About

Our ethos and values

We believe that schools are ‘The training ground for the art of living’.

As a result, personal development is at the heart of our learning journey and we aim to develop the whole child, fostering positive personal attributes alongside learning mindframes which will enable children to become successful lifelong learners, who contribute positively to society. We have a dedicated and experienced staff who support this, alongside our parental and wider local community.

At Oakridge Primary School, personal development is exemplified through our ‘Oakridge Way’ and our whole school motto: Reaching for the Stars’.  We promote these ideas across our learning, assemblies, enrichment and whole school ethos. 

The roots of our ‘Oakridge Way’ are the personal attributes we promote both around school and beyond our school community.  These are: being kind, well-mannered, trustworthy and respectful. We believe that by focussing on these core human traits we are enabling the roots of our children to flourish, to enable them to fulfil their potential and feel happy, content and valued in their learning community and beyond.

The canopy of the tree displays the four over-arching learning mindframes which we encourage throughout children’s learning across the curriculum. We aim to foster learners who are:

• Resilient and say ‘I can’ even when learning becomes challenging;
• Reflective by welcoming feedback, reviewing learning against success criteria and learning that mistakes can be learning opportunities;
• Resourceful by making links within learning, encouraging curiosity and questions
• Reciprocal by learning with and from others, understanding the best ways to learn together.