Vision & Values
Our school is a safe and happy environment and central to our school is a belief in respect – respect for yourself, respect for others and respect for the environment. We believe that our focus on respect leads to high expectations and strong behaviour, and this in turn leads to good achievement for each individual pupil.
At Glebe Primary School we are determined to provide high quality teaching and learning for all our pupils. We do our utmost to ensure our pupils are prepared for the next step in their life-long learning journey. We provide a broad and balanced academic curriculum with a wide range of cultural, artistic, sporting and social opportunities.
Our School Behaviour Policy upholds and promotes the Glebe Primary School Core Values: ‘We L.E.A.R.N’
Our LEARN-ing home ‘promotes and encourage pupils to self-regulate by demonstrating our school core values. These values underpin all that we believe, do and achieve and support pupils with choices surrounding their learning behaviours and choices.
Our Vision. In everything we lead our school to be.
Everyday
Our Standard. In everything we give and achieve.
Everyday.
Our Achievement. In everything we strive to be.
Everyday.
Our Character. In everything we try to succeed.
Everyday.
Our Ethos. In everything we do and believe.
Everyday.
The DfE continue to reinforce the need “to create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.”
The Government set out its definition of British values in the 2011 Prevent Strategy, and these values continue to be reiterated through our curriculum, Assemblies and rights Respecting drive.
At Glebe Primary School these values are reinforced regularly and in the following ways:
Children have many opportunities for their voices to be heard. We have a school council which meets regularly to discuss issues raised in class council meetings. The council is able to genuinely effect change within the school. Council members for each year group are voted in by their class.
The children are arranged into Houses and each House has a boy and a girl House Captain. Children nominate themselves termly for these positions and give presentations in assembly to tell the school why they feel they would be the best candidate. The school then votes for their preferred candidate.
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. Visits from authorities such as the Police and Fire Service help reinforce this message. We encourage the use of prefects and playleaders as part of our ‘leadership’ value to appropriately reinforce the importance of following school rules to keep us all safe.
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 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 be through choice of learning challenge, of how they record, of participation in our numerous extra-curricular clubs and opportunities, pupils are given the freedom to make choices.
Mutual respect is at the heart of our values. Children learn that their behaviours have an effect on their own rights and those of others. All members of the school community treat each other with respect.
Glebe Primary School is situated in an area which is not greatly culturally diverse, therefore we place a great emphasis on promoting diversity with the children. Assemblies are regularly planned to address this issue either directly or through the inclusion of stories and celebrations from a variety of faiths and cultures. Our RE and PSHE teaching reinforces this. Members of different faiths or religions are encouraged to share their knowledge to enhance learning within classes and the school. Children visit places of worship that are important to different faiths.