At Burstwick Community Primary School we aim to provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment within which all children feel cared for, supported and happy, where children can achieve highly and let their imagination flourish.
We aim to prepare children for adult life and the world of work through developing an enthusiasm for learning and a willingness to persevere in the face of challenge.
Believe, Unique, Resilient, Safe, Tolerant, Worthy, Independent, Creative, Kind-hearted
We are BURSTWICK!
We want our children to be independent, happy learners, who thrive in school and reach their full potential from their various starting points.
We aim for our children to be confident and to believe in themselves and interact positively with others.
We believe:
- Every child is a unique child, who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured.
- Children learn to be strong and independent through positive relationships.
- Children learn and develop well in enabling environments, in which their experiences respond to their individual needs and there is a strong partnership between practitioners and parents and/or carers.
- Outdoor learning is an essential element of a child’s early learning experiences.
- Every child should be taught the skills of collaboration, resilience and perseverance.
We support your child’s learning by giving them time to:
- Develop and become deeply involved in their own ideas.
- Make plans and return to them.
- Test their theories and ideas.
- Learn through trial and error.
- Think about what they have been taught.
- Share their ideas with their friends.
- Work alongside and with other children.
- Engage in imaginative play.
- Develop social skills.
- Recognise and manage their emotions.
- Make their own choices and decisions.
We scaffold your child’s learning by:
- Observing them to understand what they already know.
- Talking to them to hear their ideas.
- Helping them to develop their ideas.
- Offering helping when they need it.
- Modelling play and showing them how things work.
- Observing play to ensure continuous provision extends their learning.
- Helping them to consolidate what have learned and make progress.
- Using praise to affirm their understanding and what they can do.
We teach your child by:
- Offering new experiences for them to explore.
- Provoking new ideas.
- Identifying next steps in their learning.
- Developing their thinking skills and concentration.
- Enabling them to get the most from the resources we provide.
- Giving opportunities to link new learning with things they already know.
- Showing them how to use new resources to support their learning.
- Helping them learn to listen to the ideas and experiences.
By igniting the flame for learning we are transforming lives, building communities for the future and broadening horizon. We believe that all children deserve to be valued as an individual and we are passionate in allowing all children to achieve their full, unique potential.
After all, we are BURSTWICK!
Believe, Unique, Resilient, Safe, Tolerant, Worthy, Independent, Creative, Kind-hearted