Love Your School visits Wrekin Primary School and Nursery in Wellington.

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00:00Here at Reconview Primary School and Nursery and we're here with head teacher. Hello madam.

00:04Hi.

00:05What's your name?

00:06Fiona Atherton.

00:07So Fiona, tell us a little bit about your school. It's got a lovely setting hasn't it?

00:12Some lovely areas like this little trail in particular with the tree.

00:16The site is absolutely superb for children to be able to go out and play. We've got the field area,

00:22we've got playgrounds, you know, we've got multiple spaces, we've got a mugger at the back that

00:27children can use for football, basketball, etc. There is so much outdoor space at our school for

00:32children to get out and play and physical activity and, you know, PE is really, really important to

00:39our children.

00:40And it's quite an unusual school in terms of the age range of the children that you can accommodate.

00:45Just tell us a little bit about that.

00:46That's right. We're really incredibly lucky because we have a nursery where we can have two-year-olds.

00:50So our Recon Giants nursery, we can have children come in from the age of two,

00:54parents can use their childcare credits that they get from the government if they're working

01:00to bring children to us at the very youngest age. And of course, what that does, it means that we

01:04have the children for a longer amount of time if we have them from two-year-olds. So there's much

01:08more time for us to impact on the children's lives.

01:11I guess that just helps as well in terms of the children. When does that transition to the

01:16older age at school? They know the place, don't they? They know the setting.

01:20It's absolutely superb because we do transition work with the children as well. So the children

01:24from Recon Giants, as they get to the age of three, they then spend time in nursery before

01:28they move up into nursery. And nursery children, we have time spent in reception as well. So

01:33there's transition that goes right the way through school so that all of the children are accustomed

01:37to where it is that they're going to be in the next year.

01:40And there's some fantastic artwork displays around the school. Is it quite a creative school,

01:45is it, in terms of that side? It's incredibly creative, yes. We like the children to be able

01:49to share their other talents and spend time in all areas of the national curriculum, making

01:55sure that our curriculum is never narrowed for the pupils. They're always getting a full

01:59experience. We've taken some lessons from our colleagues and we have a soft start on a

02:04Monday morning where the children come in and have a PSHE lesson, which allows them time

02:09to settle into school for the week, settling with a subject where they're able to have more

02:14discussion with their teachers and with their friends.

02:16And is that kind of all focusing on that they've been away from school for a couple of days?

02:21Because a lot of children, there is a lot of issues, isn't it, with anxiety and it's

02:24all just kind of...

02:25That's absolutely right. Yeah, that's the reason why we do that, so that children can come in

02:28and they haven't got to get straight into maths or English. They have time to settle back

02:32into the week again.

02:33Yeah, fantastic. Well, thank you for letting the Shropshire in to have a little peep around

02:37your school, miss.

02:38So we're here with a few pupils. Hello, guys. Are you OK?

02:41Yeah.

02:41So what are your names then? Go on, what's your name?

02:44Niamh.

02:44Niamh?

02:45Libby.

02:46And?

02:46El Nathan.

02:47Cool. So, I've been having a little look around your school. Love your little woodland

02:52area. That's fantastic. What's some of your favourite things about your school? So do you

02:57go on, young lady, let's start with you.

02:59Probably the staff, because they're very nice.

03:02Yeah? Yeah, nice and supportive?

03:04Yeah.

03:04Well, that's a nice thing to say. That always makes the day a bit better, doesn't it?

03:07If you know you're coming into somewhere that's friendly. And what about yourself?

03:11I like that there's a lot of people to help in the school. Yeah. What about yourself, mate?

03:19Um, I really like the competition, like the athletics competition, football competition

03:25and like the water polo competition, which is coming up. Water polo? Yeah, water polo

03:30competition. No way. That sounds like good fun. So what is your favourite sport to do here

03:35at school? Um, my favourite sport to do is tennis. Yeah. So do you like watching the Wimbledon

03:41in the summer? Yeah. Yeah. So what would you like to do when you leave school? Any ideas?

03:46I know you're young and it'll change. Oh, um, when I'm leaving school, what I would like

03:52to do, what I would like to do is like be more active in the school holidays, like run

03:57around, like job for at least like 20 or 30 minutes. Yeah, good stuff. And what about

04:02you? Any ideas what you might like to go on to do? Um, probably when I leave the school,

04:06I would probably like to work on my art more. On your art? Yeah. There's some lovely displays,

04:11isn't there, around school? I love that Harry Potter artwork. That's very cool. Um, what

04:16about yourself? What would you like to do? Um, when I leave the school, I probably want to

04:20go do more like, um, like more work, like maths, learn more like experienced maths. Oh, so perhaps

04:30go on and study that even more. So you're a big fan of maths. Yeah, good stuff. Well, I used to

04:36like maths, but I wasn't really good at it. I feel you're better than me. Well, thank you for

04:40chatting to us guys and good luck in all the things you choose to do in future. Thank you.

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