Happy and healthy things happen all the time here at Scholes:

• daily activities, such as Wake Up, Shake Up (a short burst of energy each morning) and playtimes
• weekly sessions of PE, Living and Learning (our name for Personal, Social and Health Education) and circle times
• occasional activities, which include specialist health visitors and local sports events
• annual events like our themed weeks, including Being Healthy and Staying Safe

And, of course, we’re a place to learn:

• check out the class news pages – packed with great learning happening in each class
• learn more about our curriculum and expectations
• find out about end of Key Stage 2 outcomes

Our school logo is important to us.

Nike’s swoosh… McDonald’s golden arches… Our trees logo is as important to us as these slightly more widely known logos are to the companies! Here’s what some of our Junior Leaders said about our logo when we asked them in October 2023. You’ll see the logo echoes our ethos – a happy and healthy place to learn:

The trees show we’re all the same and all different because the trees look the same but the colours are different. When you think of trees, you think of health, and that links to ‘happy and healthy’. It looks like the trees are holding hands, so it shows friendship.

The train track represents Scholes and the history of the village, with its former train station. The train track symbolises a journey, like learning from the start of primary school to the end.

Emilia, Eric and Noah in Year 6 and Caleb, Lani and Thea in Year 4 all contributed enthusiastically. For ease of reading, we’ve combined five comments from the children here, but we’ve not changed their words in any way.

Our aims

To be a happy and healthy place to learn, we:

• provide a curriculum which is enjoyable, relevant, inspiring and creative
• understand and respect diverse values, languages, religions and traditions
• foster a safe and caring community
• develop enquiring minds
• celebrate achievements
• develop skills and knowledge for a rapidly changing world
• encourage positive choices, whether academic, physical, social, or emotional
• provide equality of opportunity within an inclusive community
• nurture social, moral, spiritual and cultural values
• promote positive parental and community involvement