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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

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At Albourne Church of England Primary School, the children regularly use the internet as part of their learning. In school we regularly remind the children how to stay safe online through ‘e-safety’ activities. Online safety Useful information for parents. At Albourne Church of England Primary School, the children regularly use the internet as part of their learning. In school we regularly remind the children how to stay safe online through ‘e-safety’ activities. At home, children are not always supervised when they are using the internet. This can potentially allow children access to a whole world of information and online communities, some of which may be unsuitable for children to access. Whilst the internet is a wonderful place, we need to make sure that our children are safe and responsible internet users. Tips to keep your children safe online 1. Make sure your children use the internet in a shared area. Talk to your child about what they are doing online and, if possible, make sure that they access the internet in a shared area at home so that you can all share in the great sites that are available online. 2. Talk about what you are happy for your child to do on the internet, and set up ‘ground rules’ for using the internet Make sure that you talk with your child about what you do and do not want them to do on the internet, including who you are happy for them to communicate with using online chat forums etc. 3. Explore e-safety sites Below we have provided useful links to e-safety sites designed for children. They are great fun to explore - browse through these with your children. 4. Be aware that Social Networks have age limits of 13+ Sites such as Facebook, Bebo, Instagram and apps such as Snapchat have a minimum age limit of 13. This means our pupils should NOT be using them. These sites are also not moderated, and can allow your children a means of communication to people that they may not necessarily know. 5. Don’t be afraid to ask! There are always new websites, apps and social networks that the children are using. Try to establish open lines of communication, where you can talk with your child about what they are doing, so that you are aware of how and who they are communicating with. Further information Below are resources you may find useful to support you in keeping your child safe online. The Albourne Internet Use and E-safety policy can be found on our Policies page. Further resources on bullying can be found on our Wellbeing page. Parental Controls booklet Thinkuknow.co.uk Childnet.com Parentzone.org.uk Vodaphone - Digital Parenting NSPCC - Keeping children safe online Internet Matters - Parental Controls UK Safer Internet Centre BBC Webwise videos Common Sense Media.org Meta (Facebook & Instagram) Safety Center

Information for parents/carers about attendance and absence. Attendance and Absence Information for parents. The 2025-26 academic year Whilst we understand families will be looking forward to travel and holidays abroad again, after the past couple of years' disruption, but we want to set expectations now: as a school we will NOT be authorising holidays during this academic year (2025-26). Every day in school counts and we will be monitoring attendance and lateness on a daily basis. Reporting an absence If your child is going to be absent from school, we expect you (the parent/carer) to do the following: Call the school office before 9.00am to explain absence each day your child is off school - this is for safeguarding reasons. Ensure you provide a written letter of explanation when your child returns to school, in addition to the phone calls, so we can maintain accurate records. If your child’s absence is longer than three days we would expect medical advice to be sought. If parents/carers have not contacted school, they will receive a message asking them why the child is not at school. Unexplained absences may also be followed up by a home visit or a letter. If the reason for the absence is not explained then the absence will be marked as unauthorised. When to contact us Please do contact us if you are having any difficulties or face challenges we may not be aware of, before it becomes a problem that we need to raise with you. Withdrawal from learning requests In line with the Department for Education (DfE), we will not authorise pupil absence for withdrawal from learning during term time unless there are unusual and compelling circumstances. This applies to absences of any length. The withdrawal from learning request process is as follows: All withdrawal from learning requests should be made to the Headteacher by completing a form which is available from the school office, and below. The Headteacher will speak to you (the parent/carer) regarding your request It is possible that unauthorised absence will trigger involvement from the Local Authority Attendance Team and you could be liable for a fine. The school scrutinises registers regularly to identify any patterns of absence/poor punctuality and these are discussed with the Headteacher to see there is anything the school can do to assist. In cases where attendance and punctuality do not improve, further support will be sought from the Local Authority Attendance Team. Your assistance in setting good attendance patterns early is much appreciated and it will help your child later on in their education. Local Authority information and guidance about attendance can be found on the WSCC School absences page . Medical appointments Every effort should be made to arrange medical appointments outside school hours. If it is necessary for a child to be out of school for this reason, the child should be returned to school directly after the appointment. Proof of the appointment should be shown to the school office. Parents/carers must inform the school of any planned absences in advance using the absence request form. Copies of these will be kept with the child's records. Holidays during term time Parents should be aware that taking holidays in term time are not an entitlement and are strongly discouraged by the Government, Local Authority and the school. The Headteacher can only authorise absences for exceptional circumstances - and this will be rare. Why attendance matters Attendance is important to us - and will continue to be so - not because of any targets we, or others, set for us but because when your child is not in school, they are missing their education. In addition, the children have missed so much time in school over recent years, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Attendance and punctuality are an important part of good behaviour and such an important life skill. It is an essential requirement in any job and habits formed early become embedded. Pupils who miss valuable time in classrooms fall further behind and become more disengaged from the work of the class. It is hard to regain this ground and hard to motivate pupils when attendance drops. Absence Request Form (Word doc) Downloads For all letters, information and forms for parents, please visit our Downloads page. Downloads

