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| Extra-curricular activities |
Every opportunity is taken to encourage children to become involved in extra-curricular activities, particularly in the areas of music and sport.
For children who wish to learn the violin, private tuition in the Suzuki method is supplied by a peripatetic specialist music teacher.
Team games are played whenever possible with local schools.
Kids Club Network hold an after-school club every Wednesday in school, from 3.15 to 5.15 pm. The cost is £3.50 per week.
Parents may join in these activities if they wish. We have a rota in school and you would be most welcome to help out!
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| Educational visits |
Throughout the year visits are arranged in connection with topics that are being studied. These visits are arranged so that the subject matter in school is related to real life and becomes both meaningful and memorable.
Children will also have the opportunity to become involved in residential visits where they can take part in a range of sporting and educational activities. The value of these visits also lies in the development of the children's social skills and their sense of independence at being away from home.
We are always keen to welcome helpers on these occasions!
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| Primary-Comprehensive school liason |
The transfer from primary to comprehensive school is always of concern to us. It is our wish that this experience should be enjoyable, so that the children look forward to the next educational step with eager anticipation. To this end we arrange as much contact as possible with the comprehensive schools to which our children transfer.
The staff that are directly concerned with the first year intake will visit Lowick School to talk to the children and answer their questions. The children then visit their new school for a day to experience lessons and sample the cafeteria dining system. Parents and children are invited for an evening's discussion, when the children will meet all their new teachers and have the opportunity to find their way round a much larger school.
Lowick School comes within the catchment area of John Ruskin School, Coniston, and Ulverston Victoria High School, Ulverston. Parents will be given the opportunity to express a preference for either school.
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| The School health service |
Screening of vision and hearing is undertaken at regular intervals in the primary school. A selective medical screening questionnaire is completed by parents for pupils aged between ten and eleven years. In addition these pupils will receive vision and colour vision tests.
The early immunisation, i.e. primary courses, as well as the booster at five years, are carried out by the family practitioners in their own practice.
Other examinations are made in connection with assessments for special needs, and it is particularly desirable that parents should be present on those occasions.
Dental services are provided through the School Dental Service. In addition, speech therapy, audiology and child guidance clinics are available for children referred to them.
The pastoral care of each pupil is normally undertaken by the particular class teacher, who looks after the social, educational and emotional needs of the children in his/her charge. The Headteacher, staff and the Chairman of the Governors are able to offer advice and assistance to parents.
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| Absence from School |
Where the school becomes concerned by a child's absence, either a prolonged period of absenteeism or a succession of shorter periods, it may communicate this to the Education Welfare Officer who will then visit the home.
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| the PTA |
We actively encourage parents to become involved in school life. Some parents help at story time or with reading, with craft and technology, with maths activities or with computer related skills. We are always interested to receive active support from parents during the school day.
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| Voluntary contributions |
If any parent(s) find that they have difficulty in making an appropriate contribution, they should contact the Headteacher, who will assist where possible.
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| Formal complaints procedure |
However, there may be some occasions when parents wish to complain about matters relating to the curriculum or collective worship, which are the responsibility of the Governing Body and/or the Local Education Authority. Special formal arrangements exist for dealing with complaints of this kind. Copies of a leaflet that outlines these arrangements are available from the school, as are copies of the full arrangements themselves. Advice on how to pursue a formal complaint is also available from Ms Jennet McLeod, School Section, Education Department, 5 Portland Square, Carlisle, CA1 1PU - telephone Carlisle (01 228) 606 868.
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| Accident insurance |
Parents that are interested in this form of insurance can contact their local insurance broker, but they may be interested to know that the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations has arranged a suitable policy. It costs £19.76 per annum, but it provides for substantial compensation in the event of disabling injury, regardless of how or when caused. A leaflet is available at the school.
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