Aims

Core Values

The school I CARE core values have been articulated after consultation with pupils, parents, teachers and governors. I CARE is mnemonic for Individuality, Community, Aspire & Achieve, Resilience, Empathy
These core values underpin everything we are striving to achieve as a school.
 

School Development Plan

Duke Street Primary School aims to:

• provide a secure, caring and stimulating learning environment,
• promote self-discipline, moral values and self-esteem,
• set challenging yet realistic goals in order to allow each child and member of staff to reach his or her potential
• encourage an enthusiastic attitude to learning through a well-balanced and varied curriculum.
• work in partnership with parents to provide the best for each child in order to get the best from each child
• offer colleagues an enjoyable, positive environment in which to work, fostering both team commitment and the well-being of everyone within our school.

Principles for Learning and Teaching

At Duke Street we will:

• set high expectations and give every learner confidence they can succeed
  • raise learner’s aspirations
  • secure the active support of parents in their children’s learning and encourage children to extend learning beyond school
  • demonstrate a commitment to every learner’s success, making them feel included, valued and secure
• establish what the children know and build on it
  • set, share and display learning objectives, explaining them and making every learning experience count
  • create secure foundations for subsequent learning
• structure and pace learning experiences to make them challenging and enjoyable
  • include visual, auditory and kinaesthetic activities
  • set up classroom environments which encourage children’s independence
  • provide opportunities to solve problems
  • make creative use of range of learning opportunities available, within and beyond the classroom, including ICT
• inspire through passion for the subject
  • bring the subject alive
  • value contributions from the wider community
  • make it relevant to the learner’s wider goals and concerns
• make individuals active partners in their learning
  • promote reflection and evaluation with regards to how they learn and what they have learned
  • build respectful teacher-learner relationships that take learners’ views and experience fully into account
  • use assessment for learning to inform subsequent planning and practice
• develop learning skills and personal qualities
  • develop the ability to think systematically and manage information,
  • learn with others, from others and help others learn