Vision and Values
Our Vision - Belong... Believe... Become
Rooted in the words of Jesus, “Let your light shine before others” (Matthew 5:16), we are a school where every child and their family experiences a true sense of how it feels to belong — welcomed, valued and embraced as part of our community. In this safe and nurturing environment, we support one another to grow in confidence and faith, helping all to believe: in themselves, in each other and in something greater.
With high aspirations for all, we inspire and empower every individual to become—to become who they are called to be, who they want to be and all they can be. This journey is not only for our children, but for our staff and families too, as together we grow, flourish and let our light shine in the world.
You will find our School Vision threaded through everything we do here at Burley - it was written by the staff, pupils and parents, to capture the mission we have here at school, and what we know our community needs us to be. You should see our Vision in our logo, which was also designed by the staff here at Burley.
Our Values
There are four key values which underpin our vision, and represent the behaviours and attitudes that mean we can live out this vision.
· Respect
· Perseverance
· Hope
· Compassion
We learn about these values and how to live them, in Collective Worship, In RE lessons, and throughout our curriculum. We celebrate children who have demonstrated living one of these values in our Let Your Light Shine Collective Worship, where children from each class are awarded certificates each week.
Our School Prayer
Written by our Worship Crew, and reflecting our Vision and Values, this is our School Prayer.
Our School Houses
School Houses
When you start our school you will be placed in a house: Earth, Air, Fire or Water. Work hard for your house to earn housepoints and see if your house can be this year's winner of the house trophy. There's a Sport's Day House cup to win too and housepoints for the houses with the best attendance.
Our houses are named because of this passage from Genesis 1:
In the beginning, when God created the universe, the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness and the power of God was moving over the water. Then God commanded, “Let there be light” – and light appeared. God was pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness, and he named the light “Day” and the darkness “Night”. Evening passed and morning came – that was the first day.
Then God commanded, “Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places” – and it was done, So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it. He named the dome “Sky.” Evening passed and morning came – that was the second day.
Then God commanded, “Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear” – and it was done. He named the land “Earth,” and the water which had come together he named “Sea.” And God was pleased with what he saw. Then he commanded “Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit” – and it was done. So the earth was produced with what he saw. Evening passed and morning came – that was the third day.
Then God commanded, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin; they will shine in the sky to give light to the earth to the earth” – and it was done. So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night; he also made the starts. He placed the lights in the sky to shine on the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God was pleased with what he saw. Evening passed and morning came – that was the fourth day.
