Our school is a place where everyone is treated equally, encouraged and respected. We believe that all children should be able to achieve their full potential academically, socially, and emotionally. We are committed to our school being a safe and inclusive place where learning is nurtured and encouraged in a happy, caring, and fun environment. We all work for our school to be a happy place where good behavior is expected and all children enjoy their educational journey. At Goetre Primary School we believe that ‘We All Learn Together’.
Each child including learners with health care needs is an individual developing in their way therefore we aim to encourage the children to see for themselves their talents, to foster self-confidence, and to develop a sense of personal adequacy, so that each child can cope with the environment, at a level appropriate to that child. Hopefully, each child will be well balanced, happy, and able to develop sensible attitudes to learning, so that they can find enjoyment in all aspects of schoolwork, and gain satisfaction from their achievements.
We also aim to develop certain social skills, tolerance, respect, self-discipline, reliability, and appreciation of others. Each child should be respectful and careful with both their own and other people’s belongings and begin to acquire moral values on which to base their behavior. High regard for intellectual skills is important when pursuing these aims, for without them little will be achieved. Every child should be able to communicate clearly and accurately through written and spoken language.
They should be numerate, exploring mathematical concepts with understanding and confidence. Using these skills they should be able to observe and record accurately, and begin to understand their environment in a natural, scientific, technological, historical, geographical, and social way. We aim to develop an appreciation of aesthetics in some of its forms, both natural and artistic, thus enabling the children to develop skills in communicating their thoughts and feelings through the arts.
About spiritual development, we aim to give knowledge of Christian beliefs and foster respect for others and their beliefs. We will encourage every child to appreciate the language and culture of Wales and to equally value all languages and cultures from around the world and to hold in high regard the conservation of our environment and heritage.
