Loving to Learn, Learning to Love
Our Academy vision is 'Loving to Learn, Learning to Love'.
As a Church of England Academy, we underpin all that we do from the teachings found in the Bible. The Bible passage that we have chosen to underpin all that we do is 1 Corinthians 13 v 4-7.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
We have chosen this passage because it gives a really clear explanation about what ‘love’ is and how we should treat one another. The historical context of the passage also means a lot to us. This passage forms part of a letter written by St Paul in AD 50 - 58, he was writing to some of the first Christians to explain how to live in well in the city of Corinth. Corinth was a city of many cultures, languages and belief systems, much like our own community of Fishponds. This passage is still so relevant today! We believe that if every one of us lived our lives by the principles of this text, the world would be a much better place! We have adjusted our values in order to align with the passage.
As a school, our aim is to teach the children in our care to love one another, develop skills that enable positive relationships to blossom. We maintain hope and believe that all children can be successful in learning the skills and knowledge needed to flourish in life. We will continue to persevere and believe that we can make a positive difference to all who come through the doors of our school.
As a school community, we have established a number of core values. We understand that these values need to be lived as well as taught by everyone in our school.
