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JUNE 24th 2016 Issue 21
Our Aim
In accordance with our Mission Statement the School’s aim
Faith and Worship
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To help us to grow spiritually as followers of Christ and as members of a C community: to make prayer, worship and liturgy central to school life.
School and Community
Celebrating Years of Celebrating 60 Years of60Outstan Outstanding Learning 1955 - 2015
To encourage and develop relationships between home, parish, school and the wider com in order to prepare our pupils to become responsible, I love comingcaring to workcitizens. here each day.
You must love your neighbour as yourself: the whole of the Law Often it doesn’t feel like work. We are a Catholic co Communications and Relationships In the run-up to the referendum on British membership of the European Union we were treated to presentations by privilege to see our young people flourishing, to sp pupils in assembly on both the Remain and Leave sides of the argument. Pupils were very interested in the debate and watch in confidence. They a and on theTo detail of the referendum, oftensystem discussing ideasways and asking staff clarifygrow and explain. It is always develop an effective oftheir communications andtothem relationships which is based every lesson great adventures and stories unfold great to see a majorvalues politicalof event galvanising young people to have greater involvement in current affairs. Now bor Gospel mutual respect, tolerance, carea and understanding towards all member and creativity. equally inspiring staff are dedica that the result is in, it is important that the same curiosity and civility is applied toOur what is happening in our country.
school community.
person in their care. They may get outstanding re As a Roman Catholic school we stand for universal values of compassion, love, mercy, tolerance, respectofand brings so much more to the education ourhope studen and we are proud to liveSupport these out in school and in the wider community. I think it is important that everyone in our Individual and Development differently so that every child can realise their gifts a school community (pupils, parents, families, staff, parishes, local residents) is reminded that these to all,to they are. Doing this means that values we areapply bringing regardless of their background, how they voted or where they are from. Everyone is welcome in our school because ethos of to theencourage school. To celebrate the unique nature of each person and their development as indi
we believe that everyone can benefit from our inclusive ethos and, at a time of uncertainty, we have a responsibility to be a place of hope and learning that brings a diverse range of people together. As we were reminded by St. Paul There is and energy in this school. You c in this Sunday’s readings: ‘You must love your neighbour as yourself. If great you gospirit snapping at one another and tearing Curriculum curricular activities, the array of research projec one another to pieces, take care: you will be eaten up by one another.’ (Galatians 5:1,in14-15)
the creativity that flows through our learning. There
A National Teach To introduce all pupils to a broad, balanced, and differentiated curriculum and t onerelevant is left behind, no-one left out. Visitors BenisDavis, Headteacher A National often School o pupils with the necessary knowledge, skillsofand Christian values required a rapidly ch purpose they find in the school; in this comes fro