Our Vision and Core Values
| Acceptance | Ambition. | Achievement |
|---|---|---|
| Respect | Confidence | Exploration |
| Trust | Communication | Application |
| Kindness | Adaptabiity | Resilience |
We are a NO OUTSIDERS school
We want our children to celebrate inclusion and diversity. They must feel like they are never an outsider and respectfully welcome people they meet with a non-judgemental attitude. No child is born to hate- this is learnt. We need to teach them to show love and respect.
The public sector equality act came into force across Great Britain in April 2011- this means that all public bodies have to consider all individuals when carrying out their day-to-day work in shaping policy, in delivering services and relation to their own employees.
Our children leave us destined for a role in modern Britain. A place where they will need to show such attitudes and possibly shape the minds of the next generation.
How we will achieve this ethos
- Planning half termly themes
- Assemblies as appropriate
- Displays
- Emotion Regulation Policy / RSE Policy
- All stakeholders buying into this strategy
- Making it high profile in school
- Wellbeing Champions
Wellbeing Champions
At Northwood we believe it is important to develop leadership skills alongside teaching our children to become good citizens within our school community and beyond. Our No Outsiders programme supports the promotion and education of diversity and equality. Our Wellbeing Champions promote this throughout the school and work closely with the Wellbeing Team, Mrs Livesey and Miss Janischewski to promote these important messages across our school and local community.
Weekly Assemblies
Every Monday we have a whole school assembly at 9:30am for KS1/LHUB/DSP and 10am for KS2 children. EYFS children join in the KS1 assembly when it is developmentally appropriate for them to do so.
These assemblies are around key themes and values in our school context, locally or even nationally/internationally. We plan them in advance as much as possible but will respond to an issue if something happens around us that we need to address or educate our children on.
Themes for assemblies in autumn term 2026 are below:
| Week | Autumn Term 1 | Autumn Term 2 |
| 1 |
Vision, Values and Expectations - Acceptance, ambition and achievement - Kindness and respect - Uniform, moving around school - Always trying hard |
Fire Safety - Firework poem recital - Visit from Merseyside fire and rescue service to talk about fire safety - Parent resources will be sent out via seesaw
|
| 2 |
Acceptance - What this means - We are all different but are one Northwood family (hair colour, families, skin, abilities etc) - No Outsiders in our school - all welcome |
No Outsiders Story: Belonging KS1 - Elmer the Patchwork Elephant by David McKee KS2 - This is our House, by Michael Rosen - Link to acceptance value
|
| 3 |
Ambition - What this means - What our ambitions are (teachers and children) - How can we achieve our ambitions - hard work, planning, learning from mistakes, resilience
|
Anti-Bullying Week - What is bullying - How can we help our friends and ourselves if we feel we are being bullied - Kindness and acceptance for all
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| 4 |
Achievement - What this means - academically, morally, socially - lots of ways to achieve things - Celebrating things we have achieved - Skills that help us to successfully achieve things (link to last weeks assembly) - Famous achievers - David Attenborough, Tessa Sanderson, Ellie Simmonds |
Children in Need 2026 - be someone a child can talk to - Overview of what children in need is for and who they help - Who can children talk to in our school if they are feeling sad or are in need - Who our children can talk to in the wider world / community if they need help
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| 5 |
Keeping Safe - Benedicts Law - Signs of allergic reaction - How to get help |
Taking Care of Ourselves - Road safety awareness / dark nights - Looking after our bodies and minds / clear breathing |
| 6 |
Black History Month - Why we celebrate black history - Notable black figures in history - Equality |
Christmas Around the World - How Christmas is celebrated across different cultures - BBC Bitesize assembly
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| 7 |
Careers - Link to ambition value - What do you want your career to be - Difference between job and a career - Challenge career stereotypes - Everyday school subjects link to careers, e.g. maths, science, English |
Celebration Assembly - Attendance celebration - Star of the term - Green Point Rewards - End of term messages
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| 8 |
Diwali - Meaning of Diwali - How Diwali is celebrated - Different cultural celebrations
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NOT IN SCHOOL |
