Maryvale is a Catholic school where children are educated from the age of 3 to 11 in a caring, supportive and encouraging environment where all aspects of their development: spiritual, moral, emotional, physical, social, personal, cultural, and of course academic are nurtured and can flourish.
Maryvale is one of the oldest Catholic Primary Schools in the country. The school was built on the present site in 1881 by the Sisters of Mercy to cater to the children in the orphanage and local Catholic families. There was however a school established in the orphanage itself before this date. The orphanage closed in 1980 and the building is now used as the Diocesan Centre for Catechesis.
Our School Mission underpins all we do and say at Maryvale Catholic Primary school. As a community, we pride ourselves on actively living out the mission by loving, living, learning, and praying as Jesus teaches us. Here are some of the ways we live out the mission and ethos of our school:
- Showing care for those in our local community – raising funds and donating food to our local food bank and our order of nuns.
- Showing care for those globally – Raising money for charities such as Cafod and Fr. Hudson’s homes.
- Looking after our elderly – performing for the local pensioners at the community center.
- Loving each other – we have classroom rules that underpin the mission of the school.
- We live as role models by following the behavior policy in school and trying our best in all we do.
- By keeping ourselves and others safe – holding themed days and assemblies e.g. anti-bullying days.
- Working in partnership with our other schools in the area by sharing ideas, supporting, and working with each other.
- By living out our mission statement by showing respect for each other and ourselves, being honest, being kind and friendly, and helping others.
- Working together in partnership – home, school, and parish.
- Respecting each other – multi-faith weeks.
- Have high expectations of and work hard.
- Use our gifts and talents to the best of our ability.
- The home school agreement underpins the partnership of parents/guardians and school staff working together to benefit the children.
- Extra-curricular activities and trips are used to enhance the learning opportunities of the children so that they can reach their full potential and enjoy activities of their choice.
- Enriched curriculum with theme weeks.
- Pray together through acts of collective worship.
- Attend mass both in school times and weekends.
- Parents support the sacramental preparation of their children.
- Prayer services are led by the children in the class.
- Set school prayers said during the school day to give time for reflection and thanks.
- Special feast days and days of prayer.
- Personal/private prayer – we have our prayer area where children can reflect or pray on their own in a safe environment.
- Our spiritual council leads acts of worship and is active in promoting the prayer life of the school.
- Our school choir uses their talents as singers to praise God in song.
Following The Department for Education, we aim to actively promote British values in schools to ensure young people leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. Pupils are encouraged to regard people of all faiths, races, and cultures with respect and tolerance and understand that while different people may hold different views about what is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, all people living in England are subject to its law.
