Wormholt Park Primary is a friendly school. We have a strong Rights Respecting ethos, which permeates throughout the school. The children and staff care about and take responsibility for themselves, for each other and for their environment. As a result, our school feels like a special place, where children are happy and demonstrate great enthusiasm towards their learning. Over the last few years, our curriculum has been redesigned to enable all our children to achieve their very best, not just academically but also in terms of developing the life-skills they will need for the future. Our commitment to developing and embedding these essential skills led us to Skills Builder. Together we have ensured that all the children in our school are learning, developing and using the eight essential skills not just in their day-to-day school life but also as a tool they can take forward and use at home and in the wider world.
The challenge day and week that we completed really allowed us to engage with our local community. Using the local restaurants such as the café was an opportunity for the children to see how local businesses operate and were able to mimic that in their own café. One of the positive factors that came out of the projects was the children working together. Their team work skills were amazing and they were able to consider how to get the most out of the local community and problem solve with situations like working to a budget when buying ingredients. The incorporation of Skills builder lessons in all timetables is an asset as it builds the knowledge of the essential skills through the school as all children are able to use the language and build on it as they move up through the school.
