Ethos and Values

At Ss Peter & Paul Catholic Primary School we always work to provide a stimulating and interesting environment where children have the opportunity to develop their talents to their full potential.

We strive to nourish each child’s faith by widening it within the life and work of the school, in partnership with parents and the Parish community. This is done in accordance with the teachings of the Catholic Church.  We ensure that children know how to follow the example and teachings of Jesus.

We encourage children to ask questions about the teachings of Christ and to develop enquiring minds.  We are aware that a child’s needs and levels of understanding in RE change and develop.  We adapt to these needs through the following aims which are underpinned by our school’s mission statement.

We promote concern, consideration and respect for all others regardless of race, culture, gender or disability. This is further strengthened by our links with charities such as Father Hudson’s and our Lenten Charity work.

We create a happy, purposeful and caring environment which fosters the intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual development of each child. We continue to fully develop the talents of each child through a balanced RE curriculum and by providing work suited to individual needs.

The children at Ss Peter & Paul Catholic Primary School are given the opportunity to learn about different Religions and Faiths. We have Multi-Faith themed assemblies and the children work very hard to produce beautiful and informative display work.

Our children are growing to be:​

• Grateful for their own gifts, for the gift of other people, and for the blessings of each day; and generous with their gifts, becoming men and women for others.​
• Attentive to their experience and to their vocation; and discerning about the choices they make and the effects of those choices.​
• Compassionate towards others, near and far, especially the less fortunate; and loving by their actions and forgiving words.​
• Faith-filled in their beliefs and hopeful for the future.​
• Eloquent and truthful in what they say of themselves, the relations between people, and the world.​
• Learned, finding God in all things; and wise in the ways they use their learning for the common good.​
• Curious about everything; and active in their engagement with the world, changing what they can for the better.​
• Intentional in the way they live and use the resources of the earth, guided by conscience; and prophetic in the example they set to others.​

​Each half term, the children develop their understanding of two new virtues and strive to apply these to their everyday lives.

RE Inspection 2015

RE Inspection 2010

We also recognise not only the importance of allowing children to flourish and embrace our wider role in preparing them for their adult life beyond the formal examined curriculum. Part of our role in preparation is ensuring that we promote and reinforce British Values to our pupils.

British Values 2021-2022

RSE

Letter – Consultation Information

Confirmed consultation letter

LTTF parent information booklet

Catholic Life

Catholic Life Newsletter Spring

Catholic Life Newsletter Summer

Class Saints

At the start of the year each class chose their own class Saint, they will explore and learn about their chosen Saint and lead a prayer service over the course of the academic year.

Reception – St Joseph The Worker

Year 1 – St Francis of Assisi

Year 2 – St Vincent de Paul

Year 3 – St Benedict the Moor

Year 4 – St Josephine Bakhita

Year 5 – St Alphonsa

Year 6 – Saint Maximilian Kolbe

GIFT Team – St Therese of Lisieux

Every child and members of staff will be given one of these four Houses to support.  Siblings are placed in the same houses.  Teaching and non-teaching staff will also belong to a House, with the exception of the Senior Leadership Team, as they will encourage and support the children in positive team building through the House system.

House points are awarded using the following guidance:

Our rewards system aims to encourage a real sense of pride and achievement for the children. It fosters community spirit and gives the children an opportunity to contribute to something bigger, which involves children from all year groups. The older children are positive role models and take on a pastoral role for the younger children.

St David

Feast Day: 1st March

St Patrick

Feast Day: 17th March

St George

Feast Day: 23rd April

St Andrew

Feast Day: 30th November

The School Council 

We value the opinions of our pupils and the School Council gives pupils a forum to share these opinions with the Principal.  It provides our children with the opportunity to raise issues, share ideas and participate in discussions and decisions made about the school which may affect them.  Elections to become a member are held annually and consist of children from Years 4/5/6 who fill in an application and are then invited in for a interview.

The School Council members within the Romero Academy gather regularly as part of Pupil Voice to share ideas on how they can help to assist the local community.

School Council Members 2021-2022

Our School Council members have been elected:

Harry Sou and Caoimhe (Y1), Sharif and Aoife-Grace (Y2), Jayda-Mia and Marshall (Y3), Suri and Christian (Y4), Yogitha and Ryan (Y5) and Layla and Shaneah (Y6)