Our Ethos, Values and Mission

St Bernard’s is a Catholic Primary School. It promotes and practices quality education from a viewpoint based on the teaching of Jesus Christ in the Gospels and through the doctrine of the Catholic Church.

Parents are the first educators and St Bernard’s believes that the school exists in order to partner with parents to support their children's growth and will work in partnership with them so they may experience an enjoyable and fruitful primary school experience.

The school believes that Jesus is present in the lives of every person. We open our arms to everybody and welcome them to our school community, with the firm belief that we are here, as One. Our identity as a faith school is strong, as is our belief in inclusion and equity.

It is part of the school’s mission to enable the child to develop an understanding of spiritual presence. This is done through direct teaching in the form of Religious Education, through direct experience in the form of attendance at religious occasionsand through explicit and implicit learning as part of being a Christian family and community.

We wish our school to be a place where Catholic attitudes to life are both taught and lived out - enabling a family and community rich environment.  To help achieve these aims our school offers a happy, safe and welcoming atmosphere, where every child is loved and valued.

The school believes that children must learn to respect one and other, for everyone is made in God’s image. In school, each child should be able to experience a sense of belonging and enjoy a spirit of co-operation within an optimistic environment that is conducive to learning.

Guiding the community is a Relationship and Behaviour Policy, and through this policy and with support from parents, we will develop the child’s natural inclinations as a social individual coupled with a loving approach that helps the child to recognise personal responsibilities and when it is necessary to accept responsibility. Our key rules for behaviour are to be ready (to learn), be respectful and be safe.  

To help bring values to our setting we have developed our own unique learning heroes and we also live out the values of Catholic Social Teaching. To bring CST and our learning heroes together we have 6 core St Bernard's Values: Appreciation; Ambition; Embracing Challenge; Empathy and Compassion; Honesty and Perseverance and Resilience.  The below characters are referenced in lessons and assemblies to help communicate who we envision our children to become. 

Our Mission Statement

St Bernard’s school aims to follow the footsteps of Jesus by creating a Catholic Christian environment, inspired by the life and teachings of Jesus.

Our Mission Statement underpins every aspect of day to day life in our school.

• We will demonstrate our faith in the way we act and worship
• We will work with parents and celebrate our efforts and success together
• We will welcome all into our school, parish and community family
• We will value and respect others and become good citizens of the world
• We will use our God given gifts and talents to be the best we can be

Our School Prayer

Our School Prayer written by our Chaplaincy Team

Dear Lord,
We are Your family.
Thank you for making us kind and helpful,
Help us to listen and forgive,
Help us to work hard and look after God's Earth,
Help us to follow in Your footsteps.
We pray through St. Bernard.

Amen