The parable of the mustard seed
“He told them another parable: âThe kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took andplanted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”
At Bishopâs Primary we aim for all children to grow in both their learning and their values. This
means we create a stimulating, safe and happy environment where every child feels valued and can thrive. We want our children to grow into confident, resilient young people with high
aspirations so that in turn they can support others and help them to achieve.
The parable of the mustard seed is used to teach children that they may begin small but over
their time at school they will achieve great things. Just like seeds, we believe all children need
LIGHT to grow and so we encourage all children to show our LIGHT values of Love, Inclusivity, Goodness, Hope and Truth whether in school or in the community.
Bishopâs Primary is like the mustard tree, able to nurture our community, like the birds in the
parable. We want our families to feel welcome and supported by our school, so everyone feels safe and happy. We work together with our families to ensure we help our children to grow and flourish in all that they do. When this happens, our children are able to achieve and succeed,and as a school community we are âall growing togetherâ.
Our Trust Core Values
Our ‘LIGHT’ Values are designed to help everyone to ‘let their light shine’ [Matthew 5:16] in line with our Trust vision.
Embedding our values in our school
Bishop’s Primary aims to embed our values by providing a safe place where all can succeed through:
- An aspirational culture in which every member of the community desires to be the very best they can be.
- Ambition for every child to maximise their potential regardless of background. All learners seen and treated as individuals, with their individual learning needs met daily to ensure all succeed.
- A curriculum, with literacy and numeracy at it heart, that stretches, challenges, is relevant and provides opportunities to excel, develop skills for the world of work, and which is meaningful and purposeful.
- Every member of our community: parents, children and young people, staff and governors, setting the highest of expectations.
- Teaching that excels in all areas, leading to the very best academic and vocational outcomes for every child and young person.
- Behaviour that enables learning at the highest level to occur and which shows mutual respect for all, selfâdiscipline and builds confidence in all.
- A culture of a healthy mind in a healthy body. All will be encouraged to participate in physical exercise and to develop a healthy lifestyle, develop team skills, and learn all aspects of healthy competition.
- A tradition that is respected and enables innovation, creativity and boldness.
Christian ethos is fundamental to all aspects of life at Bishop’s Primary â where all are valued equally and included. All respected, nurtured, encouraged and enabled to achieve fullness of life.
Bishop’s Primary School is rigorously reflective and selfâcritical, reviewing its practices and seeking continually to improve what it does. All staff are encouraged to be lifeâlong learners in an engaging professional learning environment which is at the forefront of innovation and a centre of learning excellence.
