Shelton Junior School Shelton Junior School Together we Trust, Learn and Succeed
Welcome to Shelton Juniors

Our aims, ethos & values

To create a school where every child can reach their full potential, ready for the next step in their education.

Together, we learn, trust and succeed.

Learn — reaching your full potential through curiosity and concentration.
Trust — caring staff to support every child in school through collaboration.
Succeed — overcoming barriers through resilience and reflectiveness.

Our promise

Children at the heart of everything we do

We build a happy, curious and confident community where every child discovers their superpowers and grows into their best self.

Read our promise

We make these promises

  • We will always consider our children as our first priority. They are why we are here.
  • We will always have high expectations of the children and each other. By doing so, we are investing in the future of our community.
  • We will teach skills and knowledge that our children need. Their success is our success.
  • We will all work hard, show resilience and enjoy our time at Shelton. This is how children and adults will be successful.
  • We will recruit and retain the best quality staff. This will ensure that our children get the very best education possible.
  • We will be open and transparent in everything we do, in order to build strong parent and school partnerships. Together we can constantly improve.
  • We will always remember that all children are important. Everyone should always be included in all we do.
  • We will keep our children safe at all times and develop their ability to be responsible for their personal safety and wellbeing. Everyone will keep themselves safe and well.

Our strategy

We aim to educate and nurture the whole child — providing opportunities for them to discover and develop their unique talents in emotional, spiritual, academic, cultural, moral, linguistic, creative and physical areas.

Our curriculum, assemblies and rewards are built around these characters so children can spot and celebrate strengths in themselves and each other.

We create a culture of achievement within a vibrant and stimulating learning environment, ensuring positive reinforcement at all levels of ability. Our positive behaviour policy supports our goal to be active and inspiring learners. We promote the Shelton Superpowers:

Meet the Superheros

Heros that shape the way we learn

Thinker
Investigator
Collaborator
Perseverer
Reflector
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Thinker

Asks brilliant questions and plans with care.

  • Concentration — we manage distractions, enjoy getting ‘lost’ in our learning and use metacognitive strategies to help us become the best learners we can be.
  • Curiosity — we ask questions, make connections and enjoy challenging ourselves.
  • Collaboration — we listen to and respect the opinions of others, make valuable contributions and enjoy helping others.
  • Resilience — we persevere when our learning gets difficult; we are not afraid to ask for help and get excited about trying something new. We don’t give up!
  • Reflection — we celebrate our successes, learn from our mistakes and compete with ourselves, not others.

In addition, we build strong individuals through promoting and expecting

  • Independence
  • Respect
  • Responsibility
  • Tolerance and empathy
  • Confidence
  • Honesty

Our long term goals

  • Create a curriculum that develops our children’s independence, respect, creativity, personal responsibility, self-esteem, empathy and resilience.
  • Identify and share our skills with each other effectively.
  • Create a team with a broad and rich level of skill and experience who are ready to lead and inspire.
  • Work more closely with our parents, families and wider community.
  • Develop our outside learning and play spaces.
  • Improve our use of computing technology through the provision of equipment and training.
  • Work more closely with other schools.
  • Children share their learning, skills and knowledge so that they have an impact on their community.

See how our values come to life

Explore the curriculum, pupil voice and the people who help make Shelton such a positive place to learn.

Our curriculum Who’s Who