1. ROSSHALL ACADEMY “Our School Our Future” Our Future”

2. Our Shared Values Aspiration Compassion Creativity Integrity Perseverance Respect

3. Aspiration DEFINITIONS strong desire or ambition, as for advancement, honour, etc. strong desire to achieve something, such as success a will to succeed The act of aspiring of ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire. strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition

4. I hope I pass this test. I’m determined to pass this test. I’ll be happy if I don’t get any more referrals this term. I’m going to make sure I don’t get any more referrals this term. It won’t matter if I miss training a couple of times. I can’t afford to miss training at all. I do my homework most of the time. I make sure my homework’s done right away. I think my parents will be happy if I get 4 credit passes. I’m going to work to get as many Credit passes as possible.

5. How do we think and act? Are we happy just to hope for the best ? do alright? get it right some or most of the time? Our teachers have high aspirations for us Are our aspirations high enough for ourselves? Let’s turn our hopeful, ‘laid-back’ statements into aspirational statements

6. I hope I pass this test….. …….but if I don’t I might drop down a class so ……. ….i’m determined to pass this test because I want to move up to a higher class!

7. I’ll be happy if I don’t get any more referrals this term. ……i’m going to make sure I don’t get any more referrals this term – that way I’ll get good reports and a good reference when I leave!..but if I do I’ll be really annoyed so…..

8. It won’t matter if I miss training a couple of times. …I can’t afford to miss training at all. I want to make sure we win the competition! …but if I do I won’t be as fit and I might lose my place in the team so….

9. I do my homework most of the time…. ……I make sure my homework’s done right away – that will help me learn more in class. …. but when I don’t I sometimes fall behind in class so now ……..

10. I think my parents will be happy if I get 4 credit passes…… ….I’m going to work to get as many Credit passes as possible because this will give me the best chances for my future... but they don’t realise how well I’m doing in class so….

11. If we all have high ASPIRATIONS in OUR SCHOOL we will achieve so much more in OUR FUTURE