Harbottle School Vision:
Our vision is to shepherd all those who come into contact with our school so that they know the God who lives, loves and cares for them and offers life in all its fullness. We hope that everyone will learn and develop and realise their full potential in every aspect of life, intellectual, physical, spiritual and moral so that they can become whole people able to play a significant part in the wider world.
John Ch.10, v10-11.
Jesus said, “I have come that all may have life and have it in all its fullness. I am the good shepherd”.
Our current vision has been shaping our work so far and this is just redefining it in light of the new schedule from SIAMs. This still links into our belief that “it takes a whole community to educate a child”.
A questionnaire went out to parents, staff, volunteers and the community to decide from 10 Christian values which 5 best describe our school and our vision for our future. This follows work by our School Governing Body.
The five values which our stakeholders have chosen are:
hope
resilience
love
truthfulness
teamwork
Harbottle’s Mission Statement:
Christian values permeate the ethos, teaching and worship of Harbottle School, which welcomes all children and aims to develop their full potential through a broad, challenging and exciting curriculum. The school promotes attitudes of mutual respect and responsibility in a caring environment and places a high value on strong links between school, home and the local community, including the church.
Aims of the School
- To give each child the self-confidence to fulfil his/her potential within a stimulating and caring environment.
- We seek to provide a broad and balanced curriculum, which is relevant to the needs and abilities of each individual child, building on strengths and addressing weaknesses.
- To help each child to become a responsible citizen, prepared for the opportunities and experiences of adult life through the Christian influence of the school and British values..
- To encourage parental involvement in order to emphasize the importance of home/school links.
- To use the talents and expertise of community members to enrich the school curriculum.
- To make available the facilities of the school for community use as far as is practicable.
- To help children to learn to value their community and to be able to make a valuable contribution to it.
- To teach children the basic skills of literacy, numeracy and information technology.
