Love Your School: Greenacres Prm Sch in Shrewsbury.

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Greenacres School in Rutland Shrewsbury is our featured School in Love Your School.

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00:00So we're here at Greenacres Primary School in Shrewsbury who've got a lot to

00:05celebrate at the moment with headteacher Mrs. Kiniston. Thanks for having us this

00:09afternoon today. First of all we ask this question all the time to each school.

00:14What do you love most about Greenacres? I think it's the family feel, the

00:19community. We're recently celebrating our good Ofsted. It's just it's the whole

00:24community, it's the children, the staff, it's that team approach. It's a real

00:28community. Yeah it's quite a small school you said. It is a small school, we've got

00:34we've got mixed year group classes and I feel that we know our children really

00:39well and we sort of tailor our curriculum towards their needs. We have a lot of

00:44children with SEND that need SEND provision that we actually direct and

00:48we sort of diversify our needs, our curriculum towards them. Yeah talking of

00:53the Ofsted, great news, just come out this week, good across the board, you must be

00:57delighted with that. Absolutely thrilled. I think that just sort of demonstrates the

01:01hard work that's gone in. I've been in post since September and but also the team

01:06around the school, the Trust, the Carla, Wean and our CEO and all the other

01:12headteachers in the Trust have been part of that sort of team around me about

01:15that development for our school and supporting us to make our way forward. I

01:19think the whole dedication of the staff team, children, families all together, that

01:25real community has driven that progress and that that improvement within our

01:29school. Yeah how proud are you really of that very quick improvement you've been able to make?

01:35Really proud I think it just it demonstrates how strong you can be as a

01:39team and how strong that that approach can be. I think the way the staff work

01:45together and they they prioritise the needs of the children and have the

01:49children's best interests at heart has has really made me feel welcome at the

01:56school and also made me sort of help that drive forward. I've got those people

02:00around that actually are really here for the children, they really want the

02:03children to do well, they really want what's best for those children and also

02:07they actually they work really hard.

02:11So then guys what a wonderful school you've got here in Shrewsbury and tell me

02:17one by one what you love the most about your school do you think? We'll start with you

02:20first Ivy. I love how welcoming the teachers are and how really nice they are

02:24and like I like when loads of students are really nice. What about yourself?

02:31I like some of the work activities like we do, I like to do the maths and the writing.

02:39Oh wonderful, what about yourself down here Chastain?

02:44I like how Mrs Taylor always greets me and says good morning and how I always see my friends.

02:54Oh that's wonderful. Ivy you're one of the special members of the community here at the school because you've been involved

03:02with several things and your attendance has improved as well, tell us about that.

03:07So in September I used to have really really low attendance but now it's up to really high

03:14but the reason it's getting really high because how improved I have been like I've

03:19I've been really welcomed by loads of people in the school now and I'm having loads more smiles on my face.

03:27Oh that's great and do you all look forward to coming to school every day?

03:30Yeah.

03:31What's your favourite subject one by one just to finish?

03:34Mine's probably history.

03:36History?

03:37Art.

03:38Math.

03:39Maths and what do you want to do when you're older?

03:41I want to be a vet.

03:42A vet?

03:43An artist.

03:45Footballer.

03:46None of you want to work for the Shropshire Star.

03:48Oh wow.

03:49Wish you all the best in all of that.

03:50Thanks for chatting us today and that's great.

03:53Let's try and play hot cross buttons like we've been practising today.

03:56Maybe we'll play whenever.

03:58Play with me.

04:00Start with three, two, one, go.

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