Daventry Hill School
Vision & Values
At Daventry Hill School, our purpose is to support all students towards happy, successful futures.
We aim to inspire and empower all of our learners to achieve their own personal success.
Our five core values are:
- Positivity
- Curiosity
- Resilience
- Community
- Respect
Our Values Explained
Our Core Values are a set of fundamental values that drive our organisation. Our students, staff, governors and families are all expected to demonstrate our values at all times. They are the foundations on which every aspect of our work and success is built upon.
All of our students are taught the Core Values and our relationship (behaviour) policy is linked explicitly to them.
We celebrate what everyone can do.
We look forward to the possibilities that lie ahead.
- I can have a go.
- I can show I am happy through my body language.
- I can smile and laugh.
- I can use my social time in a positive way.
- I can listen to adults who can support me in a social situation.
- I can appreciate myself.
- I can spend time with my family and friends.
- I can reflect on mistakes I have made with a familiar adult.
- I can use focused positive thinking to manage social situations.
- I can praise others when they do a good job.
- I can apply a can-do attitude when trying my best.
- I can reflect on my mistakes and recognise what I could have done differently.
- I can notice positive aspects in challenging situations.
- I can work hard to achieve a go.
- I can be fair and honest.
- I can let go of mistakes
- I can challenge pessimistic thoughts.
- I know that positivity and optimism lead to better social relationships and coping with stress.
- I can work with others even when there has been a disagreement or conflict.
We nurture curiosity, to know more and understand more.
We encourage exploration of the world around us.
- I can explore a range of stimulus.
- I can make my preference known.
- I can manipulate and use different stimulus.
- I can look and watch stimulus for a short period of time.
- I can respond to new experiences.
- I can show my own interests.
- I can make links between ideas.
- I can solve problems.
- I can make predictions and find meaning in a sequence.
- I can make choices and decisions about how to approach different tasks.
- I can learn to respond to open questions.
- I can explore a variety of concepts.
- I can explore and make evidence-based predictions.
- I can begin to evaluate why things work or don't work.
- I can use a variety of sources to form my own opinions.
- I can use my interests to inform my future career plans.
- I can independently use a range of media to locate information to support my personal interests.
- I can independently investigate places or things of interest to me.
- I can plan and execute new experiences that I can enjoy.
We support everyone to have the courage to keep moving forward and learn from their experiences.
We nurture a strong sense of self.
- I can have a go.
- I can try new things.
- I can ask for help.
- I can seek out my trusted adult to speak to.
- I can keep going even when I find things hard/challenging.
- I know it is okay to make mistakes.
- I will have a go even if I find it tricky.
- I can use my mindfulness breathing techniques.
- I can think things through in my mind before I start.
- I can bounce back when things go wrong.
- I can use my variety of strategies when faced with a challenging situation.
- I know everyone has different strengths and weaknesses and I can accept and appreciate them.
- I know not everything I have to do is going to be easy, but I can keep going.
- I can recover quickly when difficult situations arise.
- I can persevere through difficult times.
- I can manage my emotions when faced with a stressful situation.
- I know that I need to keep going when situations become difficult.
- I can be proud of my own achievements and not compare myself to others.
- I know that to succeed, I need to try new things and do things that I might not want to do.
- I can create a supportive network that is built for resilience.
- I know that if I fail at something, this does not mean I can’t be successful next time I try.
We nurture everyone's sense of belonging.
We support everyone to communicate and work with others.
- I can share experiences with my class.
- I can have positive interactions.
- I can work together in small groups.
- I can play alongside my peers.
- I can share my own interests and preferences.
- I can participate as part of a team.
- I can talk about my family and the impact they have on me.
- I can learn about being a good friend.
- I can show safe behaviour in familiar places I visit.
- I can represent my school when taking part in community events.
- I can make choices about how I spend my leisure time.
- I can work effectively as part of a team.
- I can demonstrate safe behaviour when visiting my local community.
- I can have a social impact on my local community.
- I can identify where I belong in my community.
- I know where I can go to take part in events with people of similar interests.
- I know being part of a wider community has a positive impact on my well-being.
- I know I need to work with people in the community in a positive way.
- I can independently identify what is available in the local community.
- I know where to go for support in the local community if needed.
- I can support organisations to protect and look after my local community.
- I can positively interact with a wider range of different people.
- I show professional skills by working in a range of settings.
We nurture the understanding of others.
We treat all with kindness.
- I can tolerate sharing a space with familiar adults and students.
- I can share and take turns during structured activities.
- I am learning I am not always first and can wait my turn.
- I can begin to share.
- I can celebrate my own achievements.
- I can celebrate the achievements of others.
- I can take care and respect learning resources.
- I can say ‘no’ if I do not want to do something.
- If I make a mistake, I know I can make it right.
- I know I deserve to be treated with respect.
- I know I should treat others in the way in which I want to be treated.
- I accept people's differences and I know we are all different.
- I know it is okay to be different.
- I understand that other people might have different views than my own.
- I know that I need to treat everyone equally and with care.
- I know that I need to listen to others and respect their opinion.
- I know that I need to respect other people's personal space.
- I can encourage everyone to be themselves and celebrate their differences.
- I can challenge pessimistic thoughts.
- I know that positivity and optimism lead to better social relationships and coping with stress.
- I can work with others even when there has been a disagreement or conflict.