Vision Statement | St. Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School

Vision Statement

The aims of St Robert Southwell School are founded on the recognition that the family and the school are working together for the development of the child.

The general aims of our school are:

to help and complement the exercise of the educational rights and duties of the R C family
to cultivate the intellectual, creative and aesthetic values of the child; to help the child develop a lively enquiring mind, the ability to acquire information and to question and argue rationally, and the will to apply themselves to tasks and physical skills
to help children develop the ability to make correct use of their judgement, will and emotions
to promote in the child a sense of values
to encourage just attitudes and inner discipline
to develop the children’s knowledge of their own culture and the culture and background of others, so that there will be mutual understanding between people whatever their race, religion and ways of life
to help children understand the environment in which we live and the inter dependence of the individual groups and nations
to help children appreciate human achievements and aspirations in art, music, science and technology
to help children acquire knowledge and skills relevant to adult life at home, at work and at leisure.

For the achievement of these aims St. Robert Southwell School strives:

to provide a stable, caring environment conducive to study and learning in an atmosphere in which the love of God is shown in all aspects of school life
to directly instruct children in the Roman R C Faith and to support the parish in preparing children for the reception of the sacraments
to provide a wide curriculum which will develop the intellectual and physical skills of the child and to enable them to use their particular abilities, talents and interests to the full
to give good emphasis to the skills of numeracy and literacy
to seek close co-operation from parents so that the values taught and respected at home and school are the same
to encourage the child to play a full part in parish life by contributing to parish worship and parish projects
to recognise that the child is living NOW and not just for the future, and that children should be happy now, purposeful and able to contribute to society around them now.