St Laurence Church
Infant School
Vision and Values
Our School Vision
Our Christian Values
Christian values are the ways Jesus taught people to treat each other. The Bible says we should ‘do all things with love’. We believe that when we act with these special values, we are showing God’s love.
"Doing all things with love" is our overarching value. We particularly focus on the following Christian values as examples of how we can show love in action. Each value is illustrated by one of Jesus' parables: small stories with a big meaning.
Our values are explored each week in our worship and celebrated through certificates for ‘Amazing Attitudes’ on Fridays.
Kindness
Key Parable: The Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 25-37)
We can show love in action by: sharing toys with a friend who doesn’t have any.
The children said: “You can show kindness by playing with someone who is on the buddy bench.”
Forgiveness
Key Parable: The Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11-32)
We can show love in action by: saying “It’s okay” when someone bumps into you by accident.
The children said: “When someone does a four-part apology you say “yes” and you stop being mad.”
Bravery
Key Parable: The Bags of Gold (Matthew 25: 14-30)
We can show love in action by:
The children said:
Perseverance
Key Parable: The Lost Sheep (Matthew 18: 12-14)
We can show love in action by: Keeping on trying with a tricky job.
The children said:
Justice
Key Parable: The Unjust Judge (Luke 18: 1-8)
We can show love in action by: Treating everyone fairly and helping make things that aren't fair get better.
The children said:
Our Aims
- We provide a broad and balanced curriculum which develops each child spiritually, morally, intellectually, creatively, socially and physically through a range of experiences within a loving and secure Christian environment.
- We see each child as an individual, made in the image of God. We address individual needs in order to help explore each person’s talents and fulfil their potential.
- We work actively in partnership with home and school as part of a united St Laurence Church Infant School family where children, families and staff can all flourish.
- This education takes place in a secure and happy environment, one which will provide the children with the foundations necessary for them to take their place successfully as confident, responsible, tolerant and caring members of society.
Rights Respecting School
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is important to our school. We are a Silver ‘Rights Respecting’ School. Informing the choices we make and threaded throughout our curriculum, we teach children about the rights which they and children across the world should expect to have and raise awareness and challenge situations where this does not yet happen.
29:Aims of education
Children’s education should help them fully develop their personalities, talents and abilities. It should teach them to understand their own rights, and to respect other people’s rights, cultures and differences. It should help them to live peacefully and protect the environment.
Birmingham Diocese
Find out more about what being a church school in the Diocese of Birmingham looks like for pupils: