Our Vision, Aims and Values
Our Vision: 'Be inspired by our creative learning adventure.’
Norcot Early Years Centre provides an inclusive, safe, stimulating and outstanding teaching and learning environment where everyone can achieve their individual potential. We want our children to embrace their life at Norcot and prepare them for their next stage in their educational journey. We hope they leave Norcot with memories they will cherish forever.
Our Values
Nurture: We provide a nurturing environment where everyone’s mental health and well-being is at the core.
Opportunities: We offer inclusive and stimulating teaching and learning opportunities which enables children to reach their full potential.
Respect: We respect all members of our community.
Celebrate: We celebrate, value and embrace the different cultures, background, heritage, language, faiths, traditions and sexual orientation of our children.
Outstanding: We aim for outstanding outcomes for all children through our curriculum intent and implementation.
Trust: We embed a culture within the Norcot community that builds trusting relationships with staff, parents and children enabling us to safeguard all centre users.
Our Aims
Our aims for our children are to:
- provide an inclusive, safe and stimulating environment that develops lively enquiring minds and enthusiastic learners ready for their next stage in life.
- deliver a broad, balanced, inclusive, coherently planned and sequenced curriculum with reference to the guidance provided in the EYFS.
- celebrate their individualities, uniqueness and build upon their success to enable them to reach their full potential.
- enable them to feel valued and respected so they can grow into confident citizens.
Our aims for our families are to:
- embrace their importance and work in partnership to support their child’s wellbeing and learning.
- ensure confidentiality at all times.
- offer support and signpost to other services.
Our aims for our staff are to:
- provide opportunities for their professional development including, time to reflect and improve their practice.
- value their commitment, enthusiasm, professionalism and make them feel included in all we do by giving them a voice in decision making.
- protect their mental health and wellbeing.
Our aims for our community are to:
- feel a sense of belongings.
- build and nurture good relationships and work together to enhance and support the Centre.
- value and respect their background, faith, sexual orientation, religions, cultures and individual needs.