{"id":14291,"date":"2016-11-08T14:35:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T14:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=14291"},"modified":"2016-11-08T14:35:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T14:35:47","slug":"canton-school-best-primary-wales-say-inspectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/11\/08\/canton-school-best-primary-wales-say-inspectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Canton primary is top of the class, say school inspectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_14308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14308\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14308 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary3_8.11.16_TL-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"copy-of-severn-primary3_8-11-16_tl\" width=\"960\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary3_8.11.16_TL-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary3_8.11.16_TL-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary3_8.11.16_TL-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary3_8.11.16_TL-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary3_8.11.16_TL-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary3_8.11.16_TL.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14308 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary3_8.11.16_TL-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"copy-of-severn-primary3_8-11-16_tl\" width=\"960\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary3_8.11.16_TL-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary3_8.11.16_TL-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary3_8.11.16_TL-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary3_8.11.16_TL-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary3_8.11.16_TL-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary3_8.11.16_TL.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>Year 6 students from Severn Primary (pictured from top left) Aisha, Megan, Amirah, Ben, Sam and Ayyoob.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nA PRIMARY school in Cardiff where the students speak 51 different languages has achieved top\u00a0results according to Estyn&#8217;s\u00a0latest inspection data.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Severn Primary School in Canton has come top in the inspection findings\u00a0published in October by Estyn, the inspecting body for education and training in Wales.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u00a0was one of 178 primary schools in the latest round of inspections. Three-quarters of its 407 full-time pupils speak English as a second language.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14323\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14323\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"copy-of-severn-primary4_8-11-16_tl\" width=\"459\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14323\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"copy-of-severn-primary4_8-11-16_tl\" width=\"459\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary4_8.11.16_TL-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/noscript> Fifty-one languages are spoken as a first language by the pupils at Severn Primary.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputy head Judith Allen said: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted that people from outside the school value the hard work that goes on here.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The report says progress made by nearly all pupils is \u201cexceptional\u201d, and students with English as a second language made \u201coutstanding progress\u201d with their literacy skills.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Mrs Allen, there is no great secret to their success.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s teamwork, between teachers, support staff and everyone. We&#8217;re all prepared to learn together. It&#8217;s just hard work, a lot of bump and grind and it also comes down to consistency of approach.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She said offering English classes to parents had increased the school&#8217;s success at teaching students with 51 different first languages.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt&#8217;s vital that they [the parents] have the opportunity to improve their English, and it&#8217;s good for the children to know that their parents are keen to learn as well,\u201d said Mrs Allen.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The report also highlighted the year 6 students\u2019 performance of a play script as part of a literacy project.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Severn Primary was the only school to be rated \u201cexcellent\u201d in nine out of 10 quality indicators set out by Estyn. It gained an overall rating of \u201cdouble excellent\u201d, based on its current performance\u00a0and its prospects for improvement.<\/span><br \/>\n(For more information on the results, see the infographic at the end of the page).<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Estyn gave one of the top ratings for pupils\u2019 wellbeing, describing the school as \u201can exceptionally harmonious and inclusive environment\u201d.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mrs Davies is a senior teaching assistant at Severn Primary and runs a forest school in the grounds. She says the outdoor programme has a positive impact on pupil wellbeing.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt&#8217;s all based on woodland activities. We do a bit of tool use and we talk about seasons. We&#8217;ve got a log circle. We light a tiny fire with the little ones, and then we cook on it. Hot chocolate is their favourite,\u201d said Mrs Davies. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt&#8217;s very good for their self esteem, and it gets them outside in the fresh air. We go out in all weathers, when it&#8217;s raining, when it&#8217;s snowing, and they get to see the changes in the garden area.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14313\" style=\"width: 565px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14313\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"copy-of-severn-primary7_8-11-16_tl\" width=\"565\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14313\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"copy-of-severn-primary7_8-11-16_tl\" width=\"565\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Copy-of-Severn-Primary7_8.11.16_TL-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>The forest school at Severn Primary, led by senior teaching assistant Mrs Davies.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The inspectors also praised the school for finding imaginative ways to broaden the pupils&#8217; horizons and encourage ambition. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pupils recently took part in astronaut Tim Peake\u2019s experiment. In this, children across the country grew seeds which had been in space for six months to test if they grew differently from seeds from Earth.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They were the only school from Cardiff to be invited to attend a special talk given by the astronaut in Cardiff Bay last month.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt was so exciting. He told the children all about being in space. I got to meet him, it was the most exciting thing ever. He was such a nice man,\u201d said Gil Rider, Year 5 teacher at Severn School.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think these sorts of activities contribute to the students\u2019 overall wellbeing and achievement. We try and make school more than just book learning.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<em>What the students think&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Ayyoob<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I like Maths because the teacher explains what we have to do very well.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Sam<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I like the Science classes. It\u2019s really fun because we get to do experiments that we have never done before. A few weeks ago we examined and dissected a sheep heart and then we had to write a report about what it was like.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Ben<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I quite like Art because we get to draw interesting pictures which can be a bit hard to draw and quite complex. Our teacher encourages us to progress.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Amirah<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I love English because there are so many different activities, from role play to grammar. My teacher helps me express myself.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Megan<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I enjoy History because I like learning about what\u2019s happened in the past and we can learn about what\u2019s going to happen in the future.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Aisha<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I like French because I get to learn another language that I have never learned before and it makes me want to learn more about their culture. 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Severn Primary School in Canton has come top in the inspection findings\u00a0published in October by Estyn, the inspecting body for education and training in Wales. It\u00a0was one of 178 primary schools in the latest round of inspections. Three-quarters of its 407 full-time pupils speak English as a second language. Deputy head Judith Allen said: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted that people from outside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":14308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2246,3],"tags":[3824,3825,69,1291,3055,224,281,2288,3826,3827,3828,3829],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-14291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canton-where-you-live","category-news","tag-ael-students","tag-best-primary-school-in-wales","tag-canton","tag-cardiff-2","tag-cardiff-news","tag-education","tag-english-as-a-second-language","tag-estyn","tag-estyn-report","tag-forest-school","tag-primary-schools","tag-severn-primary-school"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Canton primary is top of the class, say school inspectors - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/11\/08\/canton-school-best-primary-wales-say-inspectors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canton primary is top of the class, say school inspectors - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A PRIMARY school in Cardiff where the students speak 51 different languages has achieved top\u00a0results according to Estyn&#8217;s\u00a0latest inspection data. 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