Our Christian Values

St. Mary’s CE Primary school provides a journey to discover ‘life in all its fullness’. John 10:10. Where children flourish, are happy and succeed. Our distinct Christian values: respect. friendship, love, forgiveness and service are woven throughout the day, the learning, the gathering, the school.

At St. Mary's CE Primary School, we have six Christian values that form the basis of all that we do. These are values that we like to think about in all aspects of school life so that we can work together, grow together and flourish as individuals and as our school community.

RESPECT, PEACE, LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, FORGIVENESS, SERVICE

Children have opportunities to develop their understanding of these six Christian values throughout the year. We give the children opportunities to think about each ‘value’ through the school curriculum, general school life and also our school worship.

We link each Christian value to a story from the Bible:

Half term	Christian Value	British Value	Bible verse	Bible story
Autumn 1	Respect	Mutual respect	Matthew 19.19	Mary and Martha
Autumn 2	Peace	Tolerance	John 14.27	Jesus calms the storm
Spring 1	Love	Tolerance	Corinthians 4.16	The Lost Sheep
Spring 2	Forgiveness	Rule of Law	Colossians 3 23-24	Joseph and his coat of many colours
Summer 1	Friendship	Individual Liberty	Galatians 3.28	The Good Samaritan
Summer 2	Service	Democracy	Galatians 5.13	Jesus heals the sick