Welcome to Uplands Infant School. We are proud to be founding members of the Attenborough Learning trust. As an Infant school our strength lies in Early Years education and how children develop.

“Nurture Empower Flourish”

We are a caring, warm and truly inclusive school that takes account of the needs of children from all backgrounds. Because we are an infant school, our strength lies in early year’s education and how children develop. We do not rest on our laurels but are ambitious risk-takers who not only believe our children can achieve but know that they can and support them at every stage of their educational journey to do so by nurturing and empowering each child to flourish.

Our Ethos

At Uplands Infants we provide a happy, warm and caring environment where all of our children feel safe and secure and are eager to learn. Everyone is encouraged to take responsibility for their own actions and to care for, respect and value others and the environment. This ethos is reflected in our 7 Golden Rules which apply not only in school but in our day to day lives within modern Britain:

• We are kind and respectful
• We listen
• We work hard
• We look after our school
• We are honest
• We share and take turns
• We walk safely around school

Children’s emotional, physical and spiritual needs are fulfilled through our broad, balanced and enriched curriculum and our strong links with parents.

Our Aims

Academically

• To provide inspiring learning opportunities to enable each and every child to achieve their full potential.
• For learning to be cross curricula, with real life application of skills, fostering enjoyment and creativity through play.
• To develop clear and confident communication skills through the written and spoken word.
• To become fluent readers who understand and get pleasure from reading.
• To nurture a sense of curiosity to enable children to question the world around them, make suggestions and try out their own ideas with confidence.
• To be empowered to take ownership of their learning and acquire skills for life.
• To be articulate in expressing their opinions in a thoughtful and respectful manner.

Socially/ Personally

• To be motivated, involved, maintain focus and persist with challenges.
• To develop an appreciation of creativity and the arts and use them as a platform to express feelings, emotions and ideas.
• To know right from wrong.
• To feel safe to explore and learn from mistakes.
• To learn how to take responsibility for their actions, understanding that all actions have consequences.

Spiritually/Culturally/Citizenship

• To promote and encourage diversity, tolerance, collaboration, honesty, understanding and mutual respect.
• To encourage children to value and respect the beliefs, cultures and religions of others and to feel safe and secure with their own beliefs.
• To be involved in democratic processes to encourage pupil voice.

Physically

• To ensure all children benefit from physical activity in order to promote their physical, mental and emotional well-being.

Thinking about our Values...

We aim to create a positive learning environment through the positive values modelled by staff throughout our school. It provides social capacity to our children by equipping them with social and relationship skills, intelligences and attitudes to succeed at school and throughout their lives.

This half-term we are focusing on the values of Honesty and Growth Mindset.

The Attenborough Learning Trust is a brand new multi-academy trust that has been set up by the founding schools:

- Charnwood Primary School

- Greenlane Infants School

- Highfields Primary School

- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School

- Uplands Infants School

Our aim is to develop a formal education partnership based on a Multi-Academy-Trust (MAT) model.

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 fine our more about the Attenborough Learning Trust, please click here.

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