Here - Lowther Primary School

ICT developments
Children have had even better ICT opportunities this year. We have worked alongside RPA to allow the children
to design websites, make movies as well as trying Photoshop skills like colour popping. These are all showcased
on the schools website. This has also continued to improve — with new sections this year
including an art gallery, blogs for Key Stage 2, homework support sections and a video gallery.
Steve Oldfield has worked wonders on this. Our core ICT provision is far better now
that Sarfie Ghamloush’s technical support has meant far greater reliability of ICT equipment
this year. We have extended the hours he supports the school with as our new ICT suite will
have an additional 30 computers as well as the 4 new classrooms.
ICT is a life skill for pupils and has very high pupil enjoyment. We look forward to seeing even better provision for
pupils next year.
The Whole school is growing…
Our school roll now exceeds 250 pupils (plus a further 52 in the Nursery.) This will rise to 400 pupils by 2015. It is
good that pupil numbers are meeting the Borough’s forecast and that there is demand for a 2 form entry primary
school in North Barnes. Our challenge is to not lose the unique intimate atmosphere that makes Lowther special.
Our intake remains fairly stable now with 19% Free School Meals, 33% English as an additional language, 45%
White British and our social demographic stabilising over the last 3 years. We must continue to monitor these factors
closely to ensure our provision meets the needs of our whole school community.
Motivated learners — at home and school
We are extremely proud of how self-motivated the children
are to learn new things. This extends to home too. We have
children taking their learning experiences from school and
experimenting at home (and also vice versa) This is something
we would all like to see continue to flourish. Developing
ways home and school can work together to raise standards
and expectations are important. Successful examples of this
during 2011/12 have been
Maths day, homework challenges, Year 1 portrait gallery,
homework support on the website, target meetings as well as
newsletters and regular communication.
A day at Lowther…..
No two days at Lowther are the same —
but there are key strands that run
through the school — strengths which
we must build on in the future. All members
of the school family understand
these values and model them every day.
Learning in
interesting
ways
Promotion of
health and
well-being
(including
happiness
and emotional
growth)
Enthusiastic learners Children proud of their school Celebration of success