Vision and ETHOS
Welcome to St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic voluntary academy for boys and girls aged 3-11 in the south of Sheffield. At St Thomas of Canterbury, there is an incredibly strong Catholic ethos, which runs through everything that we do. In our school, every individual will have the opportunity to know God and to develop spiritually through daily collective worship, reflection and prayer.Welcome to St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic voluntary academy for boys and girls aged 3-11 in the south of Sheffield. At St Thomas of Canterbury, there is an incredibly strong Catholic ethos, which runs through everything that we do. In our school, every individual will have the opportunity to know God and to develop spiritually through daily collective worship, reflection and prayer.
As a Catholic school, our aim, that every child achieves their full potential as an individual made in the image and likeness of God, is captured in our mission statement 'To nurture curiosity for every child, everyday, within a community acting as a beacon of the Catholic faith.' We aim to develop young people who are tolerant, respectful, spiritual, reflective, independent, inclusive, resilient, collaborative and aspirational; young people who persevere, show initiative and solve problems; who have enquiring minds, high expectations, high self-esteem and high self-worth. Every dimension of the childrens' development, spiritual, moral, social, academic, physical and artistic, is encompassed in these aims. Our overall vision is that children will learn to be good citizens of the world, enriching society through a positive contribution to their community and beyond. Our curriculum is the vehicle through which we support and nurture children to achieve this potential.
In the delivery and planning of our curriculum, we respect each subject discipline while endeavouring to make use of knowledge crossover and natural links to embed powerful knowledge. We believe that knowledge empowers and enables children to feel and be successful, and that this is the entitlement of every child. As a school, we believe that all children can and will achieve well therefore the mastery curriculum ensures that the teaching provides them with exactly what they need in order to master key concepts.
Everything we do at our school is underpinned by the three core values of ready, respectful and safe.
