Shared Sharing Practice
Tolworth Infants’ School: Introduction
Tolworth Infants’ School is set in a suburban environment in south-west London. It is a three-form entry community infants’ school, sharing a large site with a sister junior school. It serves the local socially and culturally diverse neighbourhood where families live in a mix of private and public housing. Out of 300 pupils, about 20 per cent are on the Special Educational Needs register and 20 per cent have free school meals, with a similar percentage having English as an additional language. This is slightly above the national average.
| Project title: | Developing Positive Playtimes Through the use of an Infant School Council |
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| Summary: | Our School Improvement Plan had already identified the need to improve the quality of our external environment. As a result of our playground observations, we decided to develop a school council and to put in place structures to develop our children’s emotional literacy and citizenship skills. It seemed logical to put these two issues together and see if we could create a third development: a more positive playtime for all children and adults. |
| Subjects: | Citizenship, discipline issues |
| Stage: | Early Years |
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