Our Vision, Mission and Aims | Glebefields Primary School

Our vision:

We believe that all children at Glebefields Primary School should be provided with a positive, safe, consistent, varied and supportive environment in which they can develop confidence, independence, resilience, motivation and ambition in order to reach their full potential. Everyone should have high expectations of themselves and others.

Our mission:

Our mission is to provide all pupils with the skills, experiences and values required to become lifelong learners and to be able to make positive life choices in order to live a fulfilled life.

Our values:

Our values:

RESPECT runs through everything that we do at Glebefields and is defined as having due regard for the feelings, wishes, or rights of others. Everyone is encouraged to:

Respect yourself
Treat others how you expect to be treated
Look at the person you’re talking to; use the right sized voice, be kind, be fair, be honest, tell the truth
Look after each other
Look after our things
Look after our school

Resilience - the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties and to not give up. Everyone is encouraged to:

Have a go
Take a risk
Try again
Learn from your mistakes
Take on challenges
Reflect
Recover

Empathy - the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Everyone is encouraged to:

Be mindful of your surrounds, especially the behaviours and expressions of other people
Actively imagine what someone else might be experiencing
Show empathic body language
Be aware of emotions

Self-awareness - conscious knowledge of one's own character and feelings. Everyone is encouraged to:

Know their own emotions
Identify personal strengths and weaknesses
Have a sense of self worth

Passion - a feeling of intense enthusiasm towards or compelling desire to achieve. Everyone is encouraged to:

Be enthusiastic
Show interest
Follow our interests
Enjoy activities and learning
Try your best

Excellence - the quality of being outstanding or extremely good. Everyone is expected to:

Strive to be the best they can be
Be passionate and motivated towards achieving dreams
Have high aspirations
Strive for high quality

Communication - the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing. Everyone is encouraged to:

Make sure they are understood
Use appropriate emotions and tones
Be receptive
Provide helpful feedback
Be positive
Be consistent
Be a good nonverbal communicator
Use standard English
Be articulate
Produce good quality written communication

Teamwork - the combined action of a group, especially when effective and efficient. Everyone is encouraged to:

Show commitment and strive for excellence
Be flexible
Tackle challenges
Get involved and join in
Encourage other people to get involved
Be reliable and responsible
Respectfully consider the viewpoints and ideas of other people
Listen well
Share ideas and opinions
Help each other
Support and respect other

Our aims:

The aims of the school are the same for all pupils. In a positive, safe, consistent and supportive environment, pupils are provided with many opportunities to develop emotionally, spiritually, socially, physically and intellectually. This will enable them to be ready for the next stage in their life and to become responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society.

The school aims to:

Create a happy, stimulating and safe learning environment for both children and adults;
Develop a love of learning and the opportunity for each individual to achieve their full potential and to develop and explore their own interests in a secure and challenging environment;
To foster a sense of personal worth and self-esteem;
To promote the children’s welfare to help each achieve their full potential;
Enable pupils to become confident, resourceful, enquiring and independent learners, able to apply their skills;
Create an atmosphere of mutual respect, understanding and consideration for the ideas, attitudes, values and feelings of others;
Develop pupils self-esteem, resilience, personal development and well-being;
Protect pupils from abuse and neglect and ensure they grow up in circumstances where there is safe and effective care
Enable children to be valued as part of the school community;
To prepare pupils to become responsible members of society and prepare them for the world of work;
To promote the basic skills of English and Maths;
To deliver an engaging curriculum;
To offer and encourage pupil participation in an extensive range of extra-curricular activities and opportunities;
Raise aspirations;
Develop strong links with parents and the wider community.