Fishcross Primary School
Alloa Road
Fishcross
FK10 3HT
Tel: 01259 722336
Fax: 01259 216474
Email: fishcross@edu.clacks.gov.uk
Web: http://www.fishcross.clacks.sch.uk/
Headteacher: Garry Graham
Current roll: 69
Fishcross Primary School is a small school built by the main road near to the crossroads in Fishcross village. The school was officially opened on 6 September 1875 and underwent a major extension and modernisation in 1991. The school is situated between the town of Alloa sitting on the River Forth and the Ochil Hills.
The building has three classrooms, each with interactive whiteboards, a library/refurbished computer suite with interactive presentation facilities and a range of information and communications technology (ICT), a well equiped gym hall and a dining room with servery. It has pleasant surroundings and a garden designed and sponsored by Scottish Power. This provides excellent opportunities for environmental education.
The school roll is presently 69. The school serves a mixture of local authority and private housing developments. The school is lucky to be supported by an excellent Parent Council who organise a range of fund-raising activities as well as assisting the school maintain standards of excellence.
The school has strong links with the local community and entertains senior citizens, parents and friends of the school at events such throughout the year. We also maintain close ties with Sauchie and Coalsnaughton Parish Church and hold regular assemblies. Parents are more than welcome to join us when we attend the church and are always invited to the various school productions.
The school maintains close links with the associated secondary school, Lornshill Academy. It also welcomes students and senior pupils on work experience. The school regularly welcomes students on teacher training programmes also. Parent helpers are also an important asset to the school and are always welcome.
The ethos of the school is based on respect between all members of the school community and the development of self-discipline in pupils.
All aspects of the curriculum are taught and developed according to 5-14 Guidelines. We are, however, working hard to embrace many of the opportunities that will come with a 'curriculum for excellence'. Through our improvement plan we are constantly striving to further enhance attainment and consistently improve standards and quality in all school functions. Our hard working and dedicated team of staff all take on additional leadership tasks and help the school strive for excellence, developing the necessary life skills in children that make them successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens, and effective contributors - both now and in the future. This year the staff will be undertaking additional professional research and reading to develop their skills in a range of areas - all aimed towards the school achieving excellence. Pupils will also be instrumental in helping us highlight areas where future progress should be made and will continue to be proactively involved in setting their own targets and mapping out their own learning.
Curriculum programmes include:
- Reading: Clackmannanshire Early Learning Programme, Oxford Reading Tree, Story World, Story Street and Genre Skills (Longman)
- Writing - North Lanarkshire (under review) Nelson Developing
- Mathematics : IPM - authority programme/TeeJay Maths
- Science : Stanley Thornes/Glasgow Science
Each year we also introduce problem solving and thinking skills to permeate all aspects of the curriculum. We place great importance on outdoor learning, life skills and both academic and non-academic achievement - both in and out of school.
The early stages are taught Clackmannanshire's synthetic phonics programme. This has recently received a great deal of publicity, having been highlighted as instrumental in dramatically improving standards.
We currently have specialist teachers in physical education and music.
Fishcross Primary School has a computer suite of 11 networked PCs which are all internet ready. Each classroom also has a PC used for developing ICT and curricular skills. The school has undergone an extensive programme of networking. Every child has a unique username and password which allows access to a range of programmes on the network. Internet security is taught frequently to ensure student safety. The school also has access to a class set of laptop computers called Class in a Box. We have a laptop computer in each rooom and Alphasmart typing resources to help children with writing and spelling. All classes have access to an Activote system which can be used in conjunction with the interactive whiteboards, encouraging pupils to be more involved and engaged in their learning.
The school has an active pupil council made up from P3 to P7 pupils. They are responsible for making sure the views of their classmates are heard. They also raise funds for improvements they would like to see in school. National Lottery funding has helped the Pupil Council improve the school playground The Pupil Council support a young boy in Kenya called Christopher as well as raising money for a variety of other charities..
The school also has an Eco group currently involved in projects such as recycling and reducing energy costs. This session they are going to be working hard to get a green flag. The SNAG (School Nutrition Action Group) take a very active part in improving the health of our pupils at Fishcross Primary, by encouraging the drinking of more water, the eating of fruit and improving school lunches. They workded hard last session to aquire level 2 accreditation as a Health Promoting School.
The school has received funding from a number of bodies to support our aims and objectives. These additional resources have been vital in making many improvements to our school e.g. in providing additional science and computing resources.
Awards achieved by the school have also helped us develop a wider range of opportunities and activities for pupils both during the school day and after school.
Out of School Hours Learning offers a wide range of sporting opportunities, including football, cricket, cheerleading, gymnastics, Tae Kwon Do and athletics. There are also a number of more curricular based after school clubs e.g. art, computer studies and homework.
Teachers also provide various clubs including computing, art, homework club and a dads drop in club to encourage reading at home.
The school breakfast club and after school clubs are well attended.
If any parent would like a copy of our development plan, school handbook, standards and quality report or any of our policies please contact the school office. If you would like any more information on our school please do not hesitate to contact Garry Graham, Headteacher.
If you would like to contact the Headteacher during the summer break please email ggraham@edu.clacks.gov.uk
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