Core Values

Our three values: kindness, respect and resilience are at the heart of everything we do in school. Developed and shared by the whole school community, they are at the centre of what we believe within school. They permeate our daily work and interactions, relationships and decisions.  With these values and our belief that we have a responsibility to “Be the Best that we can Be”, our children are helped to prepare for their lifelong learning journey.

 Kindness

Kind – Caring, sharing and looking after each other

Kindness means thinking of someone else before yourself, putting someone else’s feelings first and acting in a manner which helps someone feel happy and valued.

Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Kindness means that you treat everyone the best that you can. No matter who they are or how you feel about them you treat them with fairness and respect. We might think of nice things to do and say all day but when we act, that is kindness. We believe that when you are kind to each other you fill your ‘bucket’ and the ‘bucket’ of the person you are being kind to. This creates a ripple effect and kindness spreads from one person to another.

Respect

Respect - Valuing everyone and everything and celebrating our differences 

We believe respect involves taking responsibility for each other. Respect is speaking to and interacting with others in a courteous manner. It is about being honest, reliable and trustworthy. We want our whole school community to respect each other. The best way to teach respect is to show respect. When a child experiences respect, they know what it feels like and begin to understand how important it is. We regularly discuss how respecting someone does not mean that we always agree with the other person but that we are prepared to listen and share our views without rudeness or impatience.

Resilience 

Resilience  – The ability to bounce back when things go wrong

We teach children not to give up even when they find things hard. By doing this they build resilience so that they can cope when they make mistakes or things don’t go to plan.  We believe resilient children are more likely to take healthy risks because they don't fear falling short of expectations. They are curious, brave, and trusting of their instincts. They know their limits and they push themselves to step outside of their comfort zones.