Our vision at Steyning CofE Primary School is to value every child as a unique individual with diverse interests, abilities and needs. We are committed to giving all children every opportunity to achieve highly and to do the best that they can including those with social and emotional needs.

Intent Value Alignment

LOVE – we aim to teach love through modelling unconditional acceptance, nurture, kindness and care.

HAPPY – we aim to make our sessions fun through use of role-play, puppets, board games, art and craft and stories.

RESPECT – through developing an understanding of emotions and emotional awareness we learn to understand emotions in others, valuing differences and developing respect.

COLLABORATIVE – we work together encouraging positive teamwork and learning social skills.

CURIOUS – we aim to foster curiosity by learning about our amazing brains, bodies, and emotions and how these interact.

BRAVE – we teach growth mindset skills and build self-esteem helping to teach perseverance and resilience.