Welcome to Balmullo Primary School
Dear Parents/Carers
We hope that our website is helpful in informing you about the many aspects of our school.
Balmullo Primary School is very much the heart of the Balmullo community and we value the support and partnership of all of our families and wider community. We continually strive to achieve our vision supported by our school values.
We look forward to working with you as parents/carers and recognise the important role you play in supporting your child’s education. We believe that the partnership between home and school will ensure that your child benefits from a high quality educational experience at Balmullo.
If you have any queries at any time or would like to visit the school prior to your child enrolling, please contact myself and we will be happy to answer any questions or show you around the school.
Mrs Anna Coggins
Headteacher
Our Vision
We strive to create a school where…
Everyone feels safe, included, and valued.
Everyone believes in themselves, creating friendships that develop them personally, socially, and emotionally.
Everyone makes progress and feels that learning is fun!
Everybody succeeds and everybody matters.
Our Values
‘Be Friendly, Be Ambitious, Be Responsible, Show Respect’
Our Aims Statement
❖ Relationships are based on honesty, trust, and respect where we value each other as individuals.
Everyone is optimistic and proud of their achievements and those of others, in all aspects of school life.
❖ There is a strong sense of belonging and identity in our school and wider community.
❖ Children and adults take advantage of all possibilities for learning. Essential life skills are developed
through first-hand experiences to enable children to become lifelong learners.
❖ Learning meets everyone’s needs for the future and enables them to become successful, happy, and
contributing members of our society
We also aim to help every learner develop knowledge, skills and attributes for learning, life and work, which are encapsulated in the four capacities of the Curriculum for Excellence.
Successful Learners
- We are lifelong learners.
- We always try our best in everything we do.
- We give and accept praise for our efforts.
Confident Individuals
- We have the confidence to take all opportunities given.
- We are happy, safe and secure in our school.
- We set realistic goals.
- We are motivated to learn.
Effective Contributors
- We can work together by listening to others and sharing ideas.
- We help one and other and give encouragement.
- We value and respect our own and others’ opinions.
Responsible Citizens
- We are welcoming to all.
- We show respect and good manners at all times to all.
- We are honest and truthful.
- We make good choices.
