Aims & Values

Our School Vision

We aspire for every child to be happy, caring, secure and responsible; to develop a lifelong passion and thirst for learning, to enable them to fulfil their potential and be prepared for the challenges of the 21st century.

 

Mission Statement

  • We ensure the highest levels of achievement through provision of the highest quality teaching which delivers a broad, balanced and meaningful curriculum.
  • We encourage and challenge our children to be active, creative, independent and self-critical learners who are unafraid of making mistakes and who adopt an “I can” attitude in all that they think and do.
  • We promote a warm, welcoming environment and school ethos in which the uniqueness of every individual is valued and relationships are based on respect, honesty and trust.
  • We make learning vivid, real, enjoyable and challenging and open the doors to ambition and possibilities; striving for and achieving excellence.
  • We actively promote strong partnerships between school, home, local and the wider community.

School Motto

Enjoy and Achieve Together

 

Learning Skills

 At Dane Bank we have 6 core skills for good learning. Each half term we focus on a different skill and this runs right across the school. 

Our 6 Learning Skills are:

* RESILIENT WORKER (Autumn 1)

* TEAM PLAYER (Autumn 2)

* CURIOUS QUESTIONER (Spring 1)

* PROBLEM SOLVER (Spring 2)

* CLEAR COMMUNICATOR (Summer 1)

* REFLECTIVE LEARNER (Summer 2)