School ETHOS AND VALUES

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Our school vision

Every child should feel valued, safe and happy in our school (Belong)
Every child learns best when the curriculum is fun, engaging and creative (Enjoy)
Every child should be encouraged to develop their full potential (Aim high)
Every child should be taught to be aware of the feelings, wishes and rights of others (Respect)

We aim to achieve this by working as a team-staff, parents/carers, governors and the local community to:

Create a safe and nurturing environment where emotional well-being is supported
Promote high standards of behaviour and an environment where everyone is valued as individuals
Have a broad and balanced curriculum that is fun, hands on, creative and which is personalised to the children's needs
Have high quality teaching which inspires, motivates and engages all children and which develops a lifelong love of learning
Celebrate effort and produces confident pupils who are prepared to take risks and aim high
Focus on developing, caring individuals who have mutual respect for others and who will grow up to be caring and responsible citizens

Our Guiding values and principles which underpin our curriculum

Initiative-Nurture a natural curiosity, enabling children to imagine, enquire and become enterprising
Possibilities- Broaden their horizons, expand their knowledge and excitement of the world
Adventure-Develop a passion for physical development and improve their confidence through sport and to give them opportunity to manage real risks
Community-Develop positive relationships and a sense of right and wrong and the ability to empathise. Understand the power of the school community to change and enhance lives
Environment- To learn about the world beyond their local community. To experience the richness of the world's diversity and learn to care about its protection for future generations

How we will do this on a day-to-day basis

We ensure an exciting and creative curriculum by:
Using both the indoor and outdoor environment for learning.
Trying to start each topic with an "inspiration" day to enthuse learning about a topic or theme.
Bringing visitors into school to enhance the children's learning and taking children out on visits as often as possible.
Taking children's interests and ideas and planning with those in mind
Having a termly focus on a key learning behaviour.
Taking part in city wide initiatives e.g. stories in the city, multi skills festival, Lord Mayor's carol service.
Making sure the curriculum is very hand's on and practical and takes into account the children's different learning styles.
Taking the children on "forest school" type activities.
Offering a wide range of extra curricular activities, including at our extended school's provision.
Regularly reviewing our curriculum provision.

We learn together and celebrate success by:

All EYFS children having an on line "Learning Journey" which is regularly updated. We ask parents to contribute to this by writing their own comments or adding photographs.
Celebrating "Star of the Week" in assembly/weekly newsletter.
Having a "Star of the Day"/Special Helper within individual classes.
Having weekly Handwriting and maths certificates for each class.
Children receive stamps/stickers/post cards home.
Sharing "special learning" with key adults.
Valuing children's learning and displaying it around the school.
Encouraging paired and small group work.
Regular circle time sessions.
Encouraging the children to share their achievements from out of school activities.
Making sure adults continue to be learners too.

Agreeing and re-visiting class rules with the children.
Having consistent expectations around behaviour, for all.
Ensuring that everyone has a voice that is listened to.
Welcoming all children and adults to the school.
Learning about different religions and from various artefacts in RE.
Having a focus for SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural) on planning.
Using assembly themes to support the children's learning.
Welcoming visitors from other countries and from different religions.
Helping children to learn more about their locality, their city, this country and the world beyond.
Fundraising for a range of charities.
Promoting outdoor learning, including forest school.
Having a termly focus on key learning behaviour.

Ensuring staff are available to greet parents at the beginning and end of the day.
All staff knowing the children well.
Having a trained ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) available to support children
Ensuring the PSHE curriculum is consistently and progressively taught.
Teaching the children the necessary skills to be able to work safely within their environment.
Having playground pals.
Ensuring appropriate e-learning/e -safety procedures are in place.
Implementing Health and Safety procedures rigorously, including risk assessments.
Making sure all adults have received the appropriate training for Child Protection and First Aid
Welcoming parents as partners in their children's learning.
Encouraging school council representatives to give feedback on the school provision from a child's perspective.
Giving out regular questionnaires/feedback to the school community.
Providing before and after school care.