Our Vision
Believe Embrace Shine Together
‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.’ Philippians 4:13
‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.’ Philippians 4:13
At Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy, we aim to educate and nurture each child to their full potential within a loving and caring Christian environment.
Our focus in all areas is to be the best we can be. Rooted firmly in, and drawing strength from the Christian faith, we strive to include all who choose to be part of our school family, recognising that success depends on working together and supporting each other.
Our school family endeavour to be their BEST: Believe, Embrace & Shine Together!
Our focus in all areas is to be the best we can be. Rooted firmly in, and drawing strength from the Christian faith, we strive to include all who choose to be part of our school family, recognising that success depends on working together and supporting each other.
Our school family endeavour to be their BEST: Believe, Embrace & Shine Together!
At our Church of England school, our vision is that our pupils will leave Rattlesden as confident, resilient and reflective individuals who live their lives through a foundation of strong Christian Values and develop a lifelong love of learning along with a curiosity and respect for the world and people around them.
At Rattlesden we try to develop spirituality by being creative and engaging, by engaging with nature and the world around us, by enabling our pupils to connect with stories and experiences, by empowering our children to ask and respond to questions, by promoting play and creativity and by developing relationships, by providing a sense of belonging and by the use of prayer and symbols.
Spirituality is felt within ourselves by individuals and hence cannot be taught or measured - instead being something that needs to be nurtured and given the right conditions and space to grow. Therefore we acknowledge that spirituality is deeply personal and so we afford every individual with the space and opportunity to develop along their own spiritual journey.
Throughout their time at our school we aim for the children:
At Rattlesden we try to develop spirituality by being creative and engaging, by engaging with nature and the world around us, by enabling our pupils to connect with stories and experiences, by empowering our children to ask and respond to questions, by promoting play and creativity and by developing relationships, by providing a sense of belonging and by the use of prayer and symbols.
Spirituality is felt within ourselves by individuals and hence cannot be taught or measured - instead being something that needs to be nurtured and given the right conditions and space to grow. Therefore we acknowledge that spirituality is deeply personal and so we afford every individual with the space and opportunity to develop along their own spiritual journey.
Throughout their time at our school we aim for the children:
- To have empathy with others – showing kindness and humility
- Understand, appreciate and care for the world around them
- Develop and demonstrate curiosity
- Increase in resilience and courage
- Respect and love themselves and others
- Be reflective and mindful
Links with our local church
We have strong links with St Nicholas Church in the village. Our school collective worship often takes place in the church and the wider community joins us for our Harvest, Christmas and Easter services too. Reverend Sharon leads Collective Worship in school regularly.
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Reflection areas
Each class has a 'reflection' area. We also have a whole school reflection and plenty of lovely outdoor quiet spaces where the children may choose to spend some time.
British Values
Opportunities for our children's Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development are interwoven throughout the curriculum. We take seriously our responsibility to ensure that our children see themselves as young citizens who live by the British Values of:
- Democracy
- The rule of law
- Individual liberty
- Mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs, and for those without
At Rattlesden Primary Academy we take our responsibility to prepare children for life in modern Britain very seriously. We value the backgrounds of all pupils and families and undertake a variety of events and lessons to celebrate and explore these alongside other cultures in our country.
We ensure that the fundamental British values are introduced, discussed and lived out through the ethos and work of the school. Our curriculum provides excellent opportunities to deepen and strengthen understanding developing the spiritual, moral, social and cultural education of our children.
All children are involved in developing their own class rules and expectations of being good learners, based on the school’s aims and values. Whole school assemblies introduce themes to focus all children on understanding and embracing our values and aims. This developing values-based understanding from the minute they start school, provides children with the platform for embracing difference and striving for their own goals.
At Rattlesden, we value the voice of the child and promote democratic processes such as our School Council, whose members are elected by their peers. Ideas and events are planned and discussed with a chance for debate and putting forward points of view.
Children are given responsibility to run House meetings, Collective worship and lead other children in celebrating achievements or running activities so that they are fully involved in all aspects of school life. Some of our older children are Playground leaders: helping to promote our core values and high expectations of behaviour.
Our duty to safeguard children from radicalisation and extremism through adherence to 'The Prevent Strategy' ensures that any dissent or opposition to these fundamental British Values is not tolerated at Rattlesden school.
We ensure that the fundamental British values are introduced, discussed and lived out through the ethos and work of the school. Our curriculum provides excellent opportunities to deepen and strengthen understanding developing the spiritual, moral, social and cultural education of our children.
All children are involved in developing their own class rules and expectations of being good learners, based on the school’s aims and values. Whole school assemblies introduce themes to focus all children on understanding and embracing our values and aims. This developing values-based understanding from the minute they start school, provides children with the platform for embracing difference and striving for their own goals.
At Rattlesden, we value the voice of the child and promote democratic processes such as our School Council, whose members are elected by their peers. Ideas and events are planned and discussed with a chance for debate and putting forward points of view.
Children are given responsibility to run House meetings, Collective worship and lead other children in celebrating achievements or running activities so that they are fully involved in all aspects of school life. Some of our older children are Playground leaders: helping to promote our core values and high expectations of behaviour.
Our duty to safeguard children from radicalisation and extremism through adherence to 'The Prevent Strategy' ensures that any dissent or opposition to these fundamental British Values is not tolerated at Rattlesden school.
