Learning: creativity, challenging and inspiring
Teamwork: working together, working as community and creating opportunities
Pride: in our community, in ourselves and each other
Caring: nurturing, supporting and friendship
Respect: valuing each other, embracing differences and celebrating individuality
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Southwick Community Primary School aims to:
- Create an interesting and stimulating environment that reflects our values and promotes a sense of community as well as an individual sense of self-worth;
- Develop a culture of challenge and high expectation to maximise individual potential;
- Develop a community of life-long learners who understand that knowledge is a right for all and a recognised achievement;
- Provide learning experiences that will allow all pupils equal opportunities to develop their thinking and creative skills;
- Promote social, cultural, moral and spiritual development and prepare pupils to be responsible citizens;
- Encourage the partnership with parents/carers and foster positive links with the community.
Here at Southwick Primary we continue to support the mental health of everyone in school . We know children cannot access learning for many reasons and arm the children with many tools to recognise how they are feeling and what they can do to get themselves ready for learning. We use Kapow’s PSHE and Health and Well-being whole school approach.
Kapow PSHE is a unique, spiral, progressive and effective scheme of work, aiming to prepare children/young people for life, helping them really know and value who they are and understand how they relate to other people in this ever-changing world. It underpins our whole school ethos and is promoted by all staff and Governors.
What do our children think about our PSHE lessons?
“I like our lessons because I get to talk about my family and my feelings-I love it.” Deacon Year 3.
“We do PSHE and talk about families and feelings. It is important to talk about our feelings. ”
Charlie, Year 3
“I love PSHE because we get to have discussions about important things and we get to see that we are all different.” Daisy, Year 4
Ready to learn…
Here at Southwick, we use the Zones of Regulation to equip our children with the ability to recognise their feelings, notice what is going on in their bodies and developed a range of strategies they can use to self-regulate. Our children know that they are only able to learn when they are in the green zone and they each have a toolkit of strategies they can use to help them get back to green if they are in any other zone. All staff have worked extremely hard to embed the principals and arm the children of Southwick with strategies to help calm or motivate them, to always maximise their ability to self-regulate and be able to learn.
What do our children say about The Zones of Regulation?
“I like the Zones of Regulation because I can tell what zone I’m in and use things like taking a deep breath to calm down and get back in the Green Zone. I feel happy in the Green Zone.” Kevan Year 4
