....is like a river – a learning journey that grows.  It is a journey of exploration with fun along the way, on which everyone follows their own path.  There are many tributaries and everyone contributes to them.  The journey is a connected one – a learning cycle that never ends.  It dries up if it is not nurtured daily.  Like the river, everyone on the journey eventually finds their own level.  The journey can be tough at times – everyone has to work together through the rough parts – it certainly requires team work.  From very small beginnings it develops, collecting fascinating things along the way.  With continued nourishment it becomes fulfilled and meanders confidently into the ocean of life.

Our Aims

Members of our Camelsdale School Community will be aware of their general health and emotional well being and the benefits of regular exercise and healthy eating.

 Look at…

• Our P.E. lessons;
• Our very special Playtimes…we have LOTS to do e.g. our path; Be Bop Tower; Trim Trail; Maze
• The extra - curricular clubs;
• Our packed lunches, our healthy snacks and our fresh free fruit and vegetables for all pupils every day!
• How we like to drink lots of water;
• Our Science and Technology work on healthy food and our bodies;
• Our P.S.H.C.E. lessons;
• The way we feel our school is a safe place to be and people listen to how we feel about things.
• Our outside physical activities with other schools e.g. tournaments
• School Journey to the Isle of Wight
• Our Think Books
• Our involvement in the “Healthy School’s Initiative”

Members of our Camelsdale Community will have the opportunity to develop their potential as fully as possible through experiencing a broad, balanced and rich curriculum journey. They will be encouraged to be enthusiastic about learning and learn through first hand experience wherever possible. They will have acquired good basic skills in English, Mathematics, Science and I.C.T.

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• The way our curriculum journey is planned and linked….the time, effort and thought that is involved;
•  How Staff are enthusiastic learners too;
• Our work in our Think First Network and our Rother Valley Network;
• The children's learning itself….their response to the curriculum journey;
• Our displays….celebrating the learning journey;
•  Our topic books which we proudly make;
• All the trips, visitors, performances and extra-curricular activities e.g. disability awareness week;
• Our learning in our outdoor classroom;
•  The enrichment afternoons, our enrichment programme and our early morning workshop sessions;
• Our Independent Research Projects, PRPs and class talks;
• Our peripatetic music lessons in brass, violin, piano, guitar and flute;
• Our singing, recorders and orchestra;
• Our use of our interactive white boards….bringing the world outside into our classrooms.

Members of our Camelsdale Community will have developed good thinking skills. They will know how to learn, what sort of a learner they are and how they learn best. They will have built Good Learning Power.

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• The way the activities are planned for in our curriculum journey;
• The evaluations of the children as learners;
• Our displays;
• The Junior Think Books and thinking lessons;
• The Independent  Research Projects and other recorded learning;
• The way we ask lots of questions;
• How we talk a lot about learning and about ourselves as learners;
• The atmosphere and culture across the school…we are all passionate and infectious about learning;
• How we are focused on "learning" rather than "work."
• How we are interested in knowing about our brains and what they need to help us to learn best;
• Our focus on Building Learning Power;
• How we know if we are a more visual; auditory or kinesthetic learner;
• How we make links in our learning and use mind maps.

Members of our Camelsdale Community will make the most of the school grounds and the local environment. They will develop an understanding of and respect for the natural world and their place in it.

Look at….

• Year  5 Guardianship of Marley Common with the National Trust;
• Playtimes in the grounds;
•  Lessons in or based on the grounds and the local area;
• Visits to local places e.g.- Haslemere Museum, the church, class walks to Marley;
• The way we look after and develop our grounds e.g.- bulb planting, working parties, planting in the courtyard, Playground Project;
• Our assemblies in the grounds;
• Events in the grounds e.g. school camps and picnics, challenge week, sports day, fete;
• Our Eco School recycling Project;
•  Our Walk to school Week work and our Cycling Proficiency Course;
• Our picking and using the fruit from our school grounds;
•   Growing in our own school gardens.

Members of our  Camelsdale Community will be well behaved, polite, kind and considerate. They will be encouraged to enjoy their learning and time at school.

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• The way we conduct ourselves in lessons, around the school, at playtimes and on visits.
• How we all talk to each other;
• How we look after each other and care about each other;
• The way we feel comfortable about speaking out and sharing our ideas, views, opinions and feelings e.g.~ in class, assemblies, talks, meetings, achievement assemblies;
• The way we enjoy being at Camelsdale.
• How we are polite and welcoming to visitors.
• How children and adults congratulate each other….we are proud of other’s achievements.

WE REMEMBER OUR MANNERS!

Members of our Camelsdale Community will be responsible, able to learn independently as well as part of a team. They will be encouraged to be actively involved in the life of the school and its community.

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• The class and school councils;
• Our Think First and Rother Valley School Councils;
• Our P.S.H.C.E. lessons;
• Our links with the community e.g.~ harvest parcels, fundraising , Christmas and Easter celebrations;
• Our links with St. Paul’s And St. Peter’s Churches;
• The way we behave in lessons, at playtimes, around the school and on trips;
• Our homework and I.R.P.'s;
• The commitment to our house and sports teams, clubs, singing and orchestra;
• The duties we perform e.g. telephone, house captains, assemblies, class helpers, eco-police;
•  Our Junior Market Day Project linked to Young Enterprise;
• Our Guardianship of Marley Common;
•  Our Eco School Project;
• Our Community Service Work;
• The way we act as guides to visitors around the school;
• Our School Travel Plan work.

Members of our Camelsdale Community will have developed an awareness and appreciation of their own culture and heritage and that of the wider world…. Respectful of other races, religions and ways of living.

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• R.E. lessons e.g. visits to the church, Hindu temple, synagogue and mosque;
• Our use of  I.C.T. e.g. internet use around the world;
• P.S.H.C.E. e.g. our learning about bullying, citizenship, caring and sharing;
•  The Year 4 study of India and Barnaby Bear's travels in Year 2;
• The Year 4 study on the history of our school;
• Our local and national celebrations - e.g. Millennium, Golden Jubilee and Centenary;
•  The visitors  to the school ~ e.g. African drummers, Indian dance; Gamelan.
• The celebration of special assemblies and festivals ~ e.g. Harvest; Christmas; Easter; Divali; Sukkot; Hannukah; Remembrance Day; Children in Need; Love in a box;
• Our link with the people of Belarus and Spain;
• Some of the Independent Research Projects from around the world;
• Our Geography lessons;
•  The French lessons in Year 4 & 5, our visiting French teacher link and French lessons at Wispers School;
•  Our links with Burgos in Spain;

Members of our Camelsdale Community will be confident and believe in themselves. They will know their own strengths and areas for development. They will accept mistakes can happen and can be a good thing. They are prepared to take risks in their learning.

Look at….

• The way the children approach their learning and playtime activities;
• How  we all talk to each other;
• The fact that our curriculum journey is based on questions and creative thinking;
• The way the children agree specific learning targets and review them with their teachers and parents e.g. at parents' evenings, report writing time and in "my special time;"
• How learning is marked and feedback is given;
• The fact that any testing that takes place is used diagnostically to inform next steps in the learning journey
• The way we do our reports.
• Our IRPs, PRPs, Talks, Assemblies, Performances, Show and tell Sessions
•    Our staff are always learning through a strong culture of CPD.
• Our school self review processes..e.g. SWOT and TA Forums