St George’s RC Primary School York

Intent

• To make the teachings of Jesus alive and relevant to our lives today
• To encourage EVERYONE in our school family to constantly ask the question WHY?
• To develop a LOVE of learning for everyone
• To encourage everyone to be life long and curious learners
• To make everyone feel proud of themselves
• To make everyone feel valued
• To help children understand their place in the world

Implementation

• Christ and Love are at the centre of all that we do
• We stand on the shoulders of giants
• We TEACH and MODEL rather than assess
• We make sure every teacher has outstanding subject knowledge
• The teacher is the expert in the room and shares knowledge and facts with the children
• We know that the best resource teachers have is EACH other ~ so we share all of our skills
• We make sure that art, music, drama, DT, gardening, cookery, sculpture and local visits are just as important as maths and English
• We make our learning environments just right for the children
• We recognise the classroom environment as the ‘third teacher’. The TEACHER is the number one teacher at school, the children are number two and the environment is number three
• We adapt and change things to suit each child
• We have no public rewards or sanctions
• Children choose their own levels in every lesson
• All children take part in Collective Worship regardless of their own faith. We are a very spiritual school and come together every day to pray, sing and reflect
• We use our context of living in YORK city centre as a thread that runs through our curriculum 
• Children are respectful and tolerant as they have the amazing and unique opportunity to meet children from all faiths, backgrounds and ethnicities
• Nothing is seen as a problem here

Impact

• Catholic life of the school is outstanding
• Children are HAPPY, confident learners
• Children arrive in school every morning happy and excited
• The teaching of knowledge and facts leads to independent, confident learners
• Behaviour is outstanding
• Welfare and personal development is outstanding
• Children make excellent progress from their individual starting points