OLD_Our Vision and Values

Vision Statement

William Davis Values

Our William Davis is a Restorative school. Our shared values are at the heart of our Behaviour Policy and at the heart of the expectations of all staff and community stakeholders. Our values are:

Communication
Care
Collaboration
Commitment
Respect
Honesty

Mission, Rationale and Vision

Mission
To develop and nurture all children to be happy, safe, confident and resilient with a passion for learning.

Rationale
We believe

in quality educational experiences
in the importance of high quality relationships in order to deliver best practice teaching and learning
in setting high expectations for all children
that a teacher is a teacher for all children
that education is about the whole child not just about academic success
that engaged and excited teachers will create engaged and excited learners
that parents are partners
that all children can go on to do great things if they are given the right, inspiring experiences
that children should be taught to be effective communicators at is an essential skill for life

Vision
We want our children:

to be strong and effective communicators
to be active participators,
to be critical thinkers
to be able to participate in sustained shared thinking
to enjoy challenge and to challenge each other
to be physically healthy and to have healthy habits
to be respectful and responsible
to be aspirational as learners

We want our staff:

to be energised, engaged, enabled, excited,
to be passionate and inspired in their teaching
to be knowledgeable about learners and skilled in planning
to work effectively as a team with strong relationships

We want our parents and carers:

to have excellent parenting skills

We want the school:

to be integral to the local community

Communication Vision
To be a successful communicator we need to:

use topic and subject words and phrases
speak in full sentences
use a wide vocabulary
use talk to develop our ideas with a partner or group
use talk to solve problems and be creative
be an excellent listener
talk confidently and clearly in a range of situations and to different audiences
be polite and respectful and listen and respond to all adults and children
know how to use our body to communicate well (eye contact, facial expressions and gesture)
be good at explaining how we are feeling
be good at resolving problems with other children using the Restorative questions