School Aims – CHASE

Contribute

• To be an inclusive school where everyone can contribute
• To ensure that all children are given equal opportunities
• To enable parents, carers and the wider community to be partners in the aims of the school

Healthy

• To provide for children’s health and safety
• To provide for children’s physical, mental, social, spiritual, moral and cultural development
• To help children make wise decisions about their own well being

Achieve

• To promote and achieve high standards for all by providing teaching and learning of the highest quality
• To treat learners as individuals and to differentiate teaching and learning to take account of their individual and special needs, as well as their talents
• To ensure that all learners benefit from a rich, broad, balanced curriculum
• To present interesting, exciting and imaginative opportunities for first-hand experience, practical work, investigation and learning through play
• To teach basic skills and core subjects well
• To place emphasis on the foundation subjects and RE
• To encourage creativity through art, poetry, story, dance, music and performance
• To develop links between subjects and to apply basic skills across the curriculum
• To enliven and enrich the curriculum by visits, visitors, and extensive use of the environment

Safe

• To be a safe place where children are free from any kind of exploitation or discrimination
• To provide stability and security

Enjoy

• To build an ethos marked by a welcoming, friendly, bright, lively and happy place where learners feel secure
• To be a place where good behaviour is expected and where learners enjoy growing up
• To make school a place where all pupils can enjoy and celebrate success