Vision & Values
Together for a Brighter FutureWe value and respect everyone within an atmosphere of Christian love. Our welcoming community builds strong relationships and is dedicated to supporting everyone to flourish academically, emotionally, socially and culturally through an excellent and engaging curriculum.
Respect, Resilience and Relationships
The Conscious Community
As a Federation we decided that we wanted to have 3 main school values that the children could all identify with. They are Respect, Resilience and Relationships. As we are church schools our values needed to be Christian based and we felt these were all qualities that Jesus had or would like us to show in ourselves and to others. Our values and our conscious community are very important in everything we do and they link to our Bible Stories, our spirituality boards and our vision for our Federation.
Every pupil, member of staff, Governor and any visitor to our school is expected to follow and agree to our Conscious community. Every person in our federation has an important responsibility. That is to be the best you can be. To do this you need to be aware of all that you do and feel; you also need to be aware of what others are doing and feeling too. This is what being in a conscious community is all about.
In a conscious community we….
- are open
- are honest
- listen
- ask questions
- speak up
- respect privacy
Each term the children think about what the values means to them, and they complete work for it. By the end of this school year, all children will have learnt about the 3 values. They are on display in the school hall, in the school entrance and each classroom has a display of the value they are currently learning about.
Please click to see our Federation – Equality Statement and Objectives
RESPECT
Celebrate your skills and talents
Recognise what makes you great
Be proud of what you achieve
Celebrate other people’s skills and talents
Recognise what makes other people great
Be proud of what other people achieve
RESILIENCE
Making mistakes are great. It’s how we grow. It is important we always respect them and learn from them.
Ask yourself these questions about your actions or the actions of others….
Why do I/they feel this way?
Did I/they handle that situation in the best way possible?
What could I/they do to improve the situation?
Did I/they do the best I/they could?
What can we learn from this situation?
How can we move forward positively?
RELATIONSHIPS
Show a good understanding of yourself and others by knowing what inspires you both, what you want, your beliefs, your needs and what can cause you and them to feel a certain way.
In situations ask yourself and others….
What is my/their point of view?
What are my/their reasons?
How am I/they feeling?
What am I/they bringing to this situation?
Behaviour
The Federation’s Core Values are the basis for the principles underlying our behaviour expectations.
Principles
Through the positive management of behaviour we aim to uphold the core values of our schools, enabling children to be respected and respectful, have resilience to learn and to foster positive relationships with adults and children alike within the school and wider community.
It is the responsibility of everyone in school to promote our nurturing ethos and to make positive choices about their behaviour, take responsibility for their own actions, and promote the development of positive self-esteem and wellbeing.
The Federation’s beliefs about behaviour management are:
Whole Child Centred
The education and welfare of the whole child is vital and is central to all decisions we make.
Equality, Diversity and Integration
All children are equally important and we recognise each of them as individuals with different needs and abilities.
Partnership / Collaboration
We are welcome and are open to the on-going development of partnership with or communities, with outside agencies and organisations and with the global community.
Respect and Responsibility
We will provide and nurture respect and responsibility at all times for our actions. We will have respect for ourselves, others and environment
Christian Foundation
A school where every individuals is, included within the Christian ethos, teaching and learning, should experience Christian worship and develop links within the communities.
Happiness
We will nurture an environment where everyone can be happy
Emotional Literacy
Valuing children’s emotional development as integral to their success.
BRITISH VALUES
The DfE have recently reinforced the need “to create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.” The government set out its definition of British values in the 2011 Prevent Strategy, and these values have been reiterated by the Prime Minister this year. Within our Federation these values are reinforced regularly and in the following ways:
Democracy
Pupils have the opportunity to have their voices heard through our Junior Leadership Teams and Pupil questionnaires. The elections of the members of our Junior Leadership Teams are based on pupil votes. Our school behaviour policy involves rewards which the pupils vote on as a class group.
The Rule of Law
The importance of Laws, whether they be those that govern the class, the school, or the country, are consistently reinforced throughout regular school rules, as well as when dealing with behaviour and through school Collective Worship. Pupils are taught the value and reasons behind laws, that they govern and protect us, the responsibilities that this involves and the consequences when laws are broken. The schools actively seek out visitors who would support and help reinforce this message.
Individual Liberty
Within school, pupils are actively encouraged to make choices, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. As schools we educate and provide boundaries for our pupils to make choices safety, through of provision of a safe environment and education to encourage independence and the ability to work with others. Pupils are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights within a safe manner. We encourage individual choices through challenge, the ability to know how to record in an appropriate manner and by choosing which extracurricular clubs to attend. Our Federation value of determination underpins our pupils freedom to make choices.
Mutual Respect
Our whole Federation curriculum, ethos and behaviour policy are underpinned by our Christian values of Respect, Determination and Relationships. Pupils clearly understand these values and can relate how they are reflected in their everyday life and in that of others. Every classroom reflects these values.
Tolerance of those of Different Faiths and Beliefs
This is achieved through providing our pupils with the chance to understand that they are a small part of a culturally diverse society and within a world that is growing ever ’smaller’. We seek to provide our pupils with every opportunity to understand and respect such diversity. Discussion and learning around prejudices are part of our regular curriculum and ethos.
