Kettle Primary School

Vision, Values and Aims

We aim to create a happy, stimulating, and caring environment in which children can learn to the best of their ability and develop confidence in themselves and others allowing them to sense a feeling of identity.

What we believe at Kettle

• Develop pupils who are happy in their learning experiences, who are responsible, socially aware citizens whose quality of achievement matches or surpasses their expectations.
• Motivate and encourage pupils in a variety of learning and teaching experiences, to show curiosity, self-respect and respect for others, self-discipline and independence.
• Develop literate and numerate children by using a differentiated, broad, and balanced curriculum, which encourages them to be unafraid of encountering failure when applying acquired skills and knowledge to new challenges.
• Include children as active partners in their own education and contributors to the wider community.
• Ensure parents/carers are regularly involved in and informed about their child’s educational progress.
• Raise Health Promoting School status.
• Maintain zero tolerance for abuse, racism, violence, and racism issue.
• Teamwork, cooperation, support for each other and friendship are important
• We enjoy fun and challenge in learning.
• Good behaviour, respect for everyone we meet, and no bullying make an excellent school.
• We are a Rights Respecting School where everyone is equal.
• We think it is important to be a Health Promoting, Eco-school – looking after ourselves and the world we live in.
• Everyone is special – everyone is good at something.

School roll: 83

Nursery roll: 16

Kettle Primary School and Nursery are situated in the village of Kingskettle, near Cupar in Fife.  Kingskettle is a rural community with a mixed catchment.  The school is Victorian and takes children from the village and surrounding hamlets.

The school has a maximum capacity of 125, arranged in 5 composite classes, situated around a central hall. The nursery is an annexe in the playground which can cater for 20 morning and 20-afternoon children.  The nursery is the designated nursery for the Pitlessie catchment area.  The school has an extensive hard-surfaced playground and a large garden.  The garden was built through funding received from Co-op and Grounds for Learning and formally opened in June 2003.

Daily Timetable

• Morning Session: 09.00am – 10.40am
• Interval: 10.40am – 11.00am
• Lunch: 12.40 pm – 1.20 pm
• Afternoon Session: 1.20 pm – 3.00 pm

School Uniform

At Kettle Primary School we pride ourselves on our appearance.  We believe uniform enhances the appearance of our pupils and promotes a sense of belonging to the school ‘family’.

Our uniform consists of a white polo shirt, and navy sweatshirt with a school crest.

• Navy sweatshirt with school crest
• White polo shirt
• Dark trousers/skirt/pinafore – black, navy or grey.
• Sensible school shoes

School sweatshirts, polo shirts and jackets (fleece/waterproof) may be ordered directly from Blue Crags, Strathmiglo website or from the school office.