Values, Church Status and RVE for�Voluntary Controlled and Voluntary Aided Schools
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‘Serving our local community by providing exceptional learning experiences founded on Christian Values’
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Happy We want to develop a friendly, fun atmosphere that enables all within it to thrive. Success is achieved through lively, enquiring minds that recognise, and celebrate, their own and others’ achievements.
Valuing We want to, through Christian Values, recognise our children's unique talents. We will develop their understanding of the need to treat others how they wish to be treated by supporting them in recognising that everybody is different and everyone is equal. We will value all pupils’ contributions to all aspects of school life in order for them to become healthy, confident individuals.
Caring We want to develop and nurture healthy, confident, ethically informed individuals through Christian Values. This enables all children to develop an empathy for our local community, Wales and the Wider World.
School We want to develop our school to become a place where children feel safe and secure. They will be willing, and able, to take risks in their learning in an environment that encourages risk, with resilient, creative and enterprising children.
Our School Vision:
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Generosity
Courage
Friendship
Respect
Trust
Justice
Compassion
Forgiveness
Thankfulness
Perseverance
Service
Truthfulness
Our 12 Christian Values are:
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Healthy, confident individuals, ready to lead fulfilling lives as valued members of society.
Respecting the dignity of all is driven by the concept of loving God through loving your neighbour, a belief lived out in our school community by the way we welcome and celebrate differences.
By recognising that we are all unique individuals made in the image and likeness of God, we learn to respect our own and others’ bodies. We cherish the dignity of the human person within each individual – including both learners and staff, promoting a strong sense of well-being and facilitating the welfare of all learners
Enterprising, creative contributors, ready to play a full part in life and work
The school is committed to all aspects of a child’s development, supporting them to flourish as responsible, creative and inquisitive life-long learners.
By providing a firm foundation based on shared values and ethics, we will encourage them to take measured risks and grasp new opportunities.
By learning from the example set by Christ, our pupils will learn to be compassionate and inspirational leaders who recognise and value the skills of others; drawing on these for the common good.
Ambitious, capable learners ready to learn throughout their lives
By offering high standards of education in line with the 4 Core Purposes, we encourage learners to achieve their full potential.
We strive to meet the personalised needs of all learners and provide opportunities to explore and develop the spiritual dimension to life, supporting pupils their individual, lifelong faith journey.
Every individual has huge potential which we seek to harness, enabling each individual to flourish and make a unique contribution to the school and wider community.
Ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the world
We promote community cohesion and social well-being by combating excessive individualism and encouraging young people to engage with others to discover and understand what they hold in common.
We foster a positive attitude to the diversity of faith and all other strands of equality that make up the common good. We encourage learners to grapple successfully with questions of meaning and significance and to be mindful of their civic duties so they are capable of putting their faith at the disposal of society’s well-being.
What do the 4 Core Purposes Mean At hvcs?
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Religion, Values and Ethics in HVCS:
Religion, Values and Ethics is a mandatory part of our Humanities curriculum and is built upon a series of concepts and big ideas. Our curriculum provides a range of disciplinary approaches to support learners to engage critically with a broad range of religious and non-religious philosophical convictions.
Religion, values and ethics (RVE) in our school has been designed in accordance with the trust deeds of the school. Our RVE is informed by the Church in Wales Supporting Guidance for RVE and has regard to the Agreed Syllabus.
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B.W.D. �BLESSED WILLIAM DAVIES�BENDIGAID WILLIAM DAVIES
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Our school is situated near the beautiful North Wales coast in the seaside town of Llandudno and we serve the parishes of Our Lady Star of the Sea, Llandudno, Most Holy Family, Llandudno Junction and St. Mary of the Angels, Llanfairfechan. Our learners are from the local area and also travel from as far as Llanrwst and Colwyn Bay.
We value our support network within and across counties and work closely with both our Llandudno (Ysgol John Bright) Cluster and our Wrexham Diocesan cluster. Our nearest Catholic secondary school is Christ the Word, Rhyl and we collaborate with the other church schools in our local cluster.
We consider the mandatory elements of the curriculum when planning. RVE (Religion, Values and Ethics) runs as a golden thread throughout our curriculum planning and is part of our Humanities AoLE. The design of this provision is in line with our Catholic school ‘s trust deeds. The provision has regard to the Conwy LA agreed syllabus and its elements are detailed in our school policies. Planning and delivery is also informed by the support guidance linked to the RECD
(Religious Education Curriculum Directory)
We strive to make a positive impact in out local and wider community through our efforts to support charities such as Conwy Food Bank, CAFOD, Mission Together and Teams4u.
We have an excellent relationship with our onsite Playclub. We visit and support
Loreto Convent residential home throughout the school year and we work closely with our stakeholders to ensure that our projects make a positive difference in our locality.
We invite and encourage all members of our school family to participate in these important elements of our daily school life. Families and friends of our school are welcome to join with us for Mass ( in class, as a whole school or at church) collective worship, liturgy led by children or adults, daily prayer and reflection time, Sacramental preparation, music provision,
Rosary and Prayer group.
We strive to live by the message of our mission statement;
‘As God’s Family, we live, love and learn
happily together,
trying our best in all we do’,
our Golden Rules
LOVE ONE ANOTHER. Be kind, Be honest, Work hard, Look after property, Listen to others, Be gentle.
and the Gospel Values
love, faith, peace, justice, hope, tolerance, courage, patience, and service.
throughout our daily lives at school and at home
We follow Curriculum for Wales guidance for the provision of our relationship and sex education sessions and we use the ‘Journey in Love’ R.S.E. programme from Nursery to Year 6. This programme focuses on physical, social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual development and has, as its foundational premise, the belief that we are made in the image and likeness of God.
We follow the
Religious Education Curriculum Directory when planning our R.E. provision and we use supplementary resources such as ‘Come and See’ and ‘YOUCAT for Kids’ This forms the basis of our planning for the school year on a two year cycle.
Our staff have opportunities to access Catholic teaching Professional Development provision such as CCRS and
Aspiring Deputies and Heads courses.
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OUR CATHOLIC CONTEXT
(DRAFT)
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Religion, Values and Ethics is a mandatory part of our Humanities curriculum and is built upon a series of concepts and big ideas. Our curriculum provides a range of disciplinary approaches to support learners to engage critically with a broad range of religious and non-religious philosophical convictions.
Religion, Values and Ethics in our school has been designed having regards to the Agreed Syllabus.
Religion, values and ethics (RVE) in our school has been designed in accordance with the trust deeds of the school. Our RVE is informed by the Church in Wales Supporting Guidance for RVE and has regard to the Agreed Syllabus.
Religion, Values and Ethics in our school has been designed in accordance with the school’s trust deeds and has regard to the Agreed Syllabus.
Mandatory Element: RVE
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