School Vision and Ethos
Vision Statement
Everybody Matters
As a community of learners we understand God loves us equally and unconditionally and wants us to live life in all its fullness. We instil love and respect for all the natural world and everything is encompasses. We value each unique individual’s diversity of gifts and talents and celebrate all their hard work and achievements and champion each learner’s journey to reach their God-given potential.
Values and Ethos
At Seabrook we want to be a school that shines God’s love in all we do. We want pupils, staff and parents alike to know and feel that they are precious in God’s eyes and valued for who they are. Jesus shared the parable of the Lost Sheep as a way to illustrate God’s love for us all. In the same way that the shepherd dropped everything to go and search for his missing sheep (even though he had 99 more) we at Seabrook value each individual because we believe God cares for us all. And just as the shepherd celebrated the return of his lost sheep, we in turn celebrate the unique gifts, talents and hard work of everyone in our school family and the beauty of our natural world. Our core values stem from the Christian belief that because God loves us, He wants us to love everybody and trust that He has the brightest future planned for us all. We celebrate and uphold the values of love, hope, peace, respect, perseverance and forgiveness within our school, our community and beyond. These help us on our day to day journeys to live well together, to love our planet and to strive to be the very best we can be in all we do.
Everybody Matters Day 2024
At the start of this school year we all joined together to take part in our 'Everybody Matters Day'. This was a day dedicated to celebrating the rich diversity that shapes our school community, with an opportunity to come together to share and appreciate the uniqueness of those around us. The activities throughout the day centered around our Christian values, reinforcing the importance of love, kindness, empathy and respect and it was wonderful for everyone to have the opportunity to work with children and staff from different classes around the school.
Some quotes from the children:
"Everybody is treated equally and everybody matters".
"Seabrook is small but it’s still mighty! Everyone is different and special in their own way".
"At Seabrook, it’s 'everybody matters day' every day"!
The Rainbow Fish Class had a fantastic day celebrating ‘Elmer Day’, where they thought about similarities and differences between themselves and their friends, such as their favourite foods, favourite colours and what they enjoy playing. They reflected on how although none of us look the same as each other and we all enjoy different things, we are all special and unique in our own ways…just like Elmer The Elephant in the story!
