Welcome to Broadstone First School!

Dear Grown-ups,

Welcome to Broadstone First School! Whether you’ve already enrolled your child with us, or you are looking for the perfect school for them, thank you for considering us.

The decision regarding which school your child should attend is one of the most important (and difficult!) you will ever make. Our children are most precious and as their first teacher, we want to continue the wonderful work you have started. We see our role as that of your partner in the learning journey your child has already begun and will continue throughout the rest of their lives.

At Broadstone First School, we believe the purpose of education is to provide everyone with varied opportunities to inspire them to realise their potential. We aim to celebrate differing needs, talents and cultures. It is for this reason that our core values of Independence, Respect and Creativity are at the heart of all we do. Any activity, whether directly led by us or by outside agencies, must help learners in our school develop in these areas. These values will only be present when learners are confident and possess high self-esteem. At BFS, we strive to work with you in partnership to develop these.

“Since we cannot know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless trying to teach it in advance. Instead we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned” (John Holt – Educational Author). We do not know what the future will look like for our children. Therefore our curriculum aims to prepare our learners for being able to deal with any situation in which they might find themselves. At BFS, we are committed to ensuring our curriculum is based on real life experiences, is challenging but supportive, based around play and experimentation and rigorously assessed to ensure learners progress and reach their full potential.

At BFS we believe that our fundamental job is to help learners flourish in society. In our classes today we have the chefs, artists, accountants, doctors, teachers, scientists, pilots, hairdressers and whatever else of tomorrow. How we as parents and teachers inspire, motivate and develop our young learners will have an untold effect on the future. Learning how to learn is about discovering what you’re capable of and then being confident to “stretch yourself”. Knowing “where”, “how” and “why” is more important than knowing “what”.

We believe that EVERYONE is excellent and clever - as there are many ways to be clever! We strive to “liberate the excellence” in everyone, believing that excellence appears in a variety of ways.

School is not only a place of academic learning, but emotional learning as well. Learning is a social experience. We learn from and with others. It is our responsibility to give learners the opportunity to experience the world first hand and then see it from another’s point of view. We are shaping the community of tomorrow and as such, we need to teach the children to listen to and learn from others’ points of view and show respect for them.

Most importantly, we believe that “life is a marathon where everyone who completes the course, wins - not a race where only the first three count”. Our most important job as parents and teachers is to form relationships with our learners where they feel safe to grow, try new things, make mistakes and flourish, without fear of failure.

You have, or are considering, entrusting your child into our care. This is a great privilege for us and as such we promise to work with you to ensure your child flourishes. We will strive to make school a place where your child will be “turned on to learning” and will discover new and important things about their lives everyday.

Of course, the best way to get to know our school is to come and see for yourselves. Visits are most welcome and strongly encouraged. Please telephone the school to arrange a time for you to come and see the school in action.

Welcome to our school! We look forward to travelling with you as your family continues its’ learning journey.

 

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