On behalf of the staff at The Locus Academy School. We are looking forward to a
productive partnership with you to ensure our children can achieve their highest
potential. We recognize that to be successful in school, our children need support from
both home and school. We know a strong partnership with you will make a significant
difference in your child’s education. As partners, we share the responsibility for our
children’s success and want you to know that we will do our very best to carry out our
responsibilities.

Our theme for this year is: Promoting Excellence Through Determination And Hard
work. We ask that you guide and support your child’s learning by ensuring that

He/she:

Attends school daily and arrives on time, ready for the day’s learning experience
Completes all homework assignments given by teachers Reads daily to develop a love for reading and to improve literacy skills Shares school experiences with you so that you are aware of his/her school life Informs you if he/she needs additional support in any area or subject Knows that you expect him/her to succeed in school and go on to college / university.

There are many discussions about the need for education to be different and it
sometimes feels as if we are living in an echo chamber with everyone agreeing that
change needs to happen. We have introduced more interesting and organised
teaching pedagogies to ensure we provide Quality First Teaching. Some of the changes
are:

• Guided Reading, which is separated from our Literacy Hour
• Achieving Deep Learning in all subjects across the school
• Introduction to Maths Mastery in the Primary Department
• Improved observation and assessment in Early Years
• Generate children’s/ students’ interest in Mathematics in both Primary and
Secondary
• Promote excellent writing and reading skills across Early Years, Primary and
Secondary
• We are introducing SPaG (Spelling Punctuation and Grammar) as part of our
English Lessons
• Use of Emotional Intelligence in supporting the welfare of children
• A much more consistent approach to our curriculum planning
• ‘Every Child Matters’ agenda and support for children with learning difficulties
• A keen sense of discipline will be inculcated in all children and staff
• Weekly monitoring of children’s work throughout the school.

The school has an improved behavior management system, and this is supposed
to help the children to show excellent attitude towards learning and other people.

The Locus Academy school is seriously moving into Inquiry Based Learning of
which Assessment for Learning plays an integral role. This will equip our children
with an excellent sense of reasoning and high confidence.

Please do not hesitate to contact or book an appointment to see the School
Principal if you wish to discuss any issues or challenges regarding your child.

I feel privileged to be a part of this school family. We thank you for your support
and look forward to meeting you.