“The seed fell into good ground and grew up increasing and yielding thirty, sixty and a hundred times as much” Mark 4:8

We are “Growing Together” to become the best we can be and enjoy “life in all its fullness.” (John 10:10)

We are like the seeds growing in the good soil in the Parable of the Sower. We grow and learn together every day. Our school is the good soil where we are cared for, encouraged and helped to flourish.

Our values of Kindness, Respect, Perseverance, Responsibility, Honesty and Courage are the strong roots and enable us to try our best and become confident, caring people, following the teachings of Jesus.

Staff, pupils, families and the local community work together as a team to provide a safe, nurturing and inclusive environment for everyone to reach their full potential and achieve our school aims.

Our School Aims

We aim to:

• Show kindness by looking after each other and ourselves.
• Showing respect by treating everyone the way we want to be treated.
• We keep going, especially when things are challenging.
• We take responsibility for our own actions. We think about how our actions impact our school community and our wider world.
• We are honest and trustworthy
• We are courageous and try new things. We stand up for what is right and believe in ourselves.
• We grow together to help each other learn and celebrate everyone’s talents and work as a team.

Our schools’ values combine the Church of England’s vision for education with our aims, and links closely with the PSHE curriculum.

The Church of England vision for education promotes:

• Educating for wisdom, knowledge and skills
• Educating for hope and aspiration
• Educating for community and living well together
• Educating for dignity and respect

Values

Our values have been chosen to link with our curriculum and to support children to thrive and contribute to their communities, living well and growing together.

Each term we focus on one of our values. Our collective and class worship teaches children about the meaning of the value and links this with teachings from the Bible and with the themes in the Kapow PSHE curriculum. Our values are also carefully linked with the fundamental British values.

Our core values are:

Term 1: Kindness

Term 2: Respect

Term 3: Perseverance

Term 4: Responsibility

Term 5: Honesty

Term 6: Courage

KAPOW PSHE themes:

• My healthy self
• Connecting with others
• The online world
• Citizenship
• Staying safe
• Growing up
• Health protection
• Sex education (optional)
• Further first aid

British Values:

• Democracy
• Individual liberty
• Rule of Law
• Mutual respect
• Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs

Each week we lead a whole school collective worship introducing and discussing our values for the term, exploring related teachings from the Bible. In class worship children are able to further respond and reflect on the significance of these teachings in their own life.