Vision & Values

Our Vision

Learning to live! Living to Learn!

Inspired by our founder Mary Gibbon, we are a welcoming, nurturing community, providing the opportunity for each person to recognise and fulfil their God given gifts and abilities. Through a creative, inclusive curriculum, we inspire all to be lifelong learners, equipped with the skills needed to be thankful, generous members of society.

Our Christian School Values

Our Values governing our every day school life

Our Christian School Values are: Friendship, Forgiveness, Peace, Trust and Thankfulness

Friendship: As the Good Shepherd cares for every member of the flock, we live together in friendship. In learning to live, we accept that not every person may be our friend and at times, we may, like the Lost Sheep, lose our way. Despite our difficulties, we are all still members of the same flock. We care for each other and treat others in the way we would like to be treated ourselves.

 Forgiveness: In order to live in friendship, we must learn forgiveness. We recognise that in living together, we will make mistakes. We understand that to live in friendship with each other, we must learn to forgive each other, in the same way that God forgives us:

“forgive each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

We teach that we learn from our mistakes. By forgiving others, we ensure that we live in friendship:

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

 Peace: When living in friendship with each other and learning to forgive each other, we experience peace. This learning extends beyond our school community in to society. To live in a peaceful world, we need to cascade friendship and forgiveness.

Trust: As the sheep trust the shepherd to take care of them, we learn that Christians believe God takes care of us. Our school community is a safe environment where all can flourish. Children and parents trust staff to provide a nurturing, caring and safe environment where all can fulfil their God given gifts and abilities. Children, parents and staff trust the leadership of the school to ensure their safety in an environment whereby everyone can thrive. In the same way that a shepherd protects sheep from all harm and danger, the school does likewise for its members.

Thankfulness: Just as a sheep is thankful for the safety of a rich environment, so too are we thankful for our school community and all that it offers. We learn to be outward looking, thinking about ‘we’, as opposed to ‘me’. We try in all things to ‘give thanks,’ to be grateful for what we have and to give to others less fortunate than ourselves. We seek to serve and extend this learning in to a wider world, learning to live!