Wookey Primary School: Together we learn and grow
Our Vision
It is our view that success as a school is achieved only through engagement of all stakeholders: children, staff, parents and governors.
Our vision is to develop resilient, confident and emotionally intelligent children who demonstrate a love for learning that enables them to be active citizens who achieve all they want to in life.
We want our children to thrive academically, mentally and physically in a nurturing environment.
Our Ethos
- We learn as much from our children and their individual strengths and interests as they do from us as a staff team.
- Wellbeing is a priority and is embedded in all of our work. Happy children can learn.
- We want our children to be the best versions of themselves, to aim high and to value learning for its own sake.
- We ensure that children experience all kinds of learning, with relevant practical experiences built into our school curriculum.
- We adapt our model of learning when it is unsuitable for individual children.
Our Values
We will achieve our vision through a focus on our core values of engagement, independence, respect and resilience.
Our school curriculum has our values at the centre of it. Our values are woven throughout teaching, planning and communication.
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Engagement: children build relationships, ask questions, generate ideas, try alternatives, plan and research, are curious and love learning.
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Independence: children evaluate strengths, have pride in their learning, are organised, creative, show initiative and take responsibility.
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Respect: children understand consequences, are mindful of others’ feelings, collaborate, listen, respect difference and value views that may differ from their own.
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Resilience: children persevere, problem-solve, invite feedback, deal positively with praise and setbacks, manage emotions and show confidence.
British Values
Alongside and complementing our school values, sit the nationally-agreed British values. The Department for Education defines British values as having 5 different elements:
- Democracy
- The rule of law
- Individual liberty
- Mutual respect
- Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs
We use our weekly PSHE assemblies and our classroom discussions to teach and embed these values across subjects and experiences. Our children are also taught about protected characteristics and how to treat everyone with respect, no matter their differences, or similarity to each other. We give the children as many practical experiences as we can to help them put these values into practice and into context, as well as choosing curriculum and assembly books which represent the values, protected characteristics and stories from beyond their usual sphere of experience to trigger debate and encourage the children to consider and question.
