Our Christian Values
Our school has a strong Christian ethos, and prides itself on the attitude and behaviour of our children and staff. We prize our distinctively Christian character, and our close ties with our local CE church.
Six key values remain at the heart of our school:
- Friendship and forgiveness
- Compassion
- Trust
- Thankfulness
- Peace
- Fellowship and Community
Our pupils live by and love these values, and can nominate their friends for small acts of kindness and good behaviour in our SUN Rainbow Book.
Revd. Canon John Paton regularly leads our Collective Worship assemblies, and we hold seasonal services and other activities at our parish church, St Mary's.
Bible Stories that teach us about our Values
Friendship and forgiveness
The Story of the Lost Son
Luke 15: 11-24
Forgive us our sins, as we forgive everyone who sins against us. Luke 11:14
‘Be compassionate and kind to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.’ (Ephesians 4:32)
Compassion
The Feeding of the Five Thousand
John 6:1-14
The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. The Lord is good to all: he has compassion on all he has made.
Psalm 145:8-9
Trust
Jesus Calms the Storm
Luke 8: 22-25
Daniel in the Lion’s Den Daniel 6:1-23
John 14:1 (Jesus’ words to his disciples) ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.’
Thankfulness
Luke 17 12
Healing of the 10 Lepers
Do not worry about anything but pray and ask God for everything you need, always giving thanks for what you have. Philippians 4.6
Peace
Calming of the storm
Mark 4:35-41
Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Fellowship and community
The parable of the Good Shepherd
Matthew 18
1 Corinthians 12:24-26But God has combined the members of the body ….so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers every part suffers with it; if one part is honoured, every part rejoices with it.
1 John 4 19-21
We love because he first loved us.