Description
Our Lady Queen of Heaven RC School, Wimbledon is a State Primary School for kids aged 3 to 11 (Gender - co educational )
Our Lady Queen of Heaven is a Voluntary Aided Catholic Primary School for boys and girls within the Archdiocese of Southwark. They are a Christian community which welcomes and brings together pupils, staff, parents, governors and priests in developing a special relationship with God. The Gospel values of love, justice, tolerance, kindness, forgiveness and respect are reflected in our policies and practices. The aim is to develop the full potential of each child: spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, physically and socially. They offer equality of opportunity to all children regardless of gender, disability, ethnic or national origin. They celebrate the uniqueness of each child.
Facilities
Early Years
A Our Lady Queen of Heaven, they aim to provide an engaging and nurturing environment that develops children’s imagination, curiosity, independence, confidence and enthusiasm. Within this environment, they deliver a broad, balanced and creative curriculum that develops each child’s learning within the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. They recognise that children learn and develop in different ways. In light of this, they ensure that we plan and teach in a way that suits all learning needs; adapting and developing to support every child meet their full potential and foster a lifelong love of learning.
Features
Things to note
Sports
In the Reception Class (EYFS), opportunities are provided for children to be active and to develop their co-ordination, control and movement through moving and handling activities which involve the use of a range of equipment and involve different spatial experiences. Structured lessons and opportunities for outdoor physical activity amount to at least two hours each week.Pupils in both KS1 and KS2 engage in two hours of high quality PE during the course of each week. In KS1 the curriculum focuses on fundamental movement skills to develop agility, balance and co-ordination. Curriculum content includes ball skills and team games, gymnastic, dance and athletic activities. At KS2 pupils continue to apply and develop a range of skills; units of work include a range of invasion, net / wall, and fielding and striking games, gymnastics, dance, athletics and swimming. We also enrich children’s experiences through opportunities for outdoor and adventurous activities (Year 5 and 6 residential trips).
Early Career Teachers (ECTs)
The Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School work in partnership with the Wandle Teaching School Hub to deliver the Core ECT Programme as designed by University College London (UCL). The fully trained mentors deliver in school support in tandem with the UCL programme.
Extra Curricular Clubs
The Lady Queen of Heaven provides a range of extra-curricular clubs including: football, dance, cross country, off-road cycling, multi-sports, art, chess, performance poetry and choir. They will aim to offer every child at least one club per term.Clubs run by school staff for the children are free, provided by the staff on a voluntary basis. Clubs run by outside providers, such as football or chess, will incur a charge for parents. Please speak to Mr Tuke if you wish to be considered for financial assistance for your child’s club fees.
Extra Curricular
Please check the school website link for details.
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