Eco-School
What do we do?We are an Eco-School. We have our seventh green flag. Our main areas of focus for 2019-2020 are Global Citizenship, Bio-diversity and Litter. Although every two years we are required to focus on 3 different themes, Eco-schools is embedded throughout our curriculum and we are active in all areas of it. ExamplesEach pupil is responsible […]
Health and Wellbeing
What do we do?We base our health and well-being experiences on the SHANARRI model and looking after the physical, social, mental and emotional well-being of pupils and staff is at the heart of teaching and learning at Barcaldine Primary School. We engage in both physical education and physical activity weekly. We spend time outdoors promoting […]
Literature
What do we do? We read, write, talk and listen in our literacy time or across the curriculum. We develop our handwriting and presentation skills while writing in a range of genre which is often linked to other curricular areas or projects. The children particularly like using VCOP resources to help them improve their vocabulary, […]
Numeracy
What do we do? We love maths! Sometimes it is easy and sometimes challenging. We use a variety of methods to teach maths concepts: games, textbooks, ICT and challenges and then we apply our skills which makes maths relevant and fun. The children like learning outdoors and also the weekly ‘Big Maths Beat That!’ challenge […]