A MELLING LEARNER IS:

We shall nurture curiosity, the joy of asking questions and searching for answers. Children will know how to learn independently and with others, to learn with enthusiasm across all subjects – thus laying the foundation for becoming a lifelong learner.              

Creative         Imaginative          Questioning

We shall promote thinking in its many forms. Learners shall use critical and creative thinking skills to take responsible action across a range of challenges. Children will explore, predict, make choices, investigate, analyse and conclude in order to solve problems; as well as revel in a world of imagination. 

   Inquirer          Explorer & Investigator          Researcher          Problem Solver          Reflective         

Predict & Conclude          Decision Maker          Link Maker

Through well-informed and high quality, diagnostic teaching, children will be excited to learn and determined to achieve goals and targets set for them and by them. They will see opportunities to further their learning when they are successful and in the times when they may get things wrong...not being afraid to take risks. A ‘can-do not can’t do’ approach will be celebrated to promote resilience and perseverance.          

Independent & Self-disciplined          Ambitious          Risk Taker

We will place a very strong emphasis and weighting on developing and mastering literacy and numeracy skills, with the view to such skills being applied across the curriculum. Reading will be at the heart of learning – reading for comprehension, for pleasure and for information gathering. Learners will follow a computing curriculum that will develop the foundations of digital learning and keeping safe in the online world.         

Reads & comprehends          Reads for enjoyment and for learning          Spells          Writes          Calculates          Applies & reasons          Computes

We shall provide a range of opportunities for developing speech and language. Learners shall express themselves confidently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways. They will collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.         

Verbal          Orator Presenter          Discussion          Interact          Listens          Debates

We hold strong the value of respect and have this at the core of our ethos. Learners will show empathy, understanding, compassion and respect. With a commitment to service, care and kindness, they will act to make a positive difference in the lives of others and in the diverse world around them.

Honest          Tolerant          Polite          A friend and Citizen          Environmentalist          Appreciates         

Team player

We will teach and provide experiences and opportunities across a broad range of subjects as well as strategies to help learning ‘stick’. Learners will develop and use understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines. They will engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance.

Has a thirst for facts          Gathers knowledge          Remembers          Applies & uses          Recalls