Nurture is a vital part of our school vision and ethos here at Newtown and is the foundation of everything we do. The underlying understanding is that children cannot learn unless they feel safe, secure and happy and if they are not then we need to address that before any specific learning needs. This understanding flows into all the work and decisions that we make at Newtown and led to us becoming the second school in the country to be awarded a Nurturing Schools Award in 2017.