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At St John’s School we aim:
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To promote equality by providing opportunities to young people of both sexes and by avoiding stereotypes.
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To promote positive attitudes to cultural diversity, gender equality and people with special needs or gifts.
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To encourage boys and girls to respect themselves, each other and the contribution each can make to the life of our school. |
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To develop in each child a curiosity, an enthusiasm and a willingness to learn.
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To eliminate discrimination.
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To enable each child to develop his/her own academic potential.
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To help each child to become an independent, caring and responsible person.
- To promote each child’s self esteem and sense of self worth.
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To provide a happy, secure and stimulating environment.
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In order to achieve this, we aim through our curriculum to develop skills and attitudes which encourage in children a desire to learn and an ability to live and work co-operatively within the community by:
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Encouraging Partnership with Parents.
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Developing knowledge, understanding and enjoyment in all areas of mathematics.
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Ensuring that every child has a command of the English language, having the ability to develop the skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing.
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Teaching the skills of observation, enquiry, interpretation, prediction and knowledge necessary for the development of scientific discovery and understanding.
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Allowing children the opportunity to make informed decisions and to take some responsibility for their own learning.
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Giving children access to a variety of athletic and physical skills.
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Developing moral and spiritual values which enable children to have respect for themselves and others.
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Teaching an awareness of, and respect for the community with its rich cultural diversity.
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