British Values

Promoting British Values at the Saltergate Schools

What must be taught?

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
further tolerance and harmony between different cultural traditions by enabling students to acquire an appreciation for 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.

British Values at Saltergate Infant School

Schools are required to teach British values as part of their responsibility for promoting the Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) development of their pupils. In doing this they can also show that they are ‘actively promoting fundamental British Values.’

At the heart of these values, lie good relationships in which teachers and students work together towards common goals. Much work was already in place to support and embed these values and it is our aim to ensure we effectively share this with pupils, staff, governors and the wider community.

These values are integral to our school vision and ethos and are reinforced regularly.

The British Values are defined as:

Democracy
The rule of law
Individual liberty
Mutual respect
Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs

Democracy

To understand and respect the democratic process
To teach pupils how they can influence decision- making through the democratic process
To promote pupil voice in the decision making process and help pupils to express their views
To support children to debate and defend a point of view
To understand the value of team work.

The rule of law

To help pupils to distinguish between right and wrong and to support children in taking responsibility for their actions.
To ensure the school rules are fair and expectations are consistent
To provide pupils with a broad general knowledge of, and promote respect for, public institutions and services.
To help pupils to understand that living with rules and laws helps to keep us safe and protects us.
To teach pupils aspects of civil and criminal law and discuss, at an appropriate level, how this may vary in Religious law.
To develop restorative justice through behaviour policies.

Individual liberty

To support pupils to develop their self esteem, self knowledge and self confidence
To educate the children about their own rights and responsibilities
To ensure the children understand their rights and responsibilities
To encourage pupils to take responsibility of their own behaviour
To model freedom of speech through pupil participation, ensuring the protection of vulnerable pupils.

Mutual respect

To support children in working cooperatively with one another and respect one another’s opinions and views.
To help pupils to acquire an understanding of, and respect for, their own and other cultures and ways of life
To encourage pupils to show initiative and to understand how they can contribute positively to the lives of those in the local community and to society more widely.

Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs

To teach pupils to challenge prejudicial or discriminatory behaviour
To promote respect, understanding, acceptance and celebration of individual differences and a diverse society.
To develop critical personal thinking skills
To challenge stereotypes

How do we develop British Values?

British Values are developed across the curriculum in all classes and through a variety of whole school activities:

Positive relationships with adults in school and in the wider community
Pupil voice contributing to decisions in our school council and pupil feedback at every opportunity.
Assemblies focussing on different values
Display in classrooms, identifying how children have demonstrated their understanding of
British values
Our pupils are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms and are taught how to exercise these safely, such as in our e-safety and SEAL lessons.
Behaviour policy
We enjoy visits from authorities such as the police and fire service
Participation in community events
At the start of the school year, each class discusses and its Golden Rules, a set of principles that are clearly understood by all and necessary to ensure that every class member is able to learn in a safe environment.

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British Values Curriculum Day in Key Stage One

We celebrated our British Values this term where we focused on the five different British Values including Democracy, Individual Liberty, Rule of Law, Mutual Respect and Tolerance of those with different faiths, beliefs and community.

We moved around the school in groups to join in activities that discussed and promoted the importance of these values. We made voting cards for our democratic school. We learnt a British Values rap. We made crowns and discussed our school’s Golden Rules. We made a bunting to understand our Individual Liberty. We made paper dolls and talked about our tolerance of those who are different to us. Finally we learnt about Mutual Respect and how to treat everyone equally through the act of role play.

Making voting slips when learning about Democracy.

The children made Golden Rule crowns when learning about The Rule of Law.

Making a bunting to understand Individual Liberty.

The children made paper dolls when learning about tolerance of others that may be different to us.

We loved the day and learnt so much about the British community and ways that we contribute. We are also now very determined that all our voices matter and that everyone should be listened to and respected.

Take a look at some more of our wonderful pictures below from The British Values Curriculum Day in Key Stage One.

Take a look at some of our wonderful videos we made about British Values.