Our Aims
Our Ethos Statement:
"Loving; Living; Learning"
Our Mission Statement:
Loving
We all belong to the Burbage Church of England Infants extended family - school, church, community. We all care for everyone within it. We believe everyone can be a good friend.
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:37
Living
We work hard to learn to live together and to be the best we can. We celebrate everybody’s strengths and embrace each other’s differences, respecting all and living honest lives together.
“Love your neighbour as you love yourself.” Luke 10:27
Learning
Learning is amazing and we all strive to discover the next exciting adventure. We all believe that we can and if we can’t now, we will soon.
“Everyone who hears these words and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Matthew 7:24
We all belong to the Burbage Church of England Infants extended family - school, church, community. We all care for everyone within it. We believe everyone can be a good friend.
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:37
Living
We work hard to learn to live together and to be the best we can. We celebrate everybody’s strengths and embrace each other’s differences, respecting all and living honest lives together.
“Love your neighbour as you love yourself.” Luke 10:27
Learning
Learning is amazing and we all strive to discover the next exciting adventure. We all believe that we can and if we can’t now, we will soon.
“Everyone who hears these words and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Matthew 7:24
Our Values:
Friendship, Truth, Compassion, Perseverance, Respect
Our aims are that every child will become:
a happy, confident learner, achieving his or her potential;
numerate, literate, scientific, creative, reflective and able to use ICT appropriately across these areas;
beginning to contribute to their own targets for improvements;
aware of the importance of physical fitness and a healthy lifestyle;
well motivated, sharing enthusiasm and a love of learning;
independent, articulate, able to use his or her own initiative and common sense, and able to collaborate and co-operate;
open to try new ideas and opportunities, developing a wide range of interests and the ability to persevere with tasks;
knowledgeable about the world and accepting of others’ differences and beliefs;
aware of right and wrong, responsible for his or her own actions through the development of self-discipline, and to be sensitive and caring towards each other;
a valued and valuable citizen of the twenty-first century, now and in the future.
By providing:
a staff who have a passion for teaching and an ability to inspire learning;
a broad and balanced curriculum, with high expectations and attainable targets;
opportunities to enrich children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural awareness reflecting the values of the local parish church;
a safe and stimulating environment of which children and adults can be proud, through efficient and creative use of resources;
exciting, varied and challenging teaching methods that cater for the needs of individual children;
assessment for learning which enables continual challenge for all and celebration of achievement;
an open, welcoming, caring atmosphere, valuing the contributions and support of children, staff, parents, governors and the community;
good examples of adult behaviour and caring attitudes which set standards for children’s own behaviour;
opportunities for all staff to keep up to date with current educational thinking and develop professionally;
equal opportunities for all children to take part in every aspect of school life;
opportunities for parents, through partnership, to understand and contribute to their child’s learning;
opportunities for children to develop skills enabling them to make positive contributions in their future life.
