Student Exit Profile Rap
When you’re eleven and you leave our school,
Achieve all these and you’ll be really cool
Yes, these are the things you need to know,
So try to achieve them before you go
Sew on a button, be able to cook,
Write a business plan and enjoy a book
Win our merit badge at least 4 times,
Act in a play and remember your lines
Please don’t worry if ever you lose,
Smile and be happy – don’t blow a fuse
Speak a little Spanish, enjoy a swim,
Hola!, adios, just throw yourself in
Use your manners – say please and thank you,
Try your best in everything you do
Play a small tune on an instrument,
Speak loud and clear – be confident
Yes all of these mean you’ll leave our school,
Caring, loyal and extremely cool
Don’t make do with second best,
Reach for the stars with energy and zest!
We have a Student Exit Profile in place in school, which is a portrait of how we want every child to achieve in terms of Academic, Spiritual, Moral, Social, Cultural and Emotional development.
We have exemplified these with practical illustrations, as follows.
Emotional
- Be able to swim at least 25 metres
- Have taken part in at least 1 risk taking activity
- Read for leisure
- Have a hobby
- Have watched something being born
- Have played a role in a production
- Be able to deal with losing and disappointment
- Represent the school in a competition
Cultural
- Be able to sew on a button
- Be able to play a tune on an instrument
- Have visited at least 4 cultural venues
- Have listened to an orchestra or part of an orchestra
- Have spoken on the radio
- Have had experience of working with children from different faiths, cultures and social backgrounds
- Have visited at least 2 different places of worship
- Have won a global learner award
- Be able to hold a simple conversation in French
- Have visited, or heard speak, at least 2 different peoples’ business or careers
- To recognise paintings by at least 3 different artists
- To recognise music by at least 3 different composers
Social
- Be able to play at last 4 board games properly
- Have at least 3 friends
- Be able to cook and prepare at least 3 healthy meals
- Have experienced a residential trip
- Have represented the school as an ambassador
- Have resolved at least one friendship problem
- Have taken part in at least 2 local community based projects
- Understand social etiquette, eg. table manners
Moral
- Know where the dangers are in my locality and how to respond to them
- Have taken an active role in at least 3 charitable events
- Have been a ‘lead learner’
- Have written a business plan
- Have completed at least 3 lifelong learning projects
- Use manners automatically
- Have won the merit badge at least 4 times
Spiritual
- Have grown something from seed to harvest
- Am able to reflect
- Have written a prayer or poem
- Be able to visualise a ‘happy place’
- Know how to feel calm and relaxed
- Understand how to promote happiness
We hope you will agree that if every child leaves our school with these achievements we will be sending excellent ‘citizens’ to secondary school, fully ready for their journey through to further education and life in general.
The majority of our children achieve these goals by the time they leave our school at the end of year 6. This means they are “secondary ready”, not just academically but in all other aspects of their development.