Arlesdene Nursery School and Pre-School

Vision and Aims
Our Vision
Explore, Learn and Flourish

Together we take our first steps to be the best we can

Aim
To work in partnership with parents to help children to achieve the best they can through:

Ensuring that everyone is made to feel safe, welcome, valued and respected
Providing high quality care and learning in supportive and stimulating environments
Supporting and embracing each individual’s unique qualities and needs
Sharing children’s progress and achievements with parents and carers and to support them to help their child to learn at home
Valuing and respecting parents and carers as their child’s first educator
Working in partnership with others to support the needs of our families
Reflecting on our practice and responding accordingly so that we meet the needs of the children and their families
Values and Beliefs
We believe that:

Everyone should be made to feel welcome, valued and respected
We all have the right to achieve our full potential.
Children learn most effectively through first-hand experiences, play and talk
Everyone learns best when they are happy, secure and have a high sense of wellbeing
Children achieve when we know them well and respond to their developmental needs and interests
Children and families need to feel safe and secure within our school
Children thrive when parents/carers, staff and children share their learning
We should support parents to be the best parents they can
It is important to use feedback in order to evaluate our work and to plan future provision
Seeking the views of all those involved in the school is important and helps us plan future developments
Equality should be promoted, diversity celebrated and discrimination addressed
Everyone has a valuable role in shaping the future of Arlesdene