Welcome to Great Barton CE Primary Academy.

Our Vision

Welcome to Great Barton CE Primary Academy, a small school in the beautiful village of Great Barton in Suffolk. 

At Great Barton we aim to create a school full of learning, through exciting opportunities, in which children feel safe and secure. We offer high quality teaching that embraces our school values and strives for excellence. We work with our local community to enhance both community life and the children’s learning experiences.  Our vision and values are at the core of everything we do, underpinning our teaching and learning.  We welcome all pupils, recognising that each one has different needs, abilities and interests. 

Intent

We aspire for every child at Great Barton to develop a love of learning, by offering a rich, well-sequenced curriculum that ensures progression of key knowledge and skills.  We aim for children to build upon their individual strengths and talents and to become confident, independent, happy and healthy citizens. 

Our goal is to use the power of education to advance environmental literacy and community engagement to contribute to a more sustainable and equitable future.  To work with pupils, educators, governors, parents and community organisations to promote a just and sustainable worlds where environmental and social responsibility drive individual, institutional and community choices.

Our aim is for our school to become a place where we can all develop both spiritually and morally, in turn becoming better prepared for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life.

One of the key values at Great Barton is promoting the belief that every child ‘can do’ great things in their lives.

We summarise our vision in 5 key words:

# G. R. E. A. T.

#growth

#respect

#enjoy

#achieve

#team

"The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad" Psalm 126:3

We asked the children what these words meant to them and they said:

“Growth means growing up, growing in education, growing in learning”; Growth with our sustainable vision means growing our knowledge of sustainability and practices.  Grow our mental and physical health by making connections with nature.

“Respect our school, equipment, teachers, friends, the environment and other people”;  We respect the environment and all aspects of nature and sustainability.

“Enjoy our school, learning and the outdoors”;  Enjoy spending time in the environment and making a difference to our school and our homes.

“Achieve great things and good behaviour” Achieve our green pledges and use our skills as changemakers to improve outcomes.

“Team - working together: The Eco Team, School Council and class teams.”  We will achieve more by working together to change one small thing.

These key principles underpin all of the work we do at Great Barton and reflect what we think makes us ‘great’! They are linked to our Friday “Greatness” Worship, which celebrates the achievements of all pupils.

Values

Our Christian vision and values for life underpin the whole ethos of the school. Our values are:

The children will take time every half term to explore and reflect upon each of the values.