Ethos and Values
Our School Vision
Nurturing, Understanding and Succeeding Together
At Rowlands Gill Primary School, we want our children to have confidence and achieve well through our warm, caring and inclusive environment. We aspire to give all children the chance to really get to know themselves and understand others, so they can forge their own path to success.
We want all children at RGPS to:
- Develop a love for learning.
- Succeed in all areas of the school life: academic, social, emotional, and physical development.
- Make excellent progress in everything they do so that they can grow and develop their full potential.
- To continually celebrate and feel proud of their achievements.
- Feel happy, cared for, safe and healthy.
- Enjoy learning in a nurturing and friendly ethos where they are respected and valued and where individual needs are recognised and supported.
- Experience high quality, challenging, stimulating and personalised education.
Our Golden Rules and School Values
Our Golden Rules and School Values guide us to make good choices in school. You can click on this link to find out more about our Golden Rules. We understand and celebrate our School Values both in our assemblies and in our classrooms.
Our Values – What Matters to Us
Honesty – Understanding – Kindness – Self-belief – Respect
In our Friday Praise Assembly, selected children from each class will receive a certificate to celebrate their academic achievements or their demonstration of a core value, from the previous week. Parents are usually invited into the assembly to see their child receive their certificate. Class teachers contact parents via email, without letting the children know, so that when the children come into assembly, they get a surprise!
You can find out more about our Vision and Values by clicking here: Vision and Values 2022
Promoting British Values at Rowlands Gill
The DfE expect schools to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
At Rowlands Gill Primary School these values are reinforced regularly and in the following ways:
Democracy
Democracy is rife within the school. Pupils have the opportunity to have their voices heard through our School Council and Pupil questionnaires. The elections of School Council Members each year are based solely on pupil votes.
The Rule of Law
The importance of Laws, whether they be those that govern the class, the school, or the country, are consistently reinforced throughout regular school days, as well as when dealing with behaviour and through school assemblies. Pupils are taught the value and reasons behind laws, that they govern and protect us, the responsibilities that this involves and the consequences when laws are broken. Visits from authorities such as the Police; Fire Service; etc. are regular parts of our calendar and help reinforce this message.
Individual Liberty
Within school, pupils are actively encouraged to make choices, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. As a school we educate and provide boundaries for young pupils to make choices safety, through provision of a safe environment and empowering education. Pupils are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms and advise how to exercise these safely, for example through our on-line Safety and PSHE lessons. Whether it be through choice of challenge, of how they record, of participation in our numerous extra-curricular clubs and opportunities, pupils are given the freedom to make choices.
Tolerance of those of different faiths, beliefs and cultures
This is achieved through enhancing pupils understanding of their place in a culturally diverse society and by giving them opportunities to experience such diversity. Assemblies and discussions involving prejudices and prejudice-based bullying have been followed and supported by learning in RE and PSHE. Members of different faiths or religions are encouraged to share their knowledge to enhance learning within classes and the school.
We have a clear anti-bullying Policy that deals with all types of bullying, including bullying based on faith, gender, disability or sexual orientation. Adhering to the Equality Act 2010, we protect all our pupils from all types of discrimination including racist, homophobic and cyber bullying. We will work to prevent bullying from happening in the first place, as well as tackling it in all its forms when it occurs.
Mutual Respect
Part of our school ethos and behaviour policy has revolved around Core Values such as ‘Respect’, and pupils have been part of discussions and assemblies related to what this means and how it is shown.
