Promoting British Values at John Wycliffe Primary School

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1 Promoting British Values at John Wycliffe Primary School In Primary Education we believe that children should be given the opportunity to explore the issue of diversity and understand Britain as a multi-cultural society. Providing a safe learning environment in which children can raise controversial questions and concerns without fear of reprimand or ridicule and explore boundaries of what s acceptable will engender an open attitude to multi-cultural and race issues. The strategy: Meeting requirements for collective worship, establishing a strong school ethos supported by effective relationships throughout the school, and providing relevant activities beyond the classroom are all ways of ensuring pupils SMSC development. Pupils must be encouraged to regard people of all faiths, races and cultures with respect and tolerance. It is expected that pupils should understand that while different people may hold different views about what is right and wrong, all people living in England are subject to its law. The school s ethos and teaching, which schools should make parents aware of, should support the rule of English civil and criminal law and schools should not teach anything that undermines it. If schools teach about religious law, particular care should be taken to explore the relationship between state and religious law. Pupils should be made aware of the difference between the law of the land and religious law. Through provision of SMSC, John Wycliffe Primary School will: enable students to develop their self-knowledge, self-esteem and self-confidence; enable students to distinguish right from wrong and to respect the civil and criminal law of England; encourage students to accept responsibility for their behaviour, show initiative, and to understand how they can contribute positively to the lives of those living and working in the locality of the school and to society more widely; enable students to acquire a broad general knowledge of and respect for public institutions and services in England; 1

2 further tolerance and harmony between different cultural traditions by enabling students to acquire an appreciation of and respect for their own and other cultures; encourage respect for other people; and encourage respect for democracy and support for participation in the democratic processes, including respect for the basis on which the law is made and applied in England John Wycliffe Action Plan to address Promoting British Values Objective Activities Monitoring and Evaluation Next Steps 1 Strengths, advantages and disadvantages of democracy, and how democracy and the law works in Britain, in contrast to other School Council representatives visit the Houses of Parliament to celebrate democracy in action and share with whole school. forms of government in other countries; 2 Ensure that all pupils within the school have a voice that is listened to, and demonstrate how democracy works by actively promoting democratic processes such as a school council whose members are voted for by the pupils; Commemorating key days such as the State Opening of Parliament (Nov), Democracy Day, Armistice Day ( ) via class and assemblies Remembrance Day assembly and exploration of WWII history and impact of Churchill s government. Annual vote for School Councillors Visit to Parliament Frequent School Council meetings to address school strategy, events and activities Attributing school focus to charities and fundraising. Promote and organise theme days. Annual pupil questionnaire Pupil interviews to ascertain views and Ensure all activities are broadly shared through the school website photos gallery, displays, assemblies and record of assembly presentations. Ensure that the School Council continues to evolve and be fully incorporated in the life of the school. To utilise the range of developing resources To involve the School Council in Global Learning Partnership as a starting point and then promote further role out across the school. 2

3 3 Use opportunities such as general or local elections to hold mock elections to promote fundamental British values and provide pupils with the opportunity to learn how to argue and defend points of view. opinions about school, curriculum and play times. Children nominate friends for filling buckets and supporting each other. Classroom activities based on Fair Trade, persuasive texts, democracy in action. Discussions regarding the school being used for local and UK elections. Assess through children s books, Governor monitoring, SLT and Subject leader monitoring activities. Review and refine approaches. Pursue creative and innovative approaches to promote acceptance. 4 Use teaching resources from a wide variety of sources to help pupils understand a range of faiths 5 Consider the role of extracurricular activity, including any run directly by pupils, in promoting fundamental British values. 6 Ensure that all staff understand their role and responsibility in All children are taught about the breadth and range of religions. Age appropriate material based on WWII issues and anti-semitism. Acknowledgement of Holocaust Memorial Day (January). Diary of Anne Frank, I am David, Goodnight Mister Tom, Wonder-texts that focus on race, disability, equality and prejudice. Plethora of input from a range of local church based leaders-st Mary s transition support to Y6 pupils, Methodist talk to Y6 pupils based on peace keeping in the new Baltic States and visits based on a Journey through Easter and Christmas and Open the Book assemblies. All staff trained annually in the identification of radicalism and Staff to use the internet, where appropriate e.g. BBC websites, Cornerstones materials, books and other multimedia vehicles. Continue to make links with broader agencies such as Global Learning Programme (GLP) 2015 so the school is linked to wider partners. Ensure staff use appropriate To further develop and embed a range of resources that highlight faiths, customs and culture. Speakers from other faiths to share their faith and beliefs Develop links with GLP. Update training with any new 3

4 terms of PREVENT strategy. extremism (LA June 15). procedures and systems. Review and refine when necessary 7 To begin the role out of Global Learning Programme across the school at Autumn Encourage respect for other people 9 Enable students to develop their self-knowledge, self-esteem and The programme supports teachers to help pupils learn about the challenges our world faces and think critically about how to deal with issues such as poverty, inequality and sustainability. It helps pupils to make sense of the world in which they live and to understand their role within a global society. Promoting SMART nominations, Acts of Random Kindness (ARKs) and Phone Home Friday Award for children have demonstrated a positive approach to school. Embed leadership groups that support the school and all children: Superleaders, Sports Ambassadors, Tech Leaders, Eco Group, Healthy Schools Group, Red Hats, Peer Mentors, School Council. Behaviour Policy that endorses the positive aspects of behaviour and a fair approach to managing negative behaviour Whole school CPD in place to ensure all staff are aware of pupil needs and how to support effectively. Nurture Group in place to support children at lunchtimes Liaise and work with partner schools for coherency and consistency. Frequent monitoring of behaviour incidents Assessment of CPD impact on pupil outcomes. Support for specific pupils is assessed frequently, reviewed and adjusted to match pupil needs. Monitoring of behaviour incidents developments from DfE, Police and the LA. To continue to broaden children s outlook. Embed CPD further and monitor outcomes from training. Embed systems and adapt accordingly. 4

5 self-confidence; Busy Bees with LSA to support children with Emotional Literacy needs. Leadership Groups in place Comprehensive and consistent rewards systems 10 To protect children from Safer Internet Day (Feb) celebrated extremism on the internet and in and endorsed society. Tech Leadership Group-assembly, termly on internet safety. Behaviour Policy to support children on the web and acceptable use policy. IT Curriculum coverage shared with parents. Appropriate IT filtering systems. Comprehensive Wyck Rewards to celebrate success Anti-bullying Award achieved June E-safety Award achieved June 2015 Continue to engage parents on keeping children safe on line. 5