School Site – Buildings and Grounds

The School Environment

Christ Church CE Primary School is set in the centre of Cressage village and surrounded by the beautiful Shropshire countryside. The school stands on an extensive site, with plenty of outside learning space in addition to well-proportioned classrooms. Built in the mid-1950s it affords larger accommodation that many older rural schools. Rooms are large, light and airy, allowing, plenty of space for practical activities.

Teaching Rooms

In addition to our five classroom bases we are fortunate to have a number of other rooms including: a  library and group room – Beech Room, which is used for other learning activities, music, cooking and other practical curriculum work; an outdoor classroom the children have named “Woody”, a kitchen area for cooking and science activities and Cherry Room which is a sensory-friendly room that acts as a breathing space or play room for children with additional needs.

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The School Hall

We have a large, airy school hall which allows plenty of space for running around and practising skills in PE. There are double doors which lead out to the field. The hall is also used for school lunches, Collective Worship and other activities such as our Harvest Service and school productions.

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Early Years Outside Learning Space

Our Early Years Unit occupies two classrooms.  Although the children work across both and they interconnect, one if the base for Little Acorns (Nursery) and one is the base for Big Acorns (Reception).  At the back of the Acorns classrooms, is an outside canopy and a large enclosed area for the Early Years children. This space has a hardstanding area so that the ‘outdoor classroom’ can be used in all weathers and also a large grassed area.

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We have a spacious field that boasts a mature Forest School area. Our field has a Daily Mile track which is used daily in all weathers to help children and adults keep healthy.  Children also have access to a large tarmac playground which has a ‘trim trail’ . The tarmac area has markings to support children playing co-operative games. Older children take responsibility for bringing out a different box of equipment to enjoy at playtime. We also have an additional outside learning space which we call the ‘Top Field’ at the back of the school. This area has a mound, which the children love, and many native trees as well as sheds and other storage.  Maple Class backs onto this area and this allows our Year 1 and Year 2 children to have a dedicated outdoor space and learn outside as much as possible.  Their class has a large decked area to the rear meaning that we can live out our commitment to outdoor learning in all weathers!