Our Vision
Our vision is our aspiration for all of our stakeholders in our school. It captures the work of the school in its entirety and is vibrantly alive in the atmosphere of the school. Our vision is reinforced and lived out by some of our unique family-style structures and approaches throughout school life.
This vision was created in 2019 with involvement from all stakeholder groups in our school community.
We live and work in harmony...
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...with love for one another...
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...so we can achieve our potential...
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… within a community of life-long learners.
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Scripture passages that our vision is founded on:
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Scripture passages that our vision is founded on:
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Resilience, responsibility, kindness and creativity
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Art that Communicates our Vision
In February 2020, Year 4, 5 and 6 worked with visiting artist Sandie Sutton. We used waste plastics that would have otherwise polluted our environment to create artwork around our school to communicate our vision.
- 'Live and work in harmony, with love for one another' is situated in our office foyer to welcome members to our school community.
- 'Achieve our potential' is situated alongside the records of our achievements from Celebration Worship and the school's charitable work.
- A community of life-long learners sits opposite our Internationalism display
Developing a New Vision - 2019
Our vision is founded on four key scripture passages:
Designing and developing the new vision in 2019 was a detailed process that involved members from all stakeholders. A summary of the work undertaken, including the process of how the school selected the four key scripture passages, can be read below:
As part of our Shelford Star, we focus on four key values:
- Kindness
- Responsibility
- Resilience
- Creativity
Within these, we look at 8 specific Secrets of Success.
Shelford Star Values
Also see our policies for our behaviour policy which shows how we put these values into practice.
In Harmony...
A Selection of some of the hymns we sing in-line with our vision:
A New Commandment, I give unto you
That you love one another, as I have loved you,
That you love one another, as I have loved you.
By this, shall all me know that you are my disciples,
If you have love, one for another.
By this, shall all me know that you are my disciples,
If you have love, one for another.
Our Lenten Reflection
For Advent - Hopeful, expectant preparation: