Why Choose Baslow St. Anne's...
Here at Baslow St. Anne's C of E Primary School, we have five classes and currently 127 on roll;
Tigers – Reception/Year 1 Leopards – Year 1/Year 2
Lions – Year 3/Year 4 Pumas – Year 4/Year 5 Jaguars – Year 6
All of our classes have very experienced teams and teaching staff in them, supported by the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher.
Our vision and aim is to provide high-quality teaching, learning and academic success, alongside a broad and enriched experience and curriculum, to lead a 'life in all its fullness, whilst growing healthy minds and hearts together'. We are excited to share with you the vast range of opportunities that our children have the chance to take part in, whilst on their journey at Baslow St. Anne's CE Primary School.
We have had the joy of recently performing our annual nativity at St. Anne’s Church with our Reception/Y1 Tigers and Y1/2 Leopards – ‘Knock, Knock… The Nativity!’
In the run-up to Christmas, we hold our Christmas Giving Advent Calendar where we work on our personal development skills with our children and recognise the importance of giving and supporting our community and the less fortunate. This year this has included making and writing Christmas cards and letters to the elderly in our local care homes, singing to the Senior Citizens, Luncheon Club and WI, delivering handmade Christmas decorations & handmade biscuits, accompanied by some festive Christmas carol singing to our local businesses, decorating a tree in Bakewell Church and supporting Shelter the charity for the homeless through our local Baslow Bolt Run, Christmas Service and Ashgate Hospice through our Enterprise Christmas Fayre.
We are proud that our personal development and behaviour was recognised as ‘outstanding’ in our most recent Ofsted inspection.
Residentials
All the children from Reception to Year 6 experience an outdoor residential one day or sleep over. Our Reception, Year 1 + 2 Tigers and Leopards have a full day of outdoor adventure; these have been at Dukes Barn Beeley and Lea Green outdoor centre. The children have participated in canoeing, zip wire, problem-solving, indoor rock climbing/bouldering, indoor caving, low ropes and more.
Year 3 Lions spend a day at Whitehall Outdoor Centre, experiencing low ropes, indoor caving, climbing, problem-solving and team work, zip wire and our Year 4 Lions and Pumas continue on from this and spend two nights at Whitehall, where their activities are expanded to include: hiking, night walk, stream scrambling and the high ropes.
Year 5 Pumas have the exciting opportunity of two nights at Hollowford, Castleton experiencing: low and high ropes, the Leap of Faith, caving, bouldering, raft building and racing, hiking (usually up MamTor) and more.
Year 6 Jaguars have had a range of residential including: Wales, Lea Green, Dukes Barn, again having the opportunity to push themselves out of their comfort zone, embrace new challenges, work together as a Year 6 team and build on teamwork, communication, perseverance, resilience, whilst having lots of fun, experiencing a range of outdoor activities.
Forest School
Again, all of our children over the year have the experience of Forest School, either at Baslow Sports Field forest area or Chatsworth Stick Yard and woods. This gives a wonderful opportunity for all children to engage in learning in their natural, outdoor environment and build on their personal development skills, such as communication, problem-solving, teamwork and collaboration.
Reception and Year 1 children have Forest School every Friday morning in the summer term, down at Baslow Sports Field forest school area.
Extra- Curricular Clubs
To support our children in building a life in all its fullness, we offer a range of clubs across the year groups, including:
- STEM for Reception/Y1+2 Art Club
- STEM for KS2 Gardening Club
- Coding Club Choir (8:25am Friday)
- Debating Club Writing/Author Club
- Reading Book Club Drama
- Musical Theatre Girls’ and Boys’ Football
- After-school sports club Recorder
Young Voices Club where the children across Key Stage 2, have the opportunity to attend the Young Voices concert annually at Sheffield Arena, singing with 5000 other children.
Wrap Around Care
Monday – Friday: 623 breakfast and after-school club (all year groups) + holiday club
623 – After School and Holiday Club
Joe’s after-school sports club – Tues/Thurs/Friday + holiday club – held at Baslow Sports Field (all year groups)
Music Lead School
We are proud that we are a Music Lead School in Derbyshire and offer a wide range of musical opportunities including:
Choir Y1-6 Friday mornings 8:25am
Music Theory Club – KS2
Summer Music Evening for the children to perform
Recorder Club
Opportunities to learn an instrument at school with our super peripatetic teachers in:
Piano, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, saxophone, guitar, drums and voice/singing.
PTFA
We have a very active PTFA that supports the school with many exciting fund-raising opportunities including: Summer Colour Run, Summer Dog Show and car show, Baslow Bolt, Pumpkin Trail, Christmas Fayre and many more.
Funds raised from the PTFA have provided a range of extra resources and experiences for the school, including: an outdoor classroom, furniture revamp, trim trail, bouldering wall, IT resources and new computers/laptops/ coding resources, Reception and Infant outdoor equipment, outdoor play equipment, cinema screen and projector, enrichment trips, theatre companies visiting school, History Van, Fizz Pop Science and many more!