YR Starters 2023-2024

Welcome to the Aspire Academy Trust.

Aspire is a vibrant, highly successful and widely recognised Trust determined to raise standards of educational achievement to the very highest levels. We don’t just aim for our children to achieve what is average or expected, but for them to excel both academically and in character.

We live in a global economy that requires our children to be prepared to think both critically and creatively, solve complex problems, and to communicate well. Mastery of the basics: reading, writing, maths and technology is our core purpose, and this sits firmly alongside ensuring our children have well-developed social and emotional skills. Aspire academies have a strong emphasis on the sport, arts and social, moral spiritual and cultural education.

All our 37 schools and academies are an integral part of their local communities and have a real sense of identity. We value the contribution each of our communities makes and the distinctive opportunities and diversity it offers to the Trust. By working in true partnership, we offer exceptional learning experiences to all our children, so they benefit from the strength that being part of the extended Aspire family brings. If you want to learn more about us, then please visit our website at www.aspireacademytrust.org

I look forward to hopefully welcoming you to the Aspire family!

Vanessa Bragg
Aspire CEO

Head of School Welcome

At Biscovey Nursery and Infants’ Academy we aim to provide the very best education for your child. We will work hard to provide first-class support, excellent resources and outstanding opportunities that will allow your child to have every chance to reach his/her full potential in an exciting environment.

Our school motto is 'with strong roots we learn and grow together'.

Working together, our dedicated reception team will ensure that your child's education gets off to a flying start. We treat every child as an individual working carefully to grow and develop our youngest learners ensuring that they are ready for their onward journey in our school.

We would like to extend a warm welcome to you all and look forward to meeting you all in the near future. In the meantime, if you have any queries, please do drop us an email or give us a call, and we can answer any questions.

Kind regards,

Miss Bullock

Reception team
Puffins Class

Mrs Kistle
Puffins Class Teacher

Mrs Hart
Puffins Teaching Assistant

Reception team
Kingfishers Class

Mrs Grant
Kingfishers Class Teacher

Mrs Thomas
Kingfishers Teaching Assistant

Vision & Values

Biscovey Nursery and Infants Academy
‘With strong roots we learn and grow together.’

We want to be a school where:
Our nurturing ethos supports children and their families.
Children reach their full potential.
Children are happy, confident learners.
Children know how they should be treated and how to treat others.

What we do:
We nurture children to enable them to understand and reflect on their feelings and behaviour.
We model and encourage responsibility and respect.
We provide a curriculum which is inspirational and inclusive.
We teach children the skills to be resilient learners.
We strive to have a strong partnership with families and the wider community.

Learning Together

"Tapestry keeps you in touch with your child’s day wherever you are"

Tapestry is an easy-to-use and secure online learning journal that helps staff and families across Aspire academies celebrate their children’s learning and development both at school and home.

Tapestry facilitates this by enabling a personal journal that builds over time. Photographs, videos and notes of special moments will be made available regularly to you via your iPhone or Android App.

More details on how to activate your Tapestry account will be shared once your child starts.

Safeguarding

"We have a commitment to safeguard our children.

"We all have a responsibility to act if we are worried about a child.
All children have a right to be safe no matter who they are or what their circumstance.

"Keeping children safe is everyone's responsibility."

Every academy within the Aspire Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our Child Protection Policy.

Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a child's welfare. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with parents/carers first, unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child's welfare.

Trauma-Informed Schools

Trauma Informed Schools UK is a registered community interest company working in association with the Centre for Child Mental Health. It provides training to ensure that every adult in a school or community has the skills and understanding to respond appropriately to the relational and emotional needs children may display.

TiS supports schools to create a mentally healthy environment and culture in which all within the school community, adults and children alike, can flourish and achieve. It advocates a whole school response and evidenced based relational approaches to provide an enriched environment to buffer the impact of stress that may result from adversity and painful life events.

In addition, specially trained Trauma and Mental Health Informed Practitioners offer targeted intervention to children who may be experiencing challenges within their life that without support may act as a barrier to their ability to fully engage with life and learning.