Standards & Behaviour

This is not a school where life is dominated by rules. In a nutshell, we expect children to treat those in their community with respect. However, to help children in their understanding of this we have a ‘Being Our Best Selves’ code for all pupils.

Being our Best Selves: Remember the 3 Rs:

• Respect for myself.
• Respect for others.
• for all my actions.

At St Faith’s:

• We try to be fair so that we treat other people as we would ourselves expect to be treated and learn about justice
• We try to be truthful so that we don’t tell lies about ourselves or about other people and learn about integrity
• We try to be patient so that we can always react well and learn about contentment
• We try to be generous so that we share things with other people and learn about altruism
• We try to be forgiving so that we help to keep the peace and learn about tolerance
• We try to be kind so that we think of others ahead of ourselves and learn about service.
• We try to be hard-working so that we make the most of our opportunities and learn about perseverance
• We try to be sympathetic so that we show concern for other people’s upsets and learn about compassion
• We try to be brave so that we face up to things or people we find difficult and learn about fortitude
• We try to be thankful so that we appreciate what we have and learn about gratitude

Naturally, teachers use verbal praise a great deal and a variety of rewards and strategies to promote high standards of behaviour and work, and when misdemeanours occur they are often dealt with swiftly using verbal admonition.