Values
Our rules are simple: Think, Care, Seek, Build, Respect. These are reflected in our values - thoughtfulness, kindness, perseverance with courage, co-operation, respectfulness and love; and also in the identified British Values of tolerance, mutual respect, liberty, democracy and Rule of Law (see above).
As a Church School, we teach the children to respect others through a deepening of their understanding of other's opinions.
We operate a democratic system for electing Student Council each year across Key Stage One and Two.
Curriculum Design
From our results, our own monitoring, pupil voice, work with external agencies and our pedagogical beliefs, we have reflected on our strengths and the areas we want to excel in.
The golden threads of our curriculum development are:
- Providing experiences and an environment that broaden and deepen our children's knowledge and understanding of different cultures, faiths and communities.
- Ensuring that all learners make good progress across the whole curriculum.
- Putting reading the heart of the school and the curriculum: if children can read by age 6, they will have a more developed working memory and will therefore find following instructions and sequencing tasks much easier as they travel through school.
- Developing a curriculum that enables children to learn from the very best humankind has to offer; giving them hope and aspiration.
- Working with our pupil‘s voices to take note of global issues and stand up for what they believe is right. In particular, addressing the plastic crisis.
- 1 Corinthians 16: 13-14. Love is our core value - we use nurture and natural consequences. We believe in helping as many children as we can to be in the right emotional place to access a curriculum that will set them up for the next stage.
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Curriculum Policies
Curriculum Policies
Have a look at our policies on the teaching of the 2014 National Curriculum.