Secondary News T2 W6 2021
What Matters Most
Culture in any organisation is an interesting and ever-changing prospect. In schools it is made up of the students and staff and how they interact with each other and the environment created. It is a cornerstone of any great school and must be carefully guided and nurtured over time. At Faith we have strived to create a culture that puts students and relationships at the centre of what we do. To make Faith a place where students want to attend, to build a community they want to be part of and to design a learning environment that helps them thrive.
One of the ways we have achieved this is through our relational management processes. Instead of a punitive approach we have made a conscious decision to focus on relationships and restorative processes to support students to modify behaviours. The flow on affect of this is that lots of little conversations and reminders happen across the College on a variety of levels to ensure that students are demonstrating pride in themselves and the College. Over the last few years that has led to increased attendance, the most litter free school I have ever worked in and the majority of students wearing their uniform correctly.
Recently though a few of these key indicators (like uniforms and rubbish) have not been as good as they could be. During the last term and a half our staff have been working to have the conversations and leverage relationships to encourage students to improve in these areas not because they are forced to but because they want to. This has led to some improvement in these areas across the majority of our students. The next step is to contact home of the students that haven’t quite got there and explain what needs to happen.
Our aim is to get these things back on track quickly and efficiently. Then get back to doing what we do best at Faith which is to provide an amazing environment for students to reach their potential.
Year 7 Science Fair
This event was amazing!!
Our students did such a good job researching, investigating, evaluating and then presenting their projects. It was great to see our students engage with the learning and be able to talk about the science involved.
They did a really great job.
Student Voices
We decided to change it up this week and get the students really thinking about what activities they enjoy doing in their breaks, and what would they like to see on offer.
The students got very creative with their contributions with lots of outdoor ideas like horse riding, a skate park, a survival skills course, handball courts, Scouts and some inflatables or trampolines. They also came up with some great indoor ideas for rainy days such as: a Netflix room, a Lego builders room, karaoke, bowling and a nap room!
It sounds like our students have a firm grasp on how to relax and have fun!
Stuart Needham
Head of Secondary
