Our vision and values

HPS: Helping People Succeed

HPS TRAIN Values

At HPS we are an inclusive school that actively seeks to remove barriers to learning. We want our children to be well-rounded citizens who have opportunities and experiences that help them to achieve success in their academic, personal and social lives.   

Our school ethos is value driven with good values taught integrally in all that we do. Values are principles that guide behaviour.  At Heathcoat Primary School all adults are encouraged to model values and to give time for reflective practices. We believe that this empowers individuals to be effective learners and good global citizens.

We focus in particular on 5 key values, the initials of which spell out the word TRAIN.

T – Teamwork
R – Respect
A – Aim High
I – Independence
N – Never Give Up!

Children know that their learning journey begins at HPS and so we are using the idea of TRAIN to lead them to success in life.

We regularly refer to the HPS TRAIN values and teach them during lessons, our assemblies and at break and lunchtimes. We refer to them when a child achieves ‘dark green’ on the behaviour chart.  We want to ensure that everyone in our school community; staff, pupils and parents all really understand what is at the heart of HPS. We have therefore explicitly broken down what each value means.   

TEAMWORK    

  • we provide a warm, caring and inclusive school community where everyone works together to meet children’s needs.    
  • we provide opportunities for children to work as a team within the curriculum.    
  • we teach children the skills to be able to work successfully with others.    
  • we collaborate with parents and other external agencies to support the needs of the children.    

RESPECT    

  • we create an environment where good behaviour is expected and where learners are keen to succeed.    
  • we create a culture where all pupils can enjoy and celebrate success.    
  • we create a culture of kindness, manners and tolerance.    
  • we teach children the importance of caring for the environment.  

AIM HIGH    

  • we provide an ambitious, rich, broad & balanced curriculum to inspire an ongoing love of learning.    
  • we treat learners as individuals, considering their unique needs as well as their talents.    
  • we promote and achieve high standards for all by providing teaching and learning of the highest quality.    
  • we inspire children by providing them with different first-hand experiences, including information about aspirational people and careers.    
  • we provide opportunities to challenge and support children to succeed in all areas of the curriculum and beyond.   

INDEPENDENCE    

  • we teach children the skills to enable them to be effective independent learners.    
  • we provide carefully planned and adapted teaching to allow for individual success.     
  • we provide clear expectations and routines that enable children to be independent.    
  • we provide age-appropriate responsibilities for children.    

NEVER GIVE UP    

  • we provide learning challenges that are suitably adapted to enable children to be challenged and to succeed.     
  • we teach children to expect and respect mistakes and understand that we can learn from them.      
  • we help children to recognise that learning is an active process which takes time and sustained effort.     

 

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