We regard Physical Education (PE) lessons, and participation in sport, as highly important for all children and we work hard to ensure pupils are enthusiastic about sports at all ages. Physical Education... The Albourne Way Creating an enthusiasm for sport at all ages. Curriculum Overviews PE Curriculum PE…The Albourne Way INTENT “A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities. It should provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.” The National Curriculum 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. ‘PE… The Albourne Way’ delivers fun, engaging, and high-quality lessons which aim to inspire and motivate all children. Our inclusive curriculum ensures that every child, regardless of ability, builds upon their skills and can actively participate and develop a love for movement and healthy living. We aim to raise the profile of PE via our partnership with ‘Mid Sussex Active’ and competing in inter-school competitions that play a vital role in developing our key skills such as teamwork, sportsmanship and resilience. We aim to provide children with greater opportunities to be introduced to, or play, various games and sports. This in turn fosters a culture that provides children with opportunities to display their talents, be reflective individuals, challenge themselves and build a sense of school pride. As a school, we are aware that being physically active plays a crucial role in enhancing mood and mental health, promoting a healthy, active lifestyle and overall emotional wellbeing. IMPLEMENTATION As well as promoting a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet and regular physical movement, children are encouraged to try a variety of games and sports – learning, refining and developing skills along the way. We follow ‘The PE Hub’, which provides us with clear and engaging lesson plans and activities, delivering high quality lessons to all children whilst also adhering to the National Curriculum. How is this implemented? Clear plans and activities are provided through our scheme to support teachers Teachers make adaptions where necessary to meet the need of their class Children participate in 2 hours of high quality PE lessons per week Class teachers deliver high quality lessons Years 3 and 6 participate in swimming lessons Children will focus on 2 key games/skills/sports per half term to allow them to build upon their skills and knowledge needed for that particular focus Children are introduced to a variety of games/skills/sports throughout the school year Progression of skills per lesson and as children move through the school Repetition of sports throughout their time at school to allow for children to revisit, refine and develop skills Whole school learning attitude – using transferable skills from sports and PE in the classroom (e.g. teamwork, resilience, sportsmanship) Subject specific vocabulary is used in lessons from knowledge organisers Formative assessments With our inclusive approach to sport and PE, children are invited to attend interschool competitions and festival sporting events within our local area Our approach to PE will allow children to develop their physical health and their mental wellbeing OPAL play at playtimes to promote active play and physical development. Sport leaders in Year 6 to lead playground activities Year 6 lead a ‘Mental Health Day’ for the rest of the school, leading various calming and sporting activities Sports premium is spent on enhancing all children’s experience of sport and PE in school, such as athlete visits and high quality sports equipment A range of afterschool clubs are available for children IMPACT Our curriculum, ‘PE… The Albourne Way’, encourages regular physical activity, which promotes fitness, coordination and overall well-being. Our high quality lessons paired with our vision throughout the school (through OPAL play), provides children with the opportunity to learn and develop key life and social skills such as teamwork, communication and resilience. As well as this, success in these physical activities help to boost morale and mental wellbeing as well as develop a growth mindset. PE overview 2024-2025 Sports Workshops As part of the Hurst Education Trust (HET), our pupils are also able to take part in sports workshops at Hurst College . These have included cricket, netball, multi-sports and swimming. Active Learning We are proud to celebrate being active at Albourne, not only in our PE lessons and break times, but throughout our academic lessons. We use Teach Active, a programme of lesson plans for English and maths, to inspire ‘active learning’ and make sure children have opportunities to move around in their lessons. OPAL Play We have also adopted the Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) Primary Programme to keep pupils active throughout their pupils’ break times. Find out more on our OPAL Play page. We also employ a Sports Leader at lunchtimes to facilitate different opportunities for pupils to play different sports. Downloads and links Download our documents for further information about our curriculum. Sports Funding

