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Design & Technology... The Albourne Way DT Overview 2024-25 Progression of Skills Intent: At Albourne Primary School we intend to build a Design Technology curriculum which is inspiring, rigorous, and practical. We want our children to use creativity and imagination, to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. It is a subject that encourages children to ‘learn to think’ creatively to solve practical problems both as individuals and through teamwork. We intend for all children to acquire appropriate subject knowledge, skills and understanding as set out in the National Curriculum. It is our aim to create strong cross curricular links with other subjects, such as Mathematics, Science, Computing, and Art. We want Design and Technology to prepare our children, to give them the opportunities, responsibilities, and experiences they need to be successful in later life. Implementation: Design and Technology is a crucial part of school life and learning and it is for this reason that as a school we are dedicated to the teaching and delivery of a high-quality Design and Technology curriculum. This is implemented through: A well thought out, whole school, yearly overview of the DT curriculum which allows for progression across year groups in all areas of DT (textiles, mechanisms, structures, food and electrical systems) Teachers are given ownership and flexibility to plan for Design and Technology; often teaching DT as a block of lessons to allow the time needed for the children to be able to design, make and evaluate (incorporating relevant technical knowledge). Some lessons are delivered using an existing scheme of work which teachers adapt as needed. A range of skills being taught ensuring that children are aware of health and safety issues related to the tasks undertaken Pupils are introduced to specific designers, chefs, nutritionists, etc. helping to engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement and increase the cultural capital from which they can draw in the future. Units on nutrition are taught ensuring that children have a growing understanding of where food comes from, its seasonality and the need for a healthy and varied diet. We will continue to develop our links with the other schools within the Trust, sharing resources, skills and ideas. Impact: Children will have clear enjoyment and confidence in Design and Technology that they will then apply to other areas of the curriculum. Through carefully planned and implemented learning activities the pupils develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world. They gain a firm foundation of knowledge and skills to see them equipped to take on further learning as they move through the school and into KS3. They get to evaluate and considered improvements in their designs, linking their ideas to real life situations. The curriculum lead for DT will review planning and lessons, they will speak to the children and gather evidence of the progression through the years.

All pupils at Albourne belong to a house - Oak, Alder, Willow or Walnut. House Teams All pupils at Albourne belong to a house team. Houses All pupils at Albourne are members of one of our house teams. Our four houses are all named after trees - Oak, Alder, Willow and Walnut - as chosen by our pupils. House Value Points House Value Points are earned for a variety of reasons - effort with work, demonstrating one of our values or any other reason a member of staff feels that a child deserves recognition. Once a pupil collects ten House Value Points they are awarded a certificate. Value Catchers All children are 'Value Catchers' and when they see someone demonstrating the current value we are working on, they write this is in our Values Book. House Captains House Captains are elected in Year 6. They act as role models and demonstrate leadership skills and the school values to the other members of their House. House Captains are also responsible for giving tours to potential new parents at our Open Events. House Captains plan and led House assemblies every three weeks on a specific subject. Pupils value this opportunity to meet with different age groups and share collaborative team responsibilities. Examples of assemblies include: Black History Month, Anti-Bullying, Children’s Mental Health, the King’s Coronation and The 'Albourne Way'. "What an amazing group of children. It [giving a school tour] is a lot of responsibility for them but they were superb." PARENT (SPEAKING ABOUT OUR HOUSE CAPTAINS GIVING A TOUR)

Below is important information for our parents/carers. Parents - Our Albourne Family Albourne Family Forum Read, Write, Inc Presentation Austin's Butterfly Diary Dates Next Week @ Albourne Find out more SEND Information Newsletters, Hurst Life & School Letters Find out more Class Information Ask Me Abouts Find out more Find out more Download our school term dates and find out what school events are coming up. Attendance What to do if your child is absent Find out more Find out more The School Day @Albourne Find out more Uniform Online Safety Useful advice for parents on today's technology and how to guide and protect your child. Find out more Downloads For all letters, information and forms for parents, please visit our Downloads page. Downloads

