Mackie Hill School

The Mackie Hill Vision

At Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School, we believe in growing kind hearts and ambitious minds. We are committed to nurturing the whole child-emotionally, socially, and academically-within a caring environment where every child feels happy, safe, and valued. We foster high standards and expectations, encouraging all children to aim high, believe in themselves, and strive for excellence.

Through strong, supportive relationships and a culture built on trust and respect, we help children develop a deep sense of moral worth and empathy. We are dedicated to encouraging ambition in every child, empowering them to grow into confident, compassionate individuals, ready to thrive in the world.

Learning Powers

At Mackie Hill, we believe it is important that every child is taught how to learn, not just what to learn. Knowing how to learn, is called metacognition. Children also need to learn self regulation skills in order to be a super learner. We also focus on developing executive functioning skills.

To teach and understand these skills in a child-friendly way, we use our Mackie Hill ‘Learning Powers’, along with their ‘Mackie Mascots’.
These are taught explicitly from Nursery and are recognised on class recognition boards, on Class Dojo and as part of our Friday celebration assemblies.

The Mackie Hill Values

Equality Statement

• To promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural development through all appropriate curricular and extra-curricular opportunities. We aim to meet this objective with particular reference to issues of equality and diversity.
• To reduce prejudice and increase understanding of equality through direct teaching across the curriculum.
• To model teaching and learning behaviours that avoid labelling.
• To promote cultural development and understanding through a rich range of experience, both in and beyond school.
• To promote tolerance and respect for diversity in our community
• To strive to eradicate prejudice related bullying.
• To tackle prejudice and promote understanding in relation to people with disabilities.