Catholic Life
St Michael’s RC Primary School is a Catholic family of faith, following the teaching of Christ.
We strive to create an environment where all members of our school community respect the values of: Church, Independence, Resilience, Caring, Learning and Enjoyment for all. Belief in these values will nurture all as individuals and instil in them the confidence to meet their full potential, providing them with the best grounding for their future place in an ever changing world.
Visit our polices page to see our catholic life policies.
Circle Values
Our Catholic ethos is central to all that we do. We promote our school C.I.R.C.L.E values which are in keeping with our distinctive Catholic nature.
Collective Worship
We believe that Christian worship in a Catholic school is concerned with giving glory, honour, praise and thanks to God. It is our loving response, in word and action to God’s invitation to enter into relationship, made possible through the work of Jesus Christ and the witness of the Holy Spirit.
Mrs Sexton's Easter virtual Assembly
Diocesian Report
Every catholic school is inspected under Section 48 of the Education Act 2005. These inspections evaluate the Catholic life of the school, the provision and quality of collective worship, as well as all areas of RE. This inspection process helps ensure that all Catholic schools continue to develop in order to fulfil their mission of making Christ know.
Life to the Full
In St., Michael's we use the “Ten Ten” programme, Life to the Full, which will teach Relationships Education and Health Education through the prism of Catholic RSHE. The framework of the programme is taken from the Model Catholic RSE Programme by the Catholic Education Service. This has been highlighted by the Department of Education as a work of good practice.
The Way the Truth and the Life
We follow 'The Way, The Truth and The Life' scheme as the main teaching resource to support the teaching of the RE curriculum. This scheme of work exposes the children to the full catholic teaching and allows the children to embed its teaching practices in their daily lives. Our teaching provides creative and cross-curricular links with Art, English, Geography and History. Children will also have a clear and a deeper understanding of the stories written in the Bible and how to reflect on the significance and the importance in their lives.