Whilst attending Albourne Church of England Primary School, your child will be required to wear the following school uniform. Uniform Feeling good and looking smart all day long. School Uniform All children at Albourne CE Primary School wear the following school uniform: • White or navy polo shirt or blouse with or without the school logo • Navy sweatshirt or cardigan with school logo • Grey or navy trousers, smart shorts or skirts (jogging pants, sports shorts and leggings are not acceptable) • Blue and white (checked or striped) summer dress • Sensible black shoes or all black trainer-like shoes like in the picture. • On P.E days, children should come to school wearing P.E kit: • Navy/Black shorts • White/Navy – new colour School Logo PE T-shirt • Navy sweatshirt or cardigan with school logo (no hoodies) • Plimsolls • Trainers for outdoor games (not required for Reception Pupils) • Navy Jogging Bottoms (optional – in winter ) • No Jewellery • Earrings should not be worn during PE – if Earrings are unable to be removed then they need to be covered with tape or a plaster from home • No makeup, nail varnish or tattoo stickers • No football kits. School kit is provided for inter-school matches. Please note that all items of school uniform must be clearly named. Sweatshirts, white and navy polo shirts, T- shirts, baseball caps and book bags with the school logo can all be purchased from our uniform supplier Broadbridges. Please see their website for details www.broadbridges.co.uk Telephone: 01444 242 682 Broadbridges, Burgess Hill. Lynnem House, 1 Victoria Way Burgess Hill RH15 9NF Broadbridges - local uniform shop Sweatshirts, white and navy polo shirts, t-shirts, baseball caps, PE bags and book bags with the school logo can all be purchased from our uniform supplier Broadbridges. Please see their website for full details. Our school uniform on their website can be found here . Broadbridges - Burgess Hill Lynnem House, 1 Victoria Way, Burgess Hill, RH15 9NF 01444 242 682 www.broadbridges.co.uk Uniform information 2025-26 Broadbridges uniform shop Downloads For all letters, information and forms for parents, please visit our Downloads page. Downloads

Our Breakfast Club opens at 7.45am for parents who wish to drop their children at school early. Pupils have time for supervised play and activities, both indoors and outdoors, and are provided with a healthy breakfast. Wrap Around Care Offering supervised activities before and after the school day. Our Breakfast Club opens at 7.45am for parents who wish to drop their children at school early. Pupils have time for supervised play and activities, both indoors and outdoors, and are provided with a healthy breakfast. Breakfast is served between 8.15am and 8.30am. The Club offers a selection of cereals; a choice of fruit and toast with a choice of margarine, honey and jam. Milk and/or water is also available. Activities include puzzles, games, colouring and art. When the weather is fine, pupils are able to have supervised play outdoors in the playground. In poor weather the Breakfast Club activities are provided in the school hall. An After School Club is available from Albourne Under 5s for more information please contact them directly on Albournepreschool@outlook.com . Key information downloads For all key information and school policy documents, please follow the link to our Policies page. Policies

Our Christian values are the basis for everything we do at Albourne and they play a key role in the development of our pupils academically, emotionally, morally, socially and spiritually. Vision and Values Vision & Values The Albourne Way Vision and values Everything we do at Albourne Church of England School is underpinned by John 10:10 ‘Jesus said, “I have come that you may have life in all its fullness.”’ When developing a ‘Culture of Excellence for ALL’, we encapsulated life in all its fullness within The Albourne Way. The Albourne Way came out of our vision to nurture and enable all of our children to flourish and be the person that they are capable of being. The Albourne Way encourages both the community and our children to be caring citizens, confident and independent learners as well as responsible and resilient individuals. They will use the Christian Values, learnt and understood during their time at Albourne School to guide and support them to experience life in all its fullness as they progress from Primary School towards adulthood. Our Christian values are the basis for everything we do at Albourne and they play a key role in the development of our pupils academically, emotionally, morally, socially and spiritually. We encourage pupils to consider how we model our values through our actions in daily life. We teach our pupils these key values: Perseverance Aspiration Respect Responsibility Kindness Courage Our school’s vision is that, by learning and living these values, our pupils will develop and experience ‘life in all its fullness.’ (John 10:10) Find out more about The Albourne Way . Find out more about our Christian ethos on our Christian life page.