The curriculum in a Hurst Education Trust school is broad, rich and ambitious, underpinned by its Christian vision and values. It is inclusive, enabling every child to flourish and preparing them for future success in life. A HET & Albourne Curriculum Working with the Hurst Education Trust for an enhanced curriculum. The curriculum in a Hurst Education Trust (HET) school is broad, rich and ambitious, underpinned by its Christian vision and values. It is inclusive, enabling every child to flourish and preparing them for future success in life. Our coherently planned and well-sequenced curriculum sets high expectations for pupils, whist also being adaptive and flexible. This approach facilitates high levels of engagement from pupils, and motivates them to develop skills, knowledge, and personal and social characteristics which will enable them to achieve success. Our curriculum choices have been based on extensive research around best practice, both subject specific and pedagogical. Staff in HET schools are aspirational for all their pupils and strive for excellence in their classroom practice. They are skilled professionals who embrace opportunities for professional development. If you require any further information about our curriculum, please email the office: office@albournecep.co.uk Teaching...The Albourne Way Policy 2025-6 Whole School Topic Overview 2024-25 YR Overview 2025-6 Trips & Experiences 2025-6 Y1 Overview 2025-6 Y2 Overview 2025-6 Y3 Overview 2025-6 Y4/5 Overview 2025-6 Y5/6 Overview 2025-6 Downloads and links Download our documents for further information about our curriculum. Parents can find out more about each year group's curriculum on our Classes page and more about each subject on the subject pages. Whole School Curriculum map 2025-6 Trips and Experiences 2025-6 Downloads page

At Albourne we celebrate a culture of creativity! We boast a staff team who have a diverse range of expertise in areas such as graphic design, illustration, fine art, music, dance and drama. We have collaborated to develop a broad and ambitious Art and Design curriculum for our young learners. Art and Design... The Albourne Way Celebrating a culture of creativity! Curriculum Overviews Statement of impact Artsmark At Albourne we celebrate a culture of creativity! We boast a staff team who have a diverse range of expertise in areas such as graphic design, illustration, fine art, music, dance and drama. We have collaborated to develop a broad and ambitious Art and Design curriculum for our young learners. Art – Intent, Implementation and Impact. Intent: At Albourne Primary School, we value the importance of Art and Design. It is our children’s entitlement to be able to share and express their individual creativity, independence, resilience, and self-reflection. We will deliver a curriculum that enables children from EYFS to year 6 to experience, and participate in a range of creative activities and events. Children get to develop their knowledge and skills within a wide range of arts activities (through lessons and extra-curricular clubs); they develop an appreciation of a mix of diverse cultures, including the use of those within the school and Trusts community.  It is our intent to provide all children with the fundamental skills, techniques and knowledge needed to independently create their own unique drawings, paintings, sculptures, and crafts. We want the children to have a natural sense of wonder and curiosity when studying a wide variety of artwork. We empower children to discover great artists. We want the children to realise that art goes across the curriculum and should be seen as an additional skill and enhancement to work produced in other curriculum areas. We aim to provide opportunities to meet and work with artists, visit galleries and create special shared events within the school. Implementation: We teach a skills-based art curriculum, which allows the children to express their creative imagination as well as providing them with the opportunities to practice and develop skills in the key processes of art. This is supported through the studying of key artists and movements, and through identifying arts role in everyday lives, through history and differing cultures. We ensure that progression is being made in children’s skills and knowledge of drawing, printing, painting, colour, sculpture, texture, and pattern, by following a skills progression document. In EYFS the children have daily access to a variety of media and materials which they can explore to produce their own creative work. Planning links to the year group curriculum topics and integrates appropriate schemes of work from Kapow. All planning links to the Art and design programmes of study for key stages 1 and 2. Art is promoted throughout our school through a variety of platforms: we hold after school art clubs, we have themed art weeks, we have shared learning with parents and we have changing display boards around the school and on the school grounds. We will continue to develop our links with Artsmark and with the other schools within the Trust, sharing resources, skills and ideas. Impact: When children leave Albourne they will have a love of art. They will have experienced a broad, balanced arts curriculum, with an emphasis on the development of understanding and skills in art and design, creative dance, music and drama. These experiences will have happened in all areas of the curriculum, and through extra-curricular clubs. Children leave Albourne having been exposed to a wide range of artists, including meting local artists, which will have developed their knowledge in a range of areas. Most importantly, we want children to have found and enjoyed a creative outlet – a means of self-expression and enjoyment. We seek opportunities to work with artists and designers to enrich the subject knowledge of staff and pupils. Art and Design is taught discretely through the year groups which allows for progression and enables pupils to revise, build-upon and extend key skills and knowledge taught in previous years. Our staff always find exciting ways of weaving Art and Design into other curriculum areas, where appropriate, making links with topics. By the time our pupils reach Year 6, they will have explored and gleaned skills across a range of disciplines including: drawing, painting, 3D modelling, printing and crafting. Sketchbooks are used for research of artists and their work; experimentation of design ideas; exploration of techniques and they are annotated with evaluations of their own work. As children transition through the school years, their sketchbooks journey with them, becoming precious working documents that the pupils love to flick back through and reflect on what has been recorded within. Our children have commented on how they value Art and Design as one of the many highlights of their school week, as they love having opportunity for self-expression and creativity; they say they find art therapeutic and many enjoy the freedom of being allowed to get messy! We are an inclusive school and we know that many children who find some other curriculum subjects challenging, feel that they are able to excel in Art and Design and it gives them that sense of success whic h is vital for their personal well-being. Artsmark Award Albourne is a school which appreciates the arts and we are proud to have achieved our Silver Artsmark Award. This award is the creative quality standard for schools, accredited by Arts Council England. To lead us in this we have our own pupil Arts Council Representatives. Hurst Art Workshops As a Hurst Education Trust (HET) school our pupils benefit from Art Workshops at Hurst College . Downloads and links Download our documents for further information about our curriculum. Progression of skils in Art Artsmark Award (artsmark.org.uk)

