Our Mission

Our mission statement at St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy is embedded by the

statement of ethos:

‘We value all in the name of Jesus the Christ’

‘St Mary’s is a place that is committed to create

challenging, stimulating and effective learning.

We know that God’s love surrounds us and we are all valued, gifted and unique’

The aims and ethos of our school are:

To be a safe, happy, caring community of learners

* To help all individuals regardless of their race, gender or disability to acquire the skills and knowledge needed to achieve

their full potential in a rapidly changing world

* To develop understanding of and respect for a wide range of religious values, languages and cultural traditions and different ways of life

* To encourage an enjoyment of life-long learning

* To encourage positive parental and community involvement

* To promote healthy lifestyles

* To provide a curriculum that is stimulating, broad, balanced, innovative and creative

* To celebrate achievement

2024/2025

As part of the start of our school year, we spent some time focusing on our mission statement and we looked at each word of our mission statement in turn and thought about what each part means. Every child and adult then signed it which means we agree to living it out in our everyday lives.

‘There are lots of ways to show that we value a person but mostly importantly is that we show all people that they are loved and that they deserve to be loved. When you love somebody, you treat them like a person. You build them up. You make them feel special. In some way — big or small — you help them grow into a stronger, better, happier, healthier or holier version of themselves. That’s what love does.’ (St John Paul II, Theology of the Body)

In addition to signing our mission statement each class also created their own prayer space outside their classroom which linked to a theme of the statement.

Themes  

  • Y1-Valuing all 
  • Y2 Forgiveness  
  • Y3- Reconciliation 
  • Y4- Equality 
  • Y5- Justice 
  • Y6- Hopes for this coming year