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.

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 2019-2020

House Teams

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:

1 house point for an isolated achievement (e.g. a one off act of kindness, helpfulness, good work etc).

2 house points for a sustained achievement (e.g. sustained good behaviour, an achieved target, hard work on a project etc).

3 house points for a special achievement (e.g. something that goes above and beyond) or a group achievement (e.g. for winning a class based team game).

5 to 10 house points can be awarded for extra special achievements by the Senior Leadership Team including ‘WOW’ work and ‘Stars of the Week’.

This 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 2019-2020

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 with Ms Gordon.

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.  They strive to work towards our school aims: Serve, Inspire, Inclusion, Nurture, Truth & Succeed, which underlines our values of helping those in need.

This year we will be working in partnership with the Andrew Robinson Young People’s Trust who work with young people in Coventry to help them overcome barriers in life.   It aims to advance the religious education of young people, especially those in need, by providing support and assistance, enabling them to develop their faith within the Catholic Church. Also to develop their physical and mental capacities and inter-personal skills through their leisure activities, enabling them to mature as individuals and members of society thereby improving their conditions of life.  We will keep you updated with our work with them as they year progresses.

Last year was a busy year for them, on the fund raising side of things they hosted non-uniform days and sweet sales to raise money for Birmingham Children’s Hospital (specifically the Chaplaincy Department/Spiritual Care).

School Council Members 

Our School Council members this academic year are Gabriel, Shaneah, Holly, Faith-Trina, Regenia,

Blessing, Alfie, John-Paul, Princesser and Seana (reserve).

What we’ve been up to in the last academic year

We started the last academic year with “Pupil Voice Training” along with all the schools within The Romero Catholic Academy.  This involved group tasks encouraging students to work as a team, listen to others and work across the Academy with other School Council representatives.

The School Council fundraising efforts were in aid of The Chaplaincy Team of Birmingham Children’s Hospital. They provide spiritual, religious and pastoral support for all patients and families in the hospital. The service is open to people of all faiths and none. The multi-faith team provides a 24/7 on-call cover so that there is always help in an urgent situation. We developed innovative ideas to help this very worthwhile cause. We raised £300.00, overall the Romero Academy raised just under £3,000.00.

In addition to the above we are continuing our work with the Coventry Youth Council. Last year the School Council members attended a partnership meeting arranged by Coventry City Council called “11 Million Day” focusing on knife crime and Coventry being the City of Culture. We were able to meet many influential professionals, which included people such as The Director of Children’s Services for Coventry City Council, John Gregg, a member of the police force and a lecturer from Coventry University to name but a few.  Discussions were held around safety in Coventry for young people, anxiety and Coventry becoming the City of Culture.