Stanley St Peter’s CE (VC) Primary School – School Vision

At our school, we are committed to fostering a nurturing and inclusive community rooted in Christian teachings and values.  Through the Parable of the Sower (Luke 8:5-15), we come to understand that, like seeds, our resilience and perseverance can unlock immense potential within each of us.

Within our gardens of learning, seeds of potential are sown, cultivated, and allowed to flourish.  We celebrate diversity in all its forms, recognising that just as seeds thrive best in rich soil, so too does our school community flourish in an environment steeped in friendship, forgiveness, courage, honesty and acceptance.  We believe that everyone's unique background, perspective, and abilities are a testament to the wondrous creation of God.

Our vision is succinctly captured in our motto:

Unlock Potential, Celebrate Success

Ethos 

Our aim is to create a happy school where all children have an equal opportunity to develop socially, physically, intellectually, emotionally and morally by way of a broad and balanced curriculum and through stimulating, engaging and challenging teaching in a supportive Christian environment.

We strive to ensure that everyone at St Peter's realises their potential and has the opportunity to be successful. 

We use our school vision 'Unlock Potential, Celebrate Success' to promote positive attitudes to learning and to motivate our children to succeed in all that they do.

Stanley St. Peter’s Primary is a Church of England controlled school. Governors and staff are proud of this distinction and welcome the opportunity to place the Christian faith at the heart of our school.

Our school values:

Friendship, Forgiveness, Courage, Perseverance, Honesty and Acceptance

St Peter's Day

We celebrated St Peter's Day and used it to launch our new school values chosen by the children:

• Perseverance
• Friendship
• Courage
• Forgiveness
• Honesty
• Acceptance

The winners of the competition to draw a picture representing these values was also announced. You can see the winners' work below.

Our Curriculum Drivers

Our curriculum drivers are areas that we value as a school (in addition to our School Values); they give an added dimension to the children's learning and are embedded throughout our curriculum.  They provide a mechanism to allow us to develop children as a whole, equip them for the future and broaden their cultural capital in order to promote social mobility.

Opportunity

If we are to realise our school vision of 'Unlock Potential, Celebrate Success' our children need to be provided with the opportunities to do so.  Children cannot aspire to things that they have never encountered.  We will broaden our children's horizons, by nurturing their interests as well as encouraging fearlessness of what is new or unknown and by providing them with a vast array of experiences. 

Staff in each year group have devised a list of ‘Curriculum Promises’ – opportunities that they promise they will deliver to the children.

Opportunities that were presented to our children last year included: enjoying a writer's workshop delivered by the author Luke Temple; tasting foods from other countries; participation in the Bikeability programme; representing our school in sports tournaments; educational visits; visitors to school; and being given leadership roles within school, to name but a few!

Community

We will enable our children to develop the emotional literacy and excellent manners required in order for them to experience positive relationships based on mutual respect.  We feel that developing our school as a learning community is key to enable them to 'Unlock Potential and Celebrate Success'.  Through parental and community involvement, we strive to enhance the learning for both pupils and adults.  We want to encourage parents' and carers' involvement and for them to feel welcome and valued in our school.  We aim to help children understand that they are part of a global community in which they have an instrumental role to play.  We believe in the power of the school community to enhance and change lives. 

Our whole school feature length nativity is shared with all the local nursing homes for the residents to enjoy; we launched the Safer Schools app to empower and educate both parents and children as they navigate the world of technology and social media; and we have very strong links with the local parish and local library.  We invite parents into school for a whole host of events such as: our Beginning of Year (BOY) meetings; coffee mornings; Homework Exhibition Project afternoons; Celebrations Collective Worships; Curriculum Talent Awards; Values Awards; LIT sessions; and our Grab a Book with a Grown Up sessions.

Diversity

Children need to know more about the world, and the people and cultures within it than what is on their doorstep.  They need to experience the richness of the world's diversity, have the opportunity to challenge stereotypes and develop a commitment to promoting equal opportunities for all.  Our children will understand that difference is a positive, not a negative, and that individual characteristics make people unique.

We celebrate Black History Month, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Anti-Bullying Week, and Autism Awareness Day each year.  In the recent past, we enjoyed a Diwali dance workshop and were part of the All Together Anti-Bullying campaign and the Let's Celebrate Black Lives project.  All our classes are named after singers, bands and songwriters this year, and, once again, there is a good spread of gender, race, sexuality and disability to promote diversity and inclusion.