Our Vision

Guided by our Christian values, we believe that all children should enjoy their learning, achieve their full potential and become resilient, curious and independent life-long learners. We recognise that a happy child is a successful one, our aim is to create an environment where all are valued. Our children will strive to be the best they can be.

Proverbs 22:6

“Teach children how they should live and they will remember it all their life”.

The values that underpin this vision can be set out under the following headings:

To Develop an Understanding of Self

Each child should be guided to:

• Develop an appreciation and awareness of self
• Become independent learners and thinkers
• Achieve their fullest potential regardless of their ability and gender
• Have high personal expectations of work and behaviour
• Have a positive attitude towards their own learning
• Show a healthy attitude to living an active life through sport and other recreational activities

To Develop an Understanding of Society and British Values

Each child should endeavour to become:

• Good citizens of Great Britain
• Effective and constructive members of the community
• Able to appreciate and celebrate their own and others success
• Valuable members of the school community

Learning Is Best Supported When Teachers

• Provide a stimulating environment which enriches learning
• Encourage an active approach to learning
• Establish positive relationships based on mutual respect and understanding.
• Have good knowledge and understanding of the subjects
• Plan learning experiences/activities that build upon pupil’s backgrounds, interests and attainments
• Share learning objectives with pupils
• Observe pupils, listen to them and analyse progression in their learning
• Interact with pupils in order to take their learning forward
• Recognise and praise achievement and use this as the basis for future planning
• Encourage and facilitate ownership of pupils own learning
• Make lessons fun and enjoyable
• Use a variety of teaching styles and multi-sensory methods suitable to their learning styles
• Are flexible in their approach
• Have an awareness that children have different learning styles
• Are given an opportunity to improve their own professional development
• Are prepared to take a risk and be innovative
• Promote good citizenship
• Have high expectations of every child in their care

Children Learn Best When They

• Are challenged appropriately with consideration to pace, support and extension
• Feel safe and secure in a caring and supportive environment where getting things wrong is acceptable
• Are stimulated
• Are given opportunities to succeed
• Have high expectations of themselves
• Feel that what they are being taught is relevant to their later life and learning
• Are exposed to a variety of teaching and learning styles
• Are given opportunities to develop confidence and self esteem
• Are given the appropriate inclusive curriculum for all abilities
• Build on previous learning both cross curricular and cross phase
• Are exposed to a variety of stimulating resources
• Are taught by a variety of specialists as appropriate
• Have parents and other members of the community who support them in their learning
• Have access to a variety of learning mediums
• Consider, respect and value others