At Days Lane we pride ourselves on our core values of Resilience, Responsibility, Respect, Community, Compassion and Excellence. These values are part of every aspect of school life and take the place of traditional school ‘rules’. 

We use our core values to spot and celebrate when children make good choices and to support and encourage them when they make mistakes; helping them to reflect on and think about how they might act differently in the future.

Children at Days Lane will soon become familiar with our child friendly core value characters, which include large puppets of each character, children’s own core values pupil booklet (from Year 1) and a core values parent booklet. Alongside these resources, we have core values stickers and certificates that relate to each value and are awarded to children for demonstrating the values.

Inside the parent booklet you will find a child friendly story to explain what each character represents, including their choice of clothing and accessories.

The pupil booklet unpicks the characteristics of each value in child friendly language and is updated termly by teachers, who discuss them regularly to develop children’s understanding of how they can demonstrate the values through their choice of words and actions. The pupil booklets are kept in school and have been designed to move up with each child as they move through the school. It also includes a space for self-reflection at the end of each academic year. 

Nursery and Reception parents – please note that children are introduced to the characters through the puppets and are awarded stickers and certificates in Nursery and Reception. The pupil booklet will be started when children enter Year 1.

We very much hope that you will talk to and promote our core values at home and celebrate when your child is given a core values sticker or certificate and ask them what they did to receive it. 

We want our pupils to develop into well-rounded young citizens both inside and outside school and our core values are key to helping achieve this in partnership with parents.