Bee Attitudes
As a Catholic School, our values and ethos underpin everything that we do, and we pride ourselves on the ‘family feel’ that you will experience here. We firmly believe that our faith is central to all we undertake and that our central mission “Whatever you do, do it for the glory of God” 1Corinthians 10:31 is reflected in all that we do.
Whilst it is not essential to be a baptised Catholic to attend our school, it is important that you are in sympathy with our ethos, and understand that our Catholic faith is strongly echoed in our Collective Worship, Masses, Liturgies and Assemblies. Each classroom has a Prayer Focus, a small sacred space which is an integral part of our Collective Worship and RE provision.
At St Simon’s, we encourage positive behaviour which reflects our Mission Statement. Our behaviour management approach is based on building strong relationships between adults and children. The use of positive reinforcement strategies will always be our default approach.
We want all of our St Simon’s family to live out our Mission Statement in their daily lives by following our core values, or ‘Bee Attitudes’. These underpin our ethos and are drawn from the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12)
Bee Kind
Bee Gentle
Bee Helpful
Bee Polite
Bee Safe
Bee Respectful
Bee Hardworking
Bee a Good Friend
Bee a Positive Role Model
Bee a Good Listener
STRIVE to be the best you can be!
Our Bee -Attitudes are displayed in all classrooms and represent our whole school behaviour expectations, in child-friendly terms. A STRIVE poster is also displayed in egch classroom.