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Our English Martyrs’ School community aims to follow the example of Christ, in welcoming, recognizing, fostering, and developing each individual, as a unique and special gift from God with value and dignity. Our vision is for excellence in learning, in terms of both achievement and progress. English Martyrs’ Catholic Primary School provides a broad, balanced, and challenging curriculum to enable each pupil to develop all those attributes and skills for lifelong learning: Excellence and initiative, confidence and self-esteem, discipline and dedication, a generosity of spirit, integrity, and honesty, creativity and imagination and an understanding of their spirituality. We work closely with our parish church, linking the church with our school through R.E. and Holy Communion classes. Every week Reception, year 1 through to year 6 attend Church, we have whole school mass at the beginning of term and end of term, as well celebrating Holy Saints days. English Martyrs’ School vision is for excellence in learning, in terms of both achievement and progress. It provides a broad, balanced, and challenging curriculum to enable each pupil to develop all those attributes and skills for lifelong learning. Our Core Values are: Faith Respect Responsibility Compassion Wisdom Fairness At English Martyrs’ Catholic Primary School we support our children to understand and experience the five values: Democracy The rule of law Individual liberty Mutual respect Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs Our children experience democracy at work through the working of our School Council. At English Martyrs’ Catholic Primary School we value our pupils’ voices. We consider what being a good citizen is. We access support from organizations such as ChildLine, and the NSPCC to help our pupils understand their rights, respect, and tolerance. We also support various charities, some chosen directly by the pupils and others chosen by the school, which enables us to consider in more detail mutual respect and tolerance. We hold an annual “Anti-Bullying Week” this is an opportunity for our pupils and parents to consider what is bullying (including cyberbullying), why people bully, and how to deal with it. In Religious Education (R.E.) pupils learn about the catholic faith and other major faiths and beliefs. We celebrate a range of key festivals across the year and look at the similarities and differences and how this impacts people’s lives. Through our Geography curriculum, we take the opportunity to explore other cultures from around the world and we encourage our pupils to see the world from different perspectives. From September 2014 all primary schools will be following a new National Curriculum in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Except for Year 2 and Year 6, where we will continue to follow the 2013 curriculum. The children in the Nursery class will be learning about joy and sorrow. They will begin to understand that we are capable of hurting others and that we should always try to be kind to each other. They will learn that we can say sorry when we hurt someone but we need to ask Jesus to help us to do this. They will also begin to learn that Jesus forgave those who hurt him and know that we can forgive other people when they hurt us. View full school