1. We have been linking parables to our new Christian Values....

3. Friendship
12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
(John 15v12-14)
To develop friendships, welcoming supporting and loving each other, celebrating the gifts and talents of all.

5. Compassion
8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.
( 1 Peter 3v8)
To inspire children to show compassion for others in school and for those in the local and global communities.

6. Parable of the Good Samaritan

8. Forgiveness
13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
(Colossians 3v13)
To foster a community where all can learn to give and to receive forgiveness.

9. Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

11. Wisdom
Start children off on the way they should go,and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
(Proverbs 22:6)
To teach our children to face challenges, developing empathy, resilience and self-confidence, whilst ensuring access to a deep and rich curriculum.

12. Parable of The Wise and the Foolish man

14. Thankfulness
  So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
(Colossians 2v6-7)
To teach all members of our school community to be thankful for all that God has given us: the physical world, our human potential and our spiritual calling.
To encourage all to be thankful by caring for all God has given us and developing our gifts and talents to their full potential.

15. Parable of The Talents

16. Thankfulness

18. Hope
18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
(Ephesians 1v18)
To develop an awareness that hope, based on God’s love for all through Christ, is where confidence and a positive self-image, peace of mind and purpose in life can be found.

19. Hope The Parable of the Sower