Matlock Bath Holy Trinity CofE (VC) Primary School Imagine, Believe, Achieve
Visions and Values
Our Vision Statement and Values at Matlock Bath Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
The Context
At Matlock Bath Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, we believe that everyone is unique and valued by God and has the right to be treated as an individual with different learning and emotional needs. We aspire to be renowned for the excellent quality of teaching and learning in an environment where Christian values underpin all we do. We pride ourselves in being a nurturing and supportive school valuing the importance of all pupils’ emotional development and well-being. This is highlighted in our three main values of compassion, perseverance and community, ensuring that we promote an inclusive school. At the heart of our school, we value the strengths of all members of our school community, building positive relationships and belonging to a caring and nurturing school community. We believe in providing all children with the skills for lifelong learning through engaging children in a rich, challenging curriculum within a shared culture of safety and respect. At MBHT we believe that all learners are unique individuals who are entitled to realise their full potential and in doing so develop the gifts that God has given them. We believe that Jesus’ journey can serve as an inspiration for our mindfulness and our own personal learning journeys; just like Jesus we too can be an inspiration to others.
Living Out Our Vision
As a school, everything we do links back to our vision and underlying values. This ranges from the design of our curriculum, to how we communicate with children, and our expectations within Matlock Bath Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School and its community.
Our School Motto
Imagine
with all your mind
Believe
with all your heart
Achieve
with all your might
We recognise the importance of developing confident individuals who strive to reach their full potential and achieve their dreams and aspirations. As people created in the image of God we encourage our pupils to build on the faith of Jesus and follow the path that is marked out for us.
Our Vision Statement
Through God’s love, we will flourish and develop our gifts in our nurturing community, as we strive to be an inspiration to all.
At Matlock Bath Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, we aspire to provide a happy, caring and safe school where all our pupils are included and given every opportunity to reach their full potential. We believe that excellent learning occurs when children feel safe and are having fun. In our school community we are guided by Christian values, we show compassion and respect all cultures and originality. We provide inspiration for lifelong learning where both adults and children are learning new things, both real and virtual, every day.
Bible Quote
Our vision was developed based on the Bible quote:
“Let us run the race before us and never give up.”
Hebrews 12:1
This was identified as being truly representative of our school and who we are; it was decided upon collaboratively with all stakeholders. We felt that it represented the values we have as a school. Our staff and children are focused on being the best that they can be socially, emotionally, academically and spiritually. This can be seen through children working hard to progress in their learning from their starting point (in all areas of our broad curriculum), showing a real sense of endurance to not give up on a task, developing the skills and confidence to become successful citizens. We believe as a school that with this mind-set, as per our Bible underpinning, our work will be celebrated and rewarded.
Our Values
Our three main school values (compassion, perseverance, community) help us…
- to share compassion
- to practise endurance
- to serve one another
Our pupils (through the Collective Worship Council), Foundation Governors and staff, chose the following Christian Values for our school:
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Year A |
Year B |
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Term 1 |
Core Value: Generosity Harvest Festival |
Core Value: Community Harvest Festival |
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Term 2 |
Core Value: Compassion Advent and Christmas |
Core Value: Trust Advent and Christmas |
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Term 3 |
Core Value: Courage Candlemas |
Core Value: Perseverance Epiphany |
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Term 4 |
Core Value: Forgiveness Lent & Easter |
Core Value: Justice Lent & Easter |
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Term 5 |
Core Value: Friendship Pentecost |
Core Value: Service Pentecost |
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Term 6 |
Core Value: Respect Trinity |
Core Value: Truthfulness Trinity |
Our Christian Values link to a learning behaviour which will help our pupils to succeed in the future (with God’s help we can open doors to a brighter future) which form the basis of our curriculum intent. These link to our vision statement which focuses on overcoming the barriers to learning faced by our pupils.
Our rewards system in school reflects these curriculum learning behaviours which are set out below.
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Christian Values |
Curriculum Learning Behaviour/ Characteristics of Learning |
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Generosity |
Kind To foster positive relationships. Reaching out to many people in the school and wider community. To recognise the importance of courtesy and good moral values. |
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Courage |
Brave Give our pupils the courage to pursue excellence, aim high, be ambitious and challenge themselves. To open their eyes to the wider world and the opportunities (in education and in work) that are out there in the future. If you have courage, you have happy enquiring minds. Courage to be curious. |
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Truthfulness |
Honest To understand that truthfulness is sometimes difficult but being honest is the right thing to do. To recognise the importance of maintaining integrity through being honest. Honesty is integral to developing a deep relationship with God. |
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Forgiveness |
Independent To be independent and adaptable, responsible and tolerant and develop a growth mindset. |
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Service |
Curious To be inquisitive about the world they know and beyond. To be curious learners who question with enquiring minds. To be an agent of change (living the way Jesus did) to impact the school and the local community. |
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Perseverance |
Patient To be resilient and patient to overcome challenges and to develop as a lifelong learner. Problem solvers over task completers. |
