Aims
During their time at Rushcombe First School, we have the following aims for all children:
- To develop a love of learning.
- To be happy and experience moments of joy and wonder.
- To achieve and fulfil their personal potential within a caring, safe and stimulating environment.
- To develop key skills, knowledge and understanding across the broad curriculum, including the core areas of mathematics, writing and reading.
- To develop their confidence and self-esteem, nurturing their personal, social, physical and emotional development.
- To know how to lead a healthy lifestyle and keep themselves safe.
- To know how to be a successful learner by developing dispositions such as resilience and adaptability.
- To develop key values, including respect for diversity and care for the environment.
- To develop the skills of reasoning and collaborative dialogue as a means to develop thinking.
- To know that their voice is important and to have the opportunity to communicate their ideas, thoughts and emotions through a range of expressive forms.
- To be a responsible and valued member of the school community.
- To be nurtured within a mutually respectful and positive relationship between home and school.
- To develop the knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes that will prepare them effectively for the future, including their role as responsible citizens of the world.