Orchard School
Overview
The aim of the school is to engender a passion for learning and ‘to be the best that I can be’.
Orchard provides the best in education, priding itself in teaching children how to learn, how to think for themselves and to have enquiring minds. Our task as educators is to find and nurture individual potential and confidence in each child. We seek to ignite a passion for learning in every child that, with careful and expert nurturing, can never be extinguished.
We provide a supportive and secure environment in which every child can flourish and learn at their own pace and in their own individual way. We aim to foster creativity in our children, and to help them become independent learners. Above all we believe in making learning fun.
Our school's curriculum is all the planned activities that we organise in order to promote learning and personal growth and development. We follow the national curriculum guidelines, but we are not restricted by them. We seek the highest standards of attainment for all our children. We also value the breadth and balance of the curriculum we provide as well as the 'hidden curriculum' - what children learn from the way they are treated and expected to behave. We encourage the growth of social skills and empathy amongst the children. The relationships that the children develop with each other and with our staff are central to their happiness and lay the best possible foundation for their future.
Every child should be happy, secure, valued and confident. At Orchard School, our philosophy is to regard every child as a unique individual, who enjoys learning and thinking for themselves. Our pupils develop into well motivated, balanced youngsters who are considerate, well mannered, who know the value of hard work and who go on to excel at their next school.
