week and is payable half termly in advance or if you prefer you can pay on a weekly basis.

There is also a school football team which plays in Nottingham City schools tournament.

Kids Sports

Clubs and

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Parents:We love Walter Halls because...

The fact that the

children are expected

to do well. Parents are always welcome.

The friendliness of the teachers and

children alike

Strong

leadership

Although it is a large school, I feel

as if every child matters and the

atmosphere is friendly and personal.

I really like the way

the school has Best

Efforts Assembly

to encourage the

childrens work .

Fantastic supportive staff

(teaching/admin)

The commitment of all

staff and the atmosphere it

creates..

Its a big school but it

feels like small one: best of

both worlds.You dont see sad children

at Walter halls. Everyone

always looks happy to

be there.

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Walter Halls Primary & Nursery School

Querneby Road, Mapperley

Nottingham NG3 5HS

Tel: 0115 953 7200

Email: [email protected]

www.walterhalls.nottingham.sch.uk

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