Vision and Values

To recognise and celebrate diversity
To inspire a love of learning and to have fun
To provide a relevant, innovative curriculum for all children
Nurture children’s confidence and creativity
For children to value others and themselves
To foster a sense of belonging to a global community
To create and develop sustainable links between the school and community
For children to operate as independent learners and thinkers

Our School Charter

At Abbeyfield we learn to respect each other and to live peacefully.

The Rights Respecting School Council have written a school charter which is based upon the 42 rights of children as set out by UNICEF. They have worked hard to make sure that they reflect our school.

Our Rights	Our Responsibilities
We have the right to learn	We take pride in our work and always do our best We don’t distract other people from their learning We get ready to learn as quickly as we can
We have the right to feel safe	We keep our hands and feet to ourselves We don’t deliberately say things to hurt other people’s feelings We play fair and we accept that we can’t always win
We have the right to have our voice heard	We listen to other people with respect We put our hands up to give everyone chance to speak We don’t laugh at other people’s ideas or mistakes
We have the right to a clean and safe environment	We respect everyone’s private space – including their tray and their own things We take care of school property We all help to keep our school tidy and rubbish free
We have the right to be ourselves, with our own friends, beliefs and opinions	We respect other people’s families We respect other people’s friendship choices We don’t get angry when other people have different beliefs and opinions