CHRISTIAN DISTINCTIVENESS

St Faith & St Martin Church of England Junior School is enormously proud of being a distinctively Christian school in which we uphold a strong Christian ethos.  Our Christian Distinctiveness is deeply rooted within all aspects of school life. We strive to work for the common good of our whole school community through our commitment to enabling pupils and adults to flourish.

OUR SCHOOL VISION AND CORE CHRISTIAN VALUES

To deliver the highest quality of education for our pupils by providing a safe and stimulating environment, which empowers pupils to maximise their personal, spiritual, creative and academic potential in order to become lifelong learners.​

We will teach wisdom, model and expect respect for all. We will nurture perseverance, patience, responsibility, creativity, honesty and hope, equipping our children for life in all its fullness as honest adults in our diverse and ever-changing world. 

We aspire to work collaboratively with our diocese, local authority, national and global communities through our motto and vision which calls for all seeds in our community to be nourished together:

‘Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for us to dwell together in unity’
(Psalms 133:1)

Motto: 'We are a team that achieve amazing things every day!'

Our vision and values are theologically grounded with clear links to a Christian narrative through Bible quotes and stories.  Each term reinforces the bible teaching for one of our core Christian values.

PERSEVERANCE

 “Let us run with perseverance the race that lies before us. Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end” (Hebrews 12:1-2)

Gospel Story from the Bible (Luke 18)– The Parable of the Persistent Widow

PATIENCE

 “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” (Romans 12:12)

Gospel Story from the Bible (Luke 1-2) – The Birth of Jesus

RESPONSIBILITY 

“Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”  (2 Corinthians 9:6)

“We are each responsible for our own conduct” (Galatians 6:5)

Gospel Story from the Bible (Mathew 25) – The Parable of the Talents/The Good Samaritan (Luke 10)

CREATIVITY

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10)

Gospel Story from the Bible (Mark 4) – The Parable of the Growing Seed

HONESTY 

"The Lord detests lying lips but he delights in people who are trustworthy." (Proverbs 12:22)

Gospel Story from the Bible (Luke 22) – Peter denying Jesus

HOPE 

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans 15:13)

Gospel Story from the Bible (Luke 15) –The Parable of the Lost Son

We value all God's children and look to reflect this through our practices and policies in reference to 'Valuing All God's Children'.

Our curriculum has at its very foundation the 'Lincolnshire Diocesan Vision for Church Schools' as we serve our community through excellence, exploration and encouragement within the love of God and the 'Church of England Vision for Education'.

Additionally, our pupils receive the latest copy of our value of the term, complete with a child-friendly explanation of each value. These are readable by clicking on the pdf documents provided.