Key Stage 1 Teacher

Welcome to Green Lane Infant School. 

We are a warm and welcoming school in the heart of a rich and diverse community. We believe that the infant years are the fundamental foundations to achieving both educational and personal success for our children and that they thrive within the vibrant and nurturing, yet challenging, curriculum that we provide. Our mission statement of 'roots to grow and wings to fly' permeates the ethos and practices throughout our school to ensure that each child flourishes and achieves beyond their potential.

Educational standards are high and we are proud to have been awarded an overall 'Good' in the Ofsted inspection of April 2023. We are founding members of the Attenborough Learning Trust. 

We would welcome you to come and visit us at Green Lane to find out more about our school and our community. Please find our contact details and lots more information about Green Lane on our website. 

We think that 'Roots to grow and wings to fly' sums up everything we all want for Green Lane - giving children the basic roots of both learning and social skills and the wings of encouraging them to think for themselves and increase their independence and confidence.  

The following poem is where the saying comes from -

If I had two wishes, I know what they would be

I'd wish for Roots to cling to, and Wings to set me free;

Roots of inner values, like rings within a tree;

and Wings of independence to seek my destiny.

Roots to hold forever to keep me safe and strong,

To let me know you love me, when I've done something wrong;

To show me by example, and helps me learn to choose,

To take those actions every day to win instead of lose.

Just be there when I need you, to tell me it's all right,

To face my fear of falling when I test my wings in  flight;  

Don't make my life too easy, it's better if I try,

And fail and get back up myself, so I can learn to fly.

If I had two wishes, and two were all I had,

And they could just be granted, by my Mum and Dad;

I wouldn't ask for money or any store-bought things.

The greatest gifts I'd ask for are simply Roots and Wings.  

By Denis Waitley

We are proud to be founding members of the Attenborough Learning Trust. Our family of schools are: 

• Green Lane Infant School
• Highfields Primary School
• Sparkenhoe Community Primary School
• Uplands Infant School
• Charnwood Primary School
• Inglehurst Infant School
• Bridge Junior School

The primary objective of the partnership is to deliver increased learning opportunities for children, broadening the perspective of all young people so that they and their families place no limits on their opportunities and ambitions, in order to achieve improved outcomes and life chances for all.

To find out more about the Attenborough Learning Trust, please click here.

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