Mission Statement

At Firwood Manor, we work alongside parents to inspire academic excellence, creativity and mutual respect, through the provision of a unique, exciting and happy environment, giving children a soaring belief in themselves as citizens of the 21st Century.

Aims

We aim:

• To foster a whole-child approach which will encompass the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, intellectual and physical development of each child.
• To nurture a love of learning and to develop a focused approach to work, enabling children to realise their potential.
• To help children to develop self-esteem and self-confidence and to recognise that they have a worthwhile contribution to make to the school.
• To give children a critical and constructive understanding of the environment.
• To encourage children to be independent, responsible and compassionate, so that they feel confident to enjoy the opportunities and challenges of secondary education.

We will achieve our aims through:

• The recognition that all children are unique individuals at differing stages of emotional, intellectual, physical, social and personal development.
• A rich, stimulating diverse and differentiated curriculum, of which the National Curriculum is a part, which encourages exploration, reflection and progression and which acknowledges the pupils’ individual needs as they develop.
• The provision of a meaningful context for learning experiences, in and out of the classroom, with a concomitant concentration on high expectations, on soaring self-belief and on learning skills and attitudes which will enable our children to use their own initiative, gradually taking responsibility for their own learning. These learning experiences will involve individual and collaborative work and will show an appreciation of the increasing impact of information and communication technology on learning and the nature of organisations.
• A close co-operation between home, school and the community
• The encouragement of a critical and constructive understanding of the environment.
• A physical environment which is pleasant, safe and attractive and seen as everyone’s responsibility to maintain and take pride in.
• A code of discipline based on positive behaviour where children receive praise and encouragement within a rigorous and consistent framework of what is expected of them.
• A friendly, secure atmosphere of trust, tolerance, co-operation, sensitivity, compassion and mutual respect, where individual beliefs and values are accepted and treated as equally valuable and where each person can grow, free from prejudice, negative stereotyping and bias, as a person and as a valued member of society.
• The encouragement of self-reliance, self-confidence, self-discipline, creativity and optimism.
• The encouragement of confidence to be able to freely express likes and dislikes
• An understanding that everyone is responsible for their own actions and the effects such actions have on others.
• The development of skills which will enable the children to become confident citizens of the 21st Century - to be good team-players, to solve problems, both academically and in their daily lives, to manage change, risk and uncertainty, to deal with success, failure, frustration, tension, competition, pressure, challenge, criticism, shyness and aggression.