Grangeton

One of the School’s main aims is the development of independent and confident children who are capable of taking on responsibilities and challenges. Grangeton forms one of the key elements in that aim.

Grangeton is the School’s own town run by the pupil population. Headed by an elected council and town Mayor it consists of a computer controlled library; a healthy eating tuck shop; a television studio; a radio station; a language café and a museum that charts the School’s history.

Grangeton is focused on developing children’s education in a way that enables them to apply their learning in meaningful and practical ways whilst promoting self confidence, discipline and a growing role within a community. It also offers them the opportunity to experience enterprise first hand and will help them to reflect upon their own ambitions for the future.

We are continually developing and expanding the opportunities within Grangeton and have developed roles for children to act as trained Buddies (Playground councillors), litter pickers (Wombles) and Grange Gardeners.
We are also continuing to embed these Enterprise experiences within the school curriculum.

Our school has a University!

The University workshops offer the children the chance to develop interests and skills in a number of areas which will help us to identify each child’s unique talents, some of which, under a conventional curriculum can go undiscovered. Their learning is supported by a pre-planned set of skills most relevant to their chosen workshop. Groups vary in size, depending on the skills being taught.
In the Lower Unit (Nursery, Reception and Year 1): we offer one session, on a Friday, where the children choose a workshop. We also run workshops in Nursery on Wednesday afternoon. Current workshops include: arts and crafts, cooking, culture around the world, recycling and many more.
These workshops are run by teaching assistants, teachers and sometimes parents.
What happens at Grange on Friday mornings for Year 2 to 6?
We offer seven weekly sessions, over each of the Autumn, Spring and Summer Terms, where your child participates in two workshops
Every child will keep a record of their workshops and will be given a certificate at the end of each workshop block. At the end of their time at Grange the children will ‘graduate’ from the university.
Please note that some sessions are only offered to children of a certain age.
Here is a sample of the workshops that we offer:

School Council

Our School Council has been established for a number of years now. Mrs Earlam helps to run the Council. The School Council meets with the children every Monday morning to share ideas and issues together, with the aim of improving our school.
Class representatives bring issues and ideas to our regular Council meetings. Each year, the council use their budget to purchase benches, games or other items that enhance school life.
Every year, they visit the Houses of Parliament and watch debates.

The Mayor

There are elections each year to find our Mayor. Our Mayor reports to the Governors three times a year as well as chairing Council meetings. There have been six previous mayors: Mitchell Werezak, Beth Morton, Jake Outhwaite, Eleanor Pepper, Charlie Sheppard and Hayden Fletcher.

Our current Mayor is Lauren Slatcher. Here she is with her team Morgan Boswell, Eloise Stone and Liam Way.