Our School Aims and Values
Our School Aims
At Fair Oak Infant School we aim to provide an environment where every child really matters and parents, school and the community can work together to create:
Successful Learners who:
- acquire basic skills to prepare them for their future.
- enjoy learning and have inquisitive minds.
- are motivated, confident and independent.
- are resilient and are able to learn from their mistakes.
- form and maintain relationships, working independently and collaboratively.
- is aware of their strengths and weaknesses.
- can take risks and feel a sense of achievement.
Global Citizens who:
- express their own emotions and feelings and has awareness of others.
- behave responsibly.
- take pride in their own culture and are able to respect the culture of others.
- make positive contributions to their community.
Our School Values
Each year we introduce our Schools Values to the children. We began by asking 'What is a value?' We get many different responses, including: 'What something costs,' 'Something you show to other people' and 'They are how you are'.
The definition we are using with the children is 'A value is something that people think is important that will help make you a better person and a better learner'.
All our values are being represented by an animal.
Our six School Values are:
Caring
To show we are caring we need to care for:
- ourselves
- others
- the environment
- things around us.
Caring is being represented by Caring Kangaroo.
Creativity
In order to show we are creative, we need to:
- have our own ideas
- use our imagination
- ask questions
- try new things
Creativity is being represented by Creative Spider.
Perseverance
In order to show we persevere we need to show:
- we don’t give up
- we try our very best
- we are not afraid to make mistakes
- we learn from our mistakes
Even when things are difficult.
Perseverance is being represented by Persevering Squirrel.
Collaboration
In order to show we can collaborate we need to:
- work together
- listen to each other
- share and take turns
Collaboration is being represented by Collaborative Bees.
Reflectiveness
When we reflect we:-
- stop and think
- use what we already know
- ask questions
- think about our learning
Reflectiveness is being represented by Reflective Owl
Respect
When we are respectful we:-
- listen to others
- show good manners
- treat everybody fairly
Respect is being represented by Respectful Elephant
Each year, the children can earn one of our School Value Badges, by showing they can demonstrate each of our School Values. They collect value stickers, which they place into their Values Passport. When their passport if full, they are presented with a Values Badge, a different colour for each year group.
Parent Information on our School Values
At the end of each year we reflect on our School Values. In assembly we have been talking about how our school values have helped us become ‘a better person and a better learner’. Here are some of the children's responses.
