Aristotle“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” Our Vision and Rationale There is no denying that this year has been incredibly tough for everyone amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Children across the globe have experienced disruption to many aspects of their lives. As with all schools, here at Alver Valley some
Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants (MITA) Project at Alver Valley Schools The leadership team were looking at ways to make further improvements on the impact of our support team on outcomes for children. We already knew that our interventions worked having stripped them back and monitored their effectiveness. It was clear from our internal
‘Hooks into books’ is an approach that has been developed at Alver Valley Schools over the past year or so. The process of bringing books to life using props, the outside environment and drama to introduce and explore story themes and characters thereby immersing children in the story and enabling them to ‘be the book’,
I remember my very first visit to Alver Valley Schools. Walking up the front path, you get a glimpse of what the grounds have to offer through the appropriately coloured green railings. Laid out before you stretching from one side of the schools to the other and beyond is an enormous school field with colourful
Every year the Spring and Summer terms in Reception classes are incredibly exciting and busy ones for Early Years teams up and down the country. We seem to find there is always a pressing need to start multi-tasking in earnest as we attempt to balance the learning spurt of our current children with the welcome