We have a close relationship with our parents and an active and enthusiastic Parent and Teacher Association (PTA). Parent and Teacher Association Raising vital funds for our school. We proudly maintain a strong bond with our parents and boast an active and passionate Parent and Teacher Association (PTA). Fundraising is a continuous endeavor for our dedicated PTA, who raise and donate approximately £8,000 to £12,000 per year to our school. They achieve this through a variety of events and sales, which typically include the following throughout the school year: - Annual Christmas fair and raffle - Summer fair - Children's discos - Movie nights - Non-uniform days - Regular cake sales - Pupil-designed Christmas card sales - Affordable second-hand uniform sales - Summer ice lolly sales The funds raised by our fantastic PTA have contributed to numerous projects that benefit our school community. Some of these achievements include: - Upgrade of the Reception class's outdoor area - Installation of new reading corners in classrooms - Contributions towards class trips and other enriching experiences Getting involved with the PTA activities can be a really rewarding experience. Any time you can give however great or small is hugely appreciated and valuable so please get in touch! Parents play a vital role in shaping a successful and blossoming school community. Our dedicated PTA email address is: albournepta@yahoo.co.uk If you are an Albourne parent and you would like to find out more about the PTA, or to join the team, please contact the PTA Chair via the School Office at office@albournecep.co.uk Downloads and links Download our documents for further information. PTA Financial Summary 2022-23 Chair and Treasurer's Report 2022-23 PTA Chair's Report 2021-22 PTA Treasurer's Report 2021-22 PTA Financial Summary 2021-22 PTA Chair's Report 2020-21 PTA Treasurer's Report 2020-21 PTA Financial Summary 2020-21

A warm welcome to Albourne Church of England Primary School from the Headteacher, Mrs Keeling. Headteacher's Welcome Welcome to our school. Welcome to Albourne Church of England Primary School. I am proud to lead an exceptionally committed and caring staff team in this thriving school. We are set in the heart of Albourne village in beautiful rural surroundings at the foot of the South Downs. From our majestic trees to soaring kestrels, Albourne is an idyllic place to learn. Our vision is The Albourne Way - 'Living life to the full' and we ensure that all children do this by experiencing an engaging curriculum, excellent teaching, unique opportunities such as performing on a professional stage, a wide and diverse range of trips, rich learning experiences and opportunities to develop leadership skills. We pride ourselves on being a Church of England School and our Christian values are the basis for everything we do here. As part of the Hurst Education Trust, we are passionate about education, developing excellent teachers through high quality training and collaboration with other schools. Our mission is that every child at our school embarks on an exciting learning journey, where they make incredible progress from their starting points, enjoy school and leave us as responsible citizens for the future. Fiona Keeling Headteacher

We have adopted the Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) Primary Programme to enhance pupils’ break times. OPAL Play Enhancing pupils' break times. We have adopted the Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) Primary Programme to enhance pupils’ break times. Pupils can take part in active pursuits and have access to a range of traditional and modern equipment. Activities include: Dressing up A mud kitchen Water play Hula-hooping Dancing Den-building Tree climbing Riding scooters We have found this OPAL programme has a positive effect on the children’s well-being as well as their performance in lessons. You can find out more about the OPAL programme at outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk We also employ a Sports Leader at lunchtimes to facilitate different opportunities for pupils to play different sports. Active Learning Also use Teach Active, a programme of lesson plans for English and maths, to inspire ‘active learning’ and make sure children have opportunities to move around in their lessons. Read more on our Physical Education page. Downloads and links Download our documents for further information about our curriculum.