Home School Agreement

School Vision

 Our vision is to have high aspirations for every individual and for our school to be a caring, Christian and inspirational community of life-long learners.

Mission and Ethos Statement

 Our Mission and Ethos Statement at Milton St. John's CE Primary School is to embrace each child's spiritual, moral, social and academic abilities so that they all have the opportunity to SHINE in the love of God.

SHINE

We Show respect.

We are Honest.

We Include others.

We Never give up.

We seek Excellence in all we do.

Motto

 Learning and playing together in the love of God.

The Learning Environment

Our school will:

• Embrace your child's spiritual, moral, social and academic abilities so that your child will have the opportunity to SHINE in the love of God.
• Encourage your child to SHINE by showing respect, being honest, including others, never giving up and seeking excellence in all they do.

• Provide your child with a high standard of education, implemented by rigorous national guidelines, within a balanced curriculum.
• Ensure that our learning environment is stimulating and challenging.
• Celebrate your child’s academic and personal achievements.
• Provide the scaffolding needed to enable your child to achieve their full potential.
• Care for your child’s safety and well-being by observation and listening.
• Be open and welcoming at all times and offer opportunities for parents to be involved in school life.

A Healthy, Happy Community

Our school will:

• Teach your child to develop a positive attitude to one another, regardless of gender, race, culture, belief, values, age and need.
• Encourage your child to become an active member within our community and help them to see that they can have an impact on the world around them.

• Inform parents if there is an accident, or a problem with attendance, punctuality or equipment
• Let parents know about any problems, or behaviour, that is affecting their child’s work
• Regularly meet with you to communicate the progress of your child, celebrating their strengths and explaining how we can support them in their areas for development.
• Provide information to you about our school, including relevant policies, meetings, workshops, activities, newsletters and open days.
• Be very happy to welcome you if you would like to contribute to our school’s broader curriculum. We recognise that the community of Milton St John's CE Primary School holds a wealth of talent, experience, diversity and enthusiasm that our school could benefit richly from. 

Homework

The school will:

• Set differentiated and achievable homework to extend the curriculum and provide the opportunity for independent learning. Clear information will be provided so that you will be able to help your child if required.

• Set homework according to the ‘Class Homework Schedule’ distributed to parents at the start of each academic year.

Parents/Carers

The Learning Environment

As a Parent/Carer I will:

• Help my child gain the most of their education, make sure my child arrives at school by 8:55am prepared to start their lessons. My child will be wearing school uniform (that is clearly named) and ensure that my child's PE kit is brought into school at the beginning of each week.
• Do my very best to provide a safe, secure and happy environment at home for my child, acknowledging that they learn at home.

A Healthy, Happy Community

As a Parent/Carer I will:

• Let the school know of any concerns or worries that may be affecting my child’s learning, behaviour or ability to do homework, so this can then be resolved quickly.
• Support the school by encouraging my child to develop a positive attitude towards our diverse, multi-cultural community.
• Attend meetings with my child’s teacher and other staff, aiming to be positive and productive, working towards moving my child on in their learning.
• Support and work with the school to ensure that the behaviour management policies of the school are maintained, particularly with my child.
• Encourage a positive attitude towards my child’s education and our school. If I have any concerns, I will come and discuss them with you as it is much healthier to work out solutions and move on.
• Read all information sent home as this gives me important details of relevant policies, meetings, workshops, activities, newsletters and open days.

 Homework

• Support the school by making sure that homework tasks are completed and returned on time.
• Use my talents and experiences to enhance my child’s learning at home. My child will benefit greatly from what I can show them, discuss with them and teach them.