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.