Vision
All staff and governors at Montalbo are committed to providing the best possible education for our children. Our vision is to maximize the potential of every child in school by striving to give them a broad, well balanced and creative education. Most importantly we want our children to enjoy school and for all of them to reach their full potential, at home and at school, in partnership with parents.
- We believe all children should feel happy, included, secure and valued. We work hard to promote positive mental health and wellbeing throughout the school.
- We believe children should have excellent attendance and punctuality. We will work with children and parents to promote the links between positive attendance and achievment.
- We believe children learn most effectively when they are interested and excited by engaging in a large variety of practical experiences and enrichment activities.
- We believe that you, as parents and carers, are the most important people in your child’s life and look forward to building long-lasting, positive relationships with you and your child.
- We believe that children are entitled to a stimulating learning indoor and outdoor environment with high quality resources.
- We believe all children have many skills when they join us at Montalbo Primary and it is our job to build upon these along with their talents and interests.
- We refer to and encourage our core values in all that we do: to endeavour, to collaborate and to be inspired.
Ethos
While academic progress is valued and important to us, Montalbo is about more than that. We want all our pupils to be able to communicate effectively with each other and be thoughtful members of the community.
We believe children should be happy and confident members of society, skilful and well able to reach out to the wider world in order to change lives for the better.
We pride ourselves on the positive, inclusive working environment in the school and visitors often comment on the lovely atmosphere between children and staff, the respectful nature of the children and the superb relationships. There is a real buzz about the school and every member of staff works so hard to ensure that each child reaches their full potential. Our curriculum is bespoke, with sequential lessons building knowledge and skills progressively. More information about our stimulating curriculum can be found in the curriculum section or an overview is here. Overarching curriculum statement
Values
School children, governors and staff have agreed a set of values which we believe are important. These values are displayed in the hall and referred to in assemblies each week to help promote a positive, caring atmosphere. The values listed below are prevalent in all that we do in school and are shown in the actions of children and staff alike.
To Endeavour
Nothing can be achieved without hard work. We ask the children to endeavour in all they do, demonstrating resilience to overcome problems or work that they initially find tricky. They need to show determination to succeed and develop character to respond to mistakes, which is one of the most powerful ways to learn. Concentration and application are essential in this value to achieve well in each curricular area. Children show pride in all they do and we talk to the children about there being ‘no passengers’ (pupils not giving 100%). Knowledge and skills development are carefully built up in each subject, and links between subjects are made where possible.
To be Inspired
We want our children to be inspired by our curriculum. We work hard to ensure that each curriculum subject stimulates children’s interest and encourages life-long learning. Furthermore, we want children to appreciate and be inspired by the amazing world we live in and be enthused by its history, geography and environment. We want children to appreciate and respect modern British values of democracy; the rule of law; individual liberty; mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs and for those without faith. Visits and visitors enrich our curriculum and further inspire children’s interest. We want to create curious learners who ask questions and explore their interests. Inspiring a passion for reading is key to developing all these interests and is a key focus at Montalbo.
To Collaborate
Collaborating with others has many benefits to learning. Children learn from each other in formal and informal situations. In every session, in every year group, teachers use collaboration to enhance confidence, understanding, skills and knowledge. Talk partners and group work are common place and children are comfortable sharing their ideas with others.
Teamwork activities help develop enjoyment, loyalty, consideration and thoughtfulness and demonstrate this within the wider community. We have developed strong community links with local organisations such as The Bowes Museum, The Witham and The Hub and collaborated on projects such as events on World War 1, Intergenerational Art and work for local festivals. Further collaborative work with businesses and universities has helped increase skills, knowledge and opportunities.
Each of the 3 values is demonstrated in displays around the school and rewarded in Celebration Assembly each Friday.
British Values
At Montalbo Nursery and Primary School we fully support and teach the British Values and many enriching activities provide our pupils with a greater understanding of democracy; the rule of law; individual liberty; mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs and for those without faith.
Equalities
Thoughtfully planned age appropriate teaching around equalities provides children with a greater understanding around protected characteristics.
