Stanley Avenue's core values- Student voice

I believe one of the most powerful (if not the most powerful) ways to gauge a School's learning environment is through student voice. This week a visiting ERO team worked with a range of our students asking questions about learning, what they enjoyed about School and what the School's values meant to them. Here is a small selection of their feedback:

• “Friends and teachers are always friendly and always there for us”


• “The School is like a big family”

• “Having friends that respect you for who you are”

• “We aren’t afraid to make mistakes because our teachers and classmates don’t pick on us and encourage us to keep trying”



These comments are reflected in the word cloud that I collected by asking the students "What is the first word that comes to mind when you think of Stanley Avenue School?"