Welcome to Elveden C of E Primary Academy

Elveden CofE Primary Academy is a small Church of England school located within the Elveden Estate. We pride ourselves on our family atmosphere and the personal approach we bring to meeting each child's needs.

We think Elveden offers a wondrous atmosphere that helps and encourages children to learn, and we invite all parents to join us in building a bond with the school to help our children to succeed.

Mrs Lorna Rourke & Mrs April Grimes (Head teachers)

Mission and Ethos Statement

At Elveden C of E Primary Academy, we aim to serve our community by providing an education of the highest quality within a framework of Christian belief and values. We encourage an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith, and promote Christian values through the experiences we offer to all of our children.

Values

We provide a safe, happy and inspiring learning environment based on our core values of hope, trust, respect and forgiveness. We encourage children to be confident and enthusiastic learners and enable them to take risks. Within a climate of high expectation and challenge, all children are guided, supported and inspired to fulfil their true potential, emotionally, physically, spiritually and intellectually, both during their time at school and in their life ahead.

Aims

In order to achieve our Mission and ethos statement we aim to ensure our children will also be:

• Ready to learn: Children have a positive, confident attitude to learning. They are both physically and emotionally ready to learn.

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7

• Resourceful: Children show initiative, asks well thought out questions and are prepared to use a variety of strategies to learn.

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18

• Reflective: Children are curious, able and willing to learn from their mistakes and can describe their progress.

For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity. Proverbs 24:16

• Resilient: Children are prepared to persevere and stay involved in their learning, even when the process is challenging.

I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 • Reciprocal: Children are prepared to help each other and work as a team. For the body is not one member but many. 1 Corinthians 12:14