School Aims
At Dalton School, we aim to provide an environment that enables children to:
- Have a voice
- Feel safe, valued and cared for
- Show resilience and embrace challenge
- Believe that learning is worthwhile and life-long
- Set their own high standards and strive for excellence
- Treat others in the way they themselves would like to be treated
- Use their imagination, curiosity and creativity
- Develop confidence and become independent
- Demonstrate good behaviour
- Develop lively and enquiring mind
- Co-operate with and be sensitive to the needs of others
- Be sensitive to the needs of the local environment
- Show respect, honesty and responsibility
- Make good choices
At Dalton School, we aim to:
- Embrace diversity
- Strive to be the best
- Adopt and adapt new ideas that encourage children to acquire essential life skills
- Recognise and value everyone's needs and contributions
- Work in partnership with parents and the community
- Prepare children for the wider world both locally and globally, now and in the future
- promote an understanding of and respect for others irrespective of ethnic, cultural and religious background
- Take learning outdoors
- Fulfil all requirements of "Every Child Matters"
School Objectives
At Dalton School, we will achieve our aims through:
- High quality teaching delivered by enthusiastic and knowledgeable teachers, catering for all learning styles
- Providing a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum accessible by all and developed by staff and pupils
- Child-led learning providing opportunities for children to apply skills in an area of their own interest
- Providing opportunities for enrichment through extra-curricular activities
- Providing appropriate resources
- Keeping up-to-date with developments in ICT
- Providing a safe, secure, inclusive and stimulating learning environment with appropriate support
- Sharing expertise within school and beyond
- Working with the wider community including other schools both local and global
- Having the confidence to take risks
- Providing opportunities for children to be independent
- Personalising Learning
- Providing an environment that celebrates and recognises cultural diversity
- Excellent communication between home and school, involving parents in their child's education
- Teaching and learning skills for the 21st Century
- Providing the pupils with excellent role models to follow
- Providing consistency throughout school in all areas
- Setting realistic and achievable targets
- Taking learning outdoors
- Encouraging a positive attitude
- Providing first-hand experiences
