{"id":20,"date":"2024-10-28T09:28:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T09:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/castletonprimaryschool\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-02-06T17:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:31:41","slug":"key-school-policies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/castletonprimaryschool\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Key School Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is our aim at Castleton Primary School to prepare all our learners with the<br \/>\nrange of Literacy skills, abilities and knowledge they need for life, learning and work. Literacy is<br \/>\nfundamental to all areas of learning as it unlocks access to the wider curriculum. Being literate<br \/>\nincreases opportunities for the individual in all aspects of life, lays the foundation for lifelong<br \/>\nlearning and work, and contributes strongly to the development of all four capacities of<br \/>\nCurriculum for Excellence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/castletonprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/10751\/2024\/11\/09145637\/Literacy-Policy.pdf\">Castleton Primary Literacy Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is our aim at Castleton Primary School to prepare all our learners with<br \/>\nthe range of mathematical skills, abilities and knowledge they need for life,<br \/>\nlearning and work. Castleton Primary fully embraces the Glasgow Counts Mission Statement:<\/p>\n<p><em>We want our young people to engage with mathematics and build their comprehension of the<\/em><br \/>\n<em>subject across the curriculum. Society requires young people who are sophisticated<\/em><br \/>\n<em>mathematical thinkers, pattern spotters and problem solvers therefore we aim to empower our<\/em><br \/>\n<em>young people as mathematicians. We aim to provide opportunities for learning that promote<\/em><br \/>\n<em>deep engagement with all areas of Mathematics. Our purpose is to offer a better way to build<\/em><br \/>\n<em>mathematical understanding in and beyond our classrooms.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/castletonprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/10751\/2024\/11\/09145639\/Numeracy-Policy-Castleton-final.pdf\">Castleton Primary Numeracy Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is our aim at Castleton Primary School to prepare all our learners with the range of Literacy skills, abilities and knowledge they need for life, learning and work. Literacy is fundamental to all areas of learning as it unlocks access to the wider curriculum. Being literate increases opportunities for the individual in all aspects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86053,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/castletonprimaryschool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/castletonprimaryschool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/castletonprimaryschool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/castletonprimaryschool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/86053"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/castletonprimaryschool\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/castletonprimaryschool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/castletonprimaryschool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/161"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/castletonprimaryschool\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/castletonprimaryschool\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}