Our Values explained.  

K.I.N.D

We know in schools that kindness is one of the antidotes to unkind behaviour and even bullying in some places. It helps to improve social interactions and emotional wellbeing. It is one of the most important values we have in our school and we know many of you will share the importance of kindness in your homes as well. The more explicitly we can encourage our children and young people to notice and share this value, the more kind our environments will become.   
In a world where you can be anything-be Kind.  

Knowledgeable

Support children in the development of intellectual tools and learning strategies needed to acquire the knowledge that allows people to think productively. Knowledge is a familiarity, awareness, or understanding of someone or something, such as facts, information, descriptions, or skills, which is acquired through experience or education by perceiving, discovering, or learning. In our schools we do this in a range of different ways: Declarative knowledge, Implicit knowledge, Episodic knowledge, impressionistic knowledge & procedural knowledge  

Inclusive

We believe passionately in the importance of inclusion and equality for all children and adults, and strive to ensure these values are at the heart of our practices. RJS is an inclusive school where we focus on the well-being and progress of every child. We have high expectations of all our children. To ensure they achieve their potential we engage a range of strategies to issue challenge at an appropriate level and provide support to overcome barriers to learning. We aim to ensure that all children are challenged in their learning at RJS. All children have equal access to the curriculum. 
Inclusive also focuses on being a school which serves our community. This includes our parents and carers. We are looking to open the doors to our families and ensuring that all stakeholders feel the belong in our RJS family.  

Never Give Up

Resilience is a key factor in protecting and promoting good mental health. It is the quality of being able to deal with the ups and downs of life, and is based on self-esteem. Resilience is important because it is part of achieving good health and wellbeing for all children and young people.  

Daring

At Ravensdale we define daring as being bold and courageous, having high aspirations and setting our dreams to shoot for the stars. At Ravensdale ‘Everyone is a leader’. Daring leadership encourages and models healthy striving, empathy, and self-compassion; it emphasises being a learner, using power with others, and cultivating shared purpose. It cultivates a culture of belonging and inclusivity, of making contributions and taking risks, and is all about giving gold stars not receiving them