which engages student's interest.
To provide part of a whole school education (5 - 18) which helps prepare students for their future.
To provide opportunities and encouragement to develop skills and attitudes in extra curricular activities.

Community
To recognise Great Cornard Middle School's

place in the community and to foster links within the area.
To recognise the importance of the home-school partnership in developing the whole person.
To create a sense of belonging to and enjoyment of the school community.

The ear of corn rooted in the earth symbolise the agricultural origins and growth of the village of 'Cornerth'. The wave motif below suggests the River Stours link with London. Some of our children and their parents still have connections with the capital city. The four ears of corn represent the years of the middle school, linked to suggest continuity for the child from the age of 9-13. The notion of repeating pattern places the Middle School as one of the continuing patterns of education for all children from the age