Fundamental British Values

At Manor Community Primary School we believe that children should demonstrate fundamental British values in their everyday lives. 

Mutual respect, tolerance, democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law are the values that enable our school to work and care as a community. It is how we prepare our children for their lives in modern day Britain. We promote these values in the following ways:

Mutual Respect and Tolerance

This is achieved through enhancing pupils understanding of their place in a culturally diverse society and by giving them opportunities to experience such diversity. Assemblies and discussions involving prejudices and prejudice-based bullying have been followed and supported by learning in RE and PSHE. Members of different faiths or religions are encouraged to share their knowledge to enhance learning within classes and the school. As part of our ethos with tolerance we promote the core value of ‘Respect’. Pupils are part of discussions and assemblies related to what this means and how it is shown. Respect is reinforced through classroom and school rules and through the whole process of ACE adventures which happen at the end of each topic.

Democracy

Democracy is a fundamental part of life at Manor. Pupils have the opportunity to have their voices heard through our School Council elections, meetings and through the gathering of opinions in classrooms between School council meetings. As a result of this, the school council have been in a position to initiate change. Pupils also have the opportunity to develop their understanding of the democratic process when working together in class activities and through the elections for the school council.

Individual Liberty

Within school, pupils are actively encouraged to make choices, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. As a school we educate and provide boundaries for young pupils to make choices safely, through the provision of a safe environment and empowering education. Pupils are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms and advise how to exercise these safely and responsibly. Pupils are included in the choices that they make through identifying challenge in their learning, understanding how their behaviour affects those around them and attending extracurricular activities.

The Rule of Law

The importance of Laws, whether they be those that govern the class, the school, or the country, are consistently reinforced throughout regular school days, as well as when dealing with behaviour and through school assemblies. Pupils are taught the value and reasons behind laws, that they govern and protect us, the responsibilities that this involves and the consequences when laws are broken. These are articulated at school level as Manor Manners.

Implementation in the Curriculum

• Maths
• English
• Phonics
• Science
• Geography
• History
• Art
• Computing
• Music
• Languages
• PE
• Design and Technology
• PSHE