Our Vision and Values
School Christian Vision
‘Nurture, Nourish, Grow’
School Christian Values
‘Compassion, Courage, Hope’
Parable of the Mustard Seed:
Matthew 13:31-32
‘Though it is the smallest of seeds, when it grows, it is the largest of the garden plants and becomes a tree’
The parable teaches us that we all have the potential to grow and flourish. From the smallest of seeds grows the greatest of trees! It is important for us to reflect on the impact we can each have as individuals, when we are nurtured and nourished to grow. As individuals we are then empowered to have a positive impact upon the environment and people around us.
You can practise signing our St Lucia’s Values:
Compassion – https://christianbsl.com/vocabulary/compassion/
Courage – https://www.signbsl.com/sign/courageous
Hope – https://christianbsl.com/vocabulary/hope/
Our Christian values seek to underpin the belief that everyone in our school community should be valued and treated with respect. This helps children to grow to become the best they can be as we prepare them on their life-long learning journey.
St Lucia’s has designed its curriculum to fit with our school’s vision and values as well as the context and locality of the school. We aim to provide a wide range of learning experiences through various teaching styles called Pedagogy. We feel it is important for children to be provided with a balance of both teacher-led and enquiry based activities which meet the needs of the cohort learner. This is called a Centrist approach.
To achieve this, we include an appropriate balance of:
Traditional approach
This can include whole class or year group teaching, rote learning, modelling and demonstration with an emphasis on knowledge. Sometimes subjects may be taught discretely. Examples of this style of learning can be seen in children’s workbooks, quizzes and sometimes through knowledge organisers.
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Progressive approach
This includes a child-centred enquiry approach where learners play an active role in accessing the curriculum through hands on experiences within a supportive learning environment. Examples of this style of learning can be seen through individual or group outcomes which are delivered through a topic based approach or project work.
Key Drivers
To achieve our vision and values, we have identified three key drivers through our curriculum which will prepare children through both familiar experiences and those which are different as part of their life-long learning journey.
