Our Vision and Values
Our vision is something that motivates and inspires us and keeps us focused on where we want to go as a school. It’s a vision for everyone in the school, the children, staff, parents and governors. Our vision is:
‘Excellence, enjoyment and achievement together in a nurturing Christian community.’
We’ve chosen ‘excellence, enjoyment and achievement’ as our key aims because:
To us, excellence means…
Having high standards and expectations of each other
Being innovative and continuously improving
Going the extra mile
Learning from our mistakes
Challenging for all
Aiming to be the best!
To us, enjoyment means…
Being excited about learning!
Creating memories
Being enthusiastic and engaging
Experiencing a variety of opportunities
Feeling safe and secure
Having fun!
To us, achievement means…
Everyone developing and making progress
Feeling proud of yourself
Everyone feeling valued
Developing resilience
Appropriate challenge for all
Reaching our potential
Our Values
Our values are the ways that we seek to do things at St Helen’s. As a Church of England School, these are based on the Christian faith, but are values that are important to us, whatever our faith or background.
We talk and learn about these through collective worship and in class, but we try to put them into practice in every situation at school.
We have 12 values which we have chosen for our school. We learn about these in school, thinking about one value in detail each term:
The 12 values are:
Courage
Trust
Justice
Forgiveness
Truthfulness
Thankfulness
Compassion
Friendship
Generosity
Respect
Service
Perseverance
‘Flying High’, soar on wings like eagles
One of Alveston’s most famous residents was a man called Captain Frank Barnwell, who built and flew the first aircraft in Scotland in 1910. He then went on to be chief engineer at British Aerospace. He designed famous local aircraft such as the Bristol Fighter, the Bulldog and the Blenheim.
One of our children came up with the phrase ‘Flying High’ at St Helen’s and we have used this phrase more and more at St Helen’s as we feel it really ties our vision, values, school rules and house system together. In 2017, a graphic designer really brought all of this to life and you can see our values displayed in the school hall.
