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Personal Development
As a Trust we pride ourselves on identifying and signposting our pupils to clubs, events and wider opportunities that they may want to explore that can enhance and develop their passions and expertise.
Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare
The personal development, behaviour and welfare of every individual pupil is at the heart of the VIPS at Leybourne Chase curriculum. Read this page to find out more information about how we teach our children to be happy, healthy and safe.
Personal Development at VIPS Leybourne Chase
Watch these videos showcasing the amazing work, acitvities and experiences our children had as part of their personal development curriculum. Each activity is linked to articles from the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child. As a Rights Respecting Gold school, the rights of the child are at the heart of our school curriculum and ethos.
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Building Positive Learning Behaviours
At the core of our learning ethos is the idea that we are teaching our children to be the mathematicians, scientists, writers, historians, geographers, designers, artists and musicians of the future. We aim for our children to have the skills to be independent, motivated and engaged learners with a deep understanding of their subjects. We actively ask our children 'what does good learning look like?' and encourage them to take ownership of their own learning journey.
We build strong relationships between home and school, beginning with the home/school agreement that all parents/carers sign. We also hold regular curriculum information evenings and information sessions for parents and carers so that they have a good understanding of how their children learn at school and the values we uphold.
Celebrating Success
We aim for all our pupils to have a positive attitude to learning and to be proud of their achievements both in school and out of school. Every Friday morning we have a whole school Celebration Assembly that the children and teachers love. The Celebration Assembly gives us all a chance to share the fantastic learning that goes on in our classrooms and to celebrate individual achievements.
Each Friday, we celebrate:
Resilience and Self-Belief Award: A child from each class recieves a certificate to recognise their achievements towards our school values of resilience and self-belief.
Playground Star Award: A child from each Key Stage is selected by the members of staff on break and lunch duty each week. These children are chosen for reflecting rights respecting values and inclusion on the playground.
Other Awards:
Outside Achievements: Every fortnight, children are invited to bring in any awards they have from outside of school e.g. swimming certificates or music exams. The children have the chance to celebrate their success with the rest of the school.
Headteacher Award: Every fortnight, a child from each class is selected by their class teacher to achieve a 'headteacher award'. This child is selected for outstanding achievement, effort, for their positive attitudes to learning or for showcasing rights respecting attitudes at all times.
House Points: Every fortnight, the Dojo points earned across each class are calculated and are put towards a fortnightly total. The winning house earns an extra break time to celebrate their success.
Excellence Award: At the end of each short term, we host an excellence award assembly. One child from each class is chosen and their parents are invited in to hear their child's teacher read a paragraph highlighting their child's success that term.
All the children who are celebrated in the Celebration Assembly are also mentioned in the school newsletter as well as on their class website and on a school display board in the entrance hall.
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