Withycombe Raleigh
C of E Primary School
Headteacher Mrs E Jones
We're excited to share with you our school’s distinctive Christian vision.
As a Church School we are required to have a vision that is shared with the whole school community, and which is then supported by our values.
Our school vision is ‘Growing Happy, Caring Hearts and Minds’.
The foundation of this can be found in the Bible, John 15 v 12;
‘My command is this: love each other as I have loved you’.
Our vision has been developed from the central belief of the Church of England, that education should develop a fullness of life. This is alongside the Exeter Diocese vision to pray, grow and serve with joy.
The school community were consulted and given the opportunity to identify key strengths and attributes of the school. Questionnaires were sent out to all parents, staff, governors and pupils. There was a positive response to this and overwhelmingly everyone prioritised the children’s happiness and wellbeing, alongside and integrated into learning and meeting full potential. This goes back to the central belief that the role of the school should be to educate the whole person, encompassing ‘physical and intellectual development, united with spiritual, moral, social and cultural’.
The Christian faith is centred around the love of God and at this school we have also developed new values that are based on the GRACE of God.
The values are: Generosity, Respect, Agape, Courage and Empathy.
These form and shape the ethos of our school culture and are a core component of our Collective Worship.
Miss K Lee, Mrs A Warren and Mr Overton.
Strategic Lead and Leads for Collective Worship and Religious Education.
Visit our Trinity Day photo gallery here:
We have stickers for each of these values, which we award when someone demonstrates one of our values in school.
Oak class prepared and performed this song about Empathy which we wanted to share with you. This was during a week where the whole school focussed on the value Empathy.
Pentecost
Year 1 led our Collective Worship with a wonderful presentation which included readings, prayers and singing.
We all visited the church and enjoyed singing together while thinking more about the Pentecost story.
Welcome to our Easter Trail
Christingle Services
The whole school comes together for a lovely Christingle service each year.
Our Harvest Celebration Collective Worship
This video was played as children were welcomed into the hall during the week commencing 3rd October.
As a Church of England School we learn about Christianity throughout the school year.
Our photo gallery shows the hall displays created by each year group.
Our Vision
Display created by
Year 3
Our Values
Display created by
Year 2
Generosity
With the Bible Story Widow and the Penny, shows our vision and values in action.
Display by Year 1
Respect
With the Bible Story Daniel and the Lion's Den, showing our vision and values in action.
Display by Year 4
Agape
With the Easter Story/Holy Week and showing our vision and values in action.
Display by the EYFS
Courage
Showing our vision and values in action.
Display by Year 5
Empathy
Showing our vision and values
in action.
Display by Year 6
GRACE
Each classroom has created their own GRACE 'tree' in their reflection area, to represent the values.
This photo gallery shows some of the work we do across the school during the school year.
Our donations were made to the Exmouth Food Bank. | Trinity Day, 10th June 2021 | |
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Some amazing trinity inspired artwork | ||
Listening really well to Father Roberts. | ||
creating trinity symbols | ||
We use the symbol of an apple to help learn about the Holy Trinity. | ||
Christingle Service | Christingle Service | |
Easter Topic Work | Class Artwork | |
What an effective piece of artwork for Easter | Class Activities | Learning about Easter |
Collective Worship | Easter Collective Worship | |
Collaborative Artwork | ||
Pentecost | Attending St John's Church for Pentecost | Displays in school |
Easter | Generosity and Empathy - Charity Shoebox Appeal | |
Creating Artwork | Working with Christian charities - Christmas Shoebox Appeal |