Our Lady's
Catholic Primary School
'Go shine in the world.'
Determination
Respect
Friendship
Inspiration
Excellence
Community
Integrity
Compassion
This means resolution, resolve, willpower. “Stand firm and you will save yourselves” (Luke 21:19)
This means regard highly, value, honour. “And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them” (Luke 6:31)
This means mutual trust and support. “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth” (1 John 3:18)
This means the process of being given passion and/or ideas for a task. “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13)
This means being outstanding or extremely good. “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord” (Colossians 3:23-24)
This connects us with each other. “We who are many, are one body in Christ” (Romans 12:5)
This means having strong moral principles e.g. honesty, decency, fairness, equality; having pure and balanced moral character. Whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." (Philippians 4:8)
This means having a deep awareness and sympathy for another's suffering. When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things." (Mark 6:34)
Learning about equality
We explicitly teach children about equality at Our Lady’s to support children understand that we should treat people fairly and equally, no matter their race, gender, age, disability, religion or sexual orientation. We support children to understand that we are all different, and we are all equally valuable in the world. It is through promoting equality and diversity and recognising and respecting differences that we can live in an inclusive and a more–equal society.
The children learn about inspirational people who have promoted equality and changed our world, for example Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Malala, The Suffragettes and Nelson Mandela. The children take part in workshops and drama to learn about these inspirational lives. They reflect on the qualities that they share with the inspirational people and think about how they can recognise that difference is a gift from God and how they themselves can be fair and just to others.