Geography...The Albourne Way Inspiring lifelong curiosity & creating informed global citizens Curriculum Overviews Whole School Curriculum Map 2024-25 Geography…The Albourne Way INTENT Everything we do at Albourne Church of England School is underpinned by our vision, The Albourne Way – living life to the full. Children in our school will achieve highly because our expectations for pupil outcomes are ambitious. ‘Geography… The Albourne Way’ envisions a dynamic geography curriculum that prepares students for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century while promoting a deep understanding of the interconnectedness between people and their environments. Our curriculum is grounded in the belief that geography is not just about maps and locations, but is a lens through which students can explore the complexities of the world around them. Our curriculum raises curiosity about diverse landscapes, cultures, and natural phenomena through hands-on activities and field trips. Our goal is to inspire lifelong curiosity, create informed global citizens, and equip students for success in an interconnected world. IMPLEMENTATION We lead an enquiry-lead approach to our history curriculum as our pupils not only build their substantive knowledge and understanding, but become increasingly adept at disciplinary thinking, conceptual understanding and the use of specialised vocabulary and technical terms. In order to do this, as a school we are dedicated to the teaching and delivery of a high-quality history curriculum. This is implemented through: reflecting the guidance of and matches with the scope and ambition of the national curriculum. providing pupils with the appropriate opportunities to build their substantive and disciplinary knowledge. This will encourage children to master and apply subject skills and techniques and acquire the specialist language and technical terms to communicate their understanding effectively. Creating a MTP of each enquiry, which defines what the pupils will know, understand and be able to do. This is clearly identifiable in the progressive and increasingly challenging objectives. Sequencing enquiries to ensure that pupils can build on prior knowledge and understanding as they tackle more complex and demanding enquiries throughout their education. Learning activities are very varied to ensure that all pupils have opportunities to demonstrate their strengths. Our curriculum for EYFS – Year 6 provision is made for regular and high quality visits which we recognise as a core element of our pupils’ statutory entitlement in geography. These visits provide opportunities to develop and consolidate skills and concepts introduced in the classroom and allow pupils to extend their understanding through investigating geography in the ‘real world.’ When assessing our pupils, evidence is drawn from a wide range of sources to inform the process including interaction with pupils during discussions and related questioning, day to day observations, presentation and communication of data collected during visits and writing in different genres. We do not make summative judgements about individual pieces of pupil work, but rather use continuous formative assessments to build an emerging picture of what the pupil knows and understands about our overall enquiry into the subject. IMPACT Our curriculum, ‘Geography... The Albourne Way’ helps to prepare our pupils for life in the 21st century with all of its currently unknown possibilities. Our pupils will develop the skills to act as young geographers in our current world. As geographers they will acquire the skills to make links and connections between the natural world and human activity, how it changes and the impact of physical and human geography upon one another. Our curriculum prepares our pupils for opportunities and challenges that will arise during their lifetime – personal, local, national and global.

Albourne Church of England Primary School promotes and upholds the British Values of Democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance alongside our Christian Values. British Values at Albourne Promoting and upholding British Values. Albourne Church of England Primary School promotes and upholds the British Values of Democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance alongside our Christian Values. An understanding of democracy is developed through our Pupil Parliament . Elections are held at the start of the year. Following a vote, each class elects class representatives to the Parliament. They meet regularly to bring to the group any issues or ideas from their classes. In addition, they are consulted about their ideas for school improvement and in policy making. Pupils also vote for House Captains to lead their Houses and encourage children to earn points for their house. These children are all in Year 6 and will act as ambassadors when there are visitors to our school. Find out more about our Houses on our House Teams page. An understanding of the rule of law is developed through discussion of the rights and responsibilities of the pupils as linked to our values. This informs individual class charters, and impacts on relationships and behaviour in school. Children are helped to learn to manage their behaviour through making the right choices, and to understand the consequences of their actions. Key information downloads For all key information and school policy documents, please follow the link to our Policies page. British Values information leaflet for parents Policies

The Admissions Policy for Albourne Church of England Primary School is common to all Local Authority community or voluntary controlled schools in West Sussex. Admissions Find out how to apply to our school. Albourne Church of England Primary School is an academy within the Hurst Education Trust. As such the Trust is the Admission Authority responsible for all decisions in connection with admitting pupils. The Trust delegates the responsibility for admissions to the Governing Body of the school. Our admission arrangements are explained in our Admissions Policy. Every year our admission number (PAN) for Reception is 30 West Sussex operates a coordinated admission scheme for primary schools. Our admissions policy can be found here. Applications for Reception September 2026 Please note that for children who are eligible to start school in September 2026, parents/carers should apply online for a school place for their child. For full details and to apply online, please visit School places - West Sussex County Council If you need to complete a paper application form, please contact the West Sussex Pupil Admissions Team: Telephone: 033 301 42903 Email: admissions.north@westsussex.gov.uk Applications received after the closing date are considered late and dealt with after all those received on time. Open Day visits We hold open sessions for parents to visit our school to find out more about us. This is an ideal opportunity to help you decide on the right school for your child. Details of these events are listed below. Please reserve your space at an Open Day by calling the School Office on 01273 832003. School Admissions Appeals Process and Timetable : If you have applied for a place at Albourne and your child has been refused admission, you have the legal right to appeal against that decision. This applies to Reception class and In-Year Admissions. Full details of the process and timescales can be found in the following document. Applying for Reception 2026 Appeals Process & Timetable Key information downloads For all key information and school policy documents, please follow the link to our Policies page. Policies