Acre Heads Ethos and Values
‘a place to nourish thinking minds’
Ethos
With our growth mindset, we believe in being positive in every situation. Therefore, we have very few school rules – in fact we only have two:
- Be nice
- Do the right thing
What we do have are values and these are our guiding principles for behaviour and ethos. They apply to all school stakeholders, not just our children. Children don’t automatically know how to behave positively in every situation they come across. We try to give them strategies for managing their own behaviour and taking responsibility for their own actions. The ethos of the school is created by the attitudes and values displayed by staff towards the children and each other.
We care deeply for our children and their families, staff also care for each other and it is evident that the children also care for the staff – indeed, we regard ourselves as a family unit. In speech and conduct we aim to uphold these values and establish a harmonious, hard working and safe environment for all.
We give security and friendship. We show quality appreciation and care. We want the best for everyone in our community – the best care, the best education and the best life chances.
Values
Our main school value is ‘respect for others’ and this is what we are always striving to develop. There is a value allocated to each class in the school – the children have to be champions of that value and try to uphold it. These values were decided on by parents and children.
Year Group | Class | Value |
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FS | Foundation Stage | Caring - We should be caring towards others. |
Year 1 | Sugarloaf | Family - We are all part of the Acre Heads family. |
Year 1 | Drewton | Honesty - We must have complete honesty at all times. |
Year 2 | Sandholme | Kindness - We must show kindness at all times. |
Year 2 | Barmby | Friendship - We must show friendship to others. |
Year 3 | Gowdall | Trust - People should be able to trust us. |
Year 3 | Carlton | Initiative - We can act independently. |
Year 4 | Smeaton | Respect - We must respect other people. |
Year 4 | Drax | Forgiveness - We must show and expect forgiveness. |
Year 5 | Upton | Enthusiasm - We must try to show enthusiasm in all we do. |
Year 5 | Hensall | Self-confidence - We will develop through encouraging each other. |
Year 6 | Cudworth | Perseverance - We must persevere and not give up. |
Year 6 | Hemsworth | Achievement - We must always strive for achievement. |
These values are intrinsic throughout the school and are at the core of the community values we believe every child should develop through their learning journey. These values are displayed in the relevant classrooms and are integrated through SMSC and character education.
Aims
We aim to be a learning community:
- We aim to show the children that we can always do better, as individuals and as a collective.
- We aim to celebrate our successes and learn from our mistakes.
- We aim to create an environment where children can grow and develop with no limits through participation in their own education.
- We aim to enable our children to use their skills to become deep thinkers, responsible role models and leaders of others.
- We aim to encourage children to see that learning is for our whole lifetime – teachers, governors, parents and carers are learners too.
- Through modelling the merits of hard work, diligence, open mindedness and reflection, we aim to encourage Acre Heads’ children to nourish other people’s thinking minds – constantly striving to achieve better mastery of their curriculum key skills.
These aims are intrinsic within our core values:
BELIEF – I know I can do it
DETERMINATION – If I make a mistake, I will keep trying
RESILIENCE – I will find a way around it
TEAMWORK – I will help others to achieve
At Acre Heads we want to engage children to become skilled and self motivated, lifelong learners, through an enjoyable, relevant curriculum which provides them with:
- More opportunities
- More time to talk about learning
- More helpful comments on marking
- Less directing
- More choice
- More responsibility
- More collaboration
- More access to the best resources we can provide – including ICT
Our curriculum encourages active participation from our pupils. It encourages them to grow and achieve in a safe environment built on mutual respect.
High quality teaching and learning are promoted within a positive environment that sets out to encourage observation, investigation and development of language skills. Each and every child is encouraged to work towards high expectations and the development of good relationships.
The school strives to maintain the excellent relationship that exists with parents and the community. A partnership approach is valued, accepting that home and school each have major influences on the educational and emotional development of the child. Parents are welcome and are given the opportunity of contributing to the life and work of the school.
Our excellent links with other schools, professional services and the wider community enable the children to be positive contributors to their own surroundings and thereby develop a sense of pride in their environment. We strive to maintain a happy, caring and successful school in which all are valued and are proud to belong.
Learning in Action
Latest events going on in school….
Paddington have been looking at time in their maths lessons, the boys created their own clock and used themselves as the hands to recreate times to the hour, half hour, quarter past and quarter to #acreheads #paddington #maths ⏰⏰ ... See MoreSee Less
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Massive congratulations to Lily and Sophie in Year 4, they have been unbeaten all season playing for Hessle Rangers CIC, they also recently won their latest tournament. Well done girls! ⚽️👧🏻⚽️👧🏻#teamwork #belief #resilience #determination #acreheads #year4 #sport ... See MoreSee Less
Amazing girls so proud of you Sophie 💙 ⚽️🏅xxxx
We’ll done girls 💪⚽️ 🏅
Well done 🤩 👏xxx
Year 3 have been looking at dark in the absence of light and how light is reflected #science #acreheads #year3 ... See MoreSee Less
As part of their history topic on Romans Year 4 have visited Murton Park today, amongst lots of other things they have learnt about life as a new recruit to the Roman Army #history #acreheads #year4 ... See MoreSee Less
Kimberley Morley , Luke Morley xx
ParentPay is coming to Acre Heads in July, further information to follow later this month #acreheads #paymentsystem ... See MoreSee Less
Unfortunately Joe won’t be paying us a visit however, we are excited to have received this message from him #joewicks #acreheads #pe #thebodycoach ... See MoreSee Less
Wow…look at our fantastic new kitchen area ‘Acre Bites’. We can’t wait to start the clubs and lessons. Massive thank you to Howdens #acreheads #dt #thankyou 👩🏻🍳👨🍳🍱👏🏻😍 We are looking forward to hosting our first event ‘Paddington Cafe’ ... See MoreSee Less
Thank you Howdens Kitchens for a great service & supporting Acreheads Primary School 🎉🎉
That's amazing 👏 😍
Looks brilliant
Thank you Howdens! Craig Wallis will you please thank everyone involved, the kids will love it 🫶🏼
Nice new electromagnetic induction hobs!
That’s fabulous 😄
As part of their hook day Year 6 have been comparing foods from America and the UK during a blind tasting #acreheads #English #year6 🇺🇸🇬🇧 ... See MoreSee Less
As part of their ‘Healthy Me’ topic Year 2 have been making fruit kebabs #year2 #acreheads #english #hookday ... See MoreSee Less
My child enjoyed making his fruit kebab, and made more at home 🍓🫒🍉🍡
Rob Brown x
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Congratulations to this week’s award winners 👏🏻🤩🏆🥇 #acreheads #awards ... See MoreSee Less
Kelly Thompson ❤️
Thank you to Mr Brady for coming in yesterday afternoon to visit Year 6 to tell them about his job as a teacher in a prison and also the life of a Prisoner #acreheads #PSHE #year6 ... See MoreSee Less
Geoff Brady x
We are excited to take delivery of our new kitchen facility, this will be used for class cookery lessons and clubs. Thank you to Howdens for your fantastic donation #acreheads #DT #cookery #afterschoolclubs ... See MoreSee Less
Thank you for allowing us to be part of it with our donation. Enjoy the fantastic cooking experiences! 👩🍳
Refreshing to hear that you’ll be providing cookery lessons for your pupils. A great way of introducing children to nutrition and the benefits of cooking from scratch. So many schools no longer do this to the detriment of the children.