Our Values
Aspiration
We want to do our best and aspire to great things for our futures.
Teamwork
We are all individuals but also part of a team. We have many opportunities to work together and co-operation is key.
Resilience
We persevere no matter how difficult the task is. We hold the view that the harder you try, the better you get.
Responsibility
We are all responsible for our learning and keeping our school a safe and happy place to be.
Kindness
No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. - Aesop
Respect and Harmony
Everyone deserves respect and should be treated with dignity. We promote this value within and outside our school. We celebrate diversity. We may have different opinions and beliefs but should always respect our differences.
Honesty
Be honest at all times no matter what has happened. Remember that honesty brings trust.
At Cliddesden Primary School we work together as a community to provide a happy, secure, supportive and stimulating environment where every child is encouraged to achieve to the absolute best of their ability whilst retaining a love of learning that will stay with them into their adult lives.
British Values - Our school values and British Values are closely connected.
DEMOCRACY
Children are always able to voice their opinions and we foster an environment where children are safe to disagree with each other. As a small school there are opportunities for all our pupils to share their views and ideas. Our House Captains lead termly House meetings where the children can make suggestions of how the school could improve.
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 days, as well as when dealing with behaviour and through school assemblies. 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.
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY
Within school, pupils are actively encouraged to make choices, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. As a school we educate and provide boundaries for young pupils to make choices safely, through the provision of a safe environment and empowering education. Pupils are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms and advised how to exercise these safely, for example through our E-Safety and PSHE lessons. Whether it is through choice of challenge or participation in our extra-curricular clubs and opportunities, pupils are given the freedom to make choices.
MUTUAL RESPECT
Part of our school ethos and positive behaviour policy has revolved around our Values such as ‘Respect’, and pupils have been part of discussions and assemblies related to what this means and how it is shown. The school promotes respect for others and this is reiterated through our classroom and learning rules, as well as our behaviour policy.
TOLERANCE OF THOSE OF DIFFERENT FAITHS AND BELIEFS
This is achieved through enhancing pupils understanding of their place in a culturally diverse society and by giving them opportunities to experience such diversity. Assemblies and discussions involving prejudices and prejudice-based bullying have been followed and supported by learning in RE and PSHE. One of or School Values is Respect and Harmony, and we celebrate our differences through assemblies and our inclusive culture and ethos.
Our Ethos
We aim for all our children to:
- Enjoy school in a safe learning environment
- Achieve high standards across the curriculum through challenge
- Acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes relevant to the changing world in which they live
- Respect and value intercultural diversity
- Develop enquiring minds with motivation to learn
- Work independently and collaboratively
- Take responsibility for their own actions and make informed choices
- Have well developed communication and social skills
- Have self confidence and high self esteem
- To show tolerance and respect to all others
To achieve these aims for our children we are committed to providing the following:
- A welcoming, stimulating and safe learning environment
- High expectations of our children and ourselves
- A broad , balanced and relevant curriculum
- High quality teaching using a variety of strategies
- A range of resources that are effectively used to support learning
- Equal access to all aspects of the curriculum and school life
- Support, guidance and training for all those who teach and work with our children
- To foster and maintain links with our villages and the wider community
- To recognise and celebrate achievements in all areas of home and school life
- A happy staff working enthusiastically together to achieve our vision and aims.
