Our Vision and Values
OUR VISION
"a love of life and learning"
Jesus is the model for our lives and our learning. As a church school we draw our inspiration from John 10.10,
“I came so that they could have life – indeed, so that they could live life to the fullest.”
We believe that by following his example we will help to: nurture every individual’s unique skills and talents; inspiring and challenging every child to achieve more than they ever thought possible.
Our staff and governors are committed to delivering a memorable and creative curriculum, which inspires our children academically, physically, spiritually and emotionally and promotes the skills needed to be resilient and ready for tomorrow’s world.
Our children are safe and happy in school. They are respectful and caring towards one another, showing tolerance and celebrating difference.
Our parents and carers work in partnership with the school and feel welcome, respected and supported. They are kept well-informed about their child’s progress and how to support learning at home.
Our church is an important part of our school family; we work in partnership for the good of our school, wider and global community.
OUR CORE CHRISTIAN VALUES
With Jesus as our role model we are learning to live with:
Service Friendship Perseverance Hope Forgiveness Respect
These six special core values help us to love and to learn . . .
| Service | Through his teaching Jesus showed us how to love all people. We welcome, and show love and kindness to, all members of our school community and always try to help them in every way we can. We also look beyond into the much wider community so that we have a sense of service to others too. We believe that a child who is shown kindness, is an adult who values service to others. |
| Friendship | Friendship is a very important Christian Value and one that children can relate to through their everyday experiences. The bible tells us that Jesus was a friend to all, regardless of who they were. He taught them that God is our friend and wants us to be like him in our friendships with others. True Christian friends will build each other up emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Friends like to be together simply because it feels good. We receive strength, encouragement, and love from our friends. |
| Perseverance | Jesus taught us that as children beloved by God we are able to harness a deep confidence in ourselves to face and overcome barriers knowing that God is with us, always. Learning to live in our modern world requires us to develop the strength of character to bounce back from adversity, to keep going when things get difficult and to make the right choices even when others do not. |
| Hope | We believe that hope should be present in every aspect of our school life, it is in God’s future for the world. Offering forgiveness, overcoming suffering and the possibility of redemption and new life. (Isaiah 44:22) |
| Forgiveness | What better example of forgiveness is there than Jesus, who loved all people and made a special place in his heart for those who are vulnerable and those who are rejected? Showing forgiveness to others and to ourselves is not just showing sympathy but also requires us to act. We believe that forgiveness enables us to learn, play and live with others in harmony and will encourage us to understand others and ourselves. |
| Respect | Jesus showed humility, constantly laying down his pride and dignity for the good of those he loved. This teaches us that the basic principle of respect, for the value and preciousness of each person, can be shown by treating each person as a unique individual of inherent worth. We also believe that when we have respect for ourselves, it is easy to have respect for others. Everyone in the world has the right to live with respect and dignity, including ourselves. |