Our Vision, Ethos and Values
Our Vision Imagery Explained
Our school was donated to the people of Lacock in 1824 by our most famous resident - William Henry Talbot - who invented photography. We are so proud of our heritage and its historical foundations as a church school, and this is reflected in us choosing a photography-based image through which we can express our school's Christian vision.
Our Vision
We aim to put love at the centre of everything we do. Our School Christian vision is based on Jesus’ command that we should love one another as He loves us. As a Church School, we believe our children receive an education in an environment that is distinctively Christian in character through daily acts of worship, times for prayer and reflection and our strong partnership with St Cyriac’s Church Lacock. We pray that God helps us to look through his ‘lens’ of perfect love, where every single member of our school community is viewed as precious, equal and cherished. We encourage each other to put this into action by following the Lacock Way - having kind thoughts and using kind words and hands.
Our Vision Aims
Lacock Church of England Primary School will help all members of the school family and community to:
* Ensure that our children feel safe, loved, valued and will flourish as a result of this care.
* Foster curiosity and creativity and develop a lifelong love of learning.
* Develop skills that enable positive relationships to blossom.
* Gain the skills, resilience and adaptability to thrive in a rapidly changing and diverse world.
* Grow with respect and understanding for others.
* To ensure the well-being and mental health of every member of the school community is supported.
* To promote the Christian values and spiritual development for all through Collective Worship and all our
interactions each day.
* To grow in their understanding of the Christian faith and their own spirituality and beliefs.
* That our children enjoy learning and are confident and willing to try.
* Promote high academic standards and ensure the needs of every child are met.
* Enable teachers, parents and carers to work together as partners in their children’s education.
* Feel listened to and able to raise concerns on behalf of others in the spirit of courageous advocacy.
Ethos
"Teach a child in the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not depart from it"
Proverbs 22:6
We believe that this verse can be viewed both in terms of educational learning and development of character; it is the inspiration for our School Vision, upon which we understand the great responsibility to live up to our foundations as a Church school in order to enable pupils and adults to flourish, by putting Jesus' message of love at the heart of all we do.
Throughout our learning runs a golden thread of Christian love expressed through our school vision in partnership with the Lacock Way which unites us as a loving family coming together.
Throughout our learning runs a golden thread of Christian love expressed through our school vision in partnership with the Lacock Way which unites us as a loving family coming together.
Our Values
Our Values:
After consulting with our school community, we agreed on 12 core values, taught over a two year period, which are strategic to this vision. These are:-
All we do as a school is underpinned by these values. We believe our Christian values are empowering our pupils to develop their spirituality and guiding them in personal development as effective learners and good citizens of the world. All children take part in daily Collective Worship which is planned around the school’s chosen values as well as the main celebrations in the Christian calendar.
At the end of each week, we celebrate children who have put the term’s Christian Value into action during the week by presenting them with a certificate during our Celebration Collective Worship with parents attending. These children are given the opportunity to share what they have been doing and become role models for the rest of the school community. Certificates are presented to both staff and children.
At the end of each week, we celebrate children who have put the term’s Christian Value into action during the week by presenting them with a certificate during our Celebration Collective Worship with parents attending. These children are given the opportunity to share what they have been doing and become role models for the rest of the school community. Certificates are presented to both staff and children.
We passionately believe that by working together, children have a higher quality of education, and that as colleagues, we will also benefit from and reap the rewards of a values-based organisation where every single member of our community feels valued.