British Values
At Crampton Primary School we believe that through promoting British values, our children will become responsible citizens for the future who show mutual respect and tolerance of others, value their own liberty and understand the rules of law and democracy, whilst demonstrating care and compassion for all. Whilst we recognise that these values are fundamental to life in Britain, we believe that they are fundamental to life anywhere in the World.
Sitemap
The Department for Education define British values as having 5 different elements:
The promotion of British values and ethos is a key part of life at Crampton Primary school, they are an integral and long standing element to our approach to teaching and learning and the wider school community.
The following information highlights just a few of the ways that these values form part of our every day school life.
Our curriculum is designed to ensure that our children have the opportunity to learn and reflect upon the British values that underpin our lives.
Mutual respect and community spirit is at the heart of school ethos. At Crampton Primary we offer a culturally rich and diverse curriculum in which all major religions are studied and respected. We strongly believe that tolerance is gained through knowledge and understanding. Through our curriculum and the routines of our daily school life, we strive to demonstrate tolerance and help children to become knowledgeable and understanding citizens who can build a better Britain for the future.
Democracy
Democracy is fully integrated within Crampton Primary School. Both pupil and parent/carer voice plays a central part in developing school improvement priorities. We actively encourage children to have a voice and share their views and opinions regularly. Every September, children are elected by secret ballot by their peers to represent their class as school councillors from Y1 to Y6 with the winners announced in assembly. The children love this process and have great respect for the outcomes. The council meet regularly and take the ideas from the meeting back to their classes for discussion. These election processes reflect our British electoral system and demonstrate democracy in action.
Every child also contributes their ideas to the creation of a class/teacher agreement. This sets ground rules for classroom conduct and establishes the standards of behaviour children can expect from each other and their teacher over the year ahead. Governors also talk regularly to children to establish their views as a way of ensuring that school self-evaluation is robust and accurate, and therefore effective in helping our school to be the very best it can be.
The Rule of Law
Children are taught to understand the value and need for laws; that they are there for individual protection, the responsibilities that this involves and the consequences when laws are broken. Children are taught that the freedom to hold other faiths and beliefs is protected in law. Assemblies and discussions in class focus on recognising right from wrong. Children have to abide by school rules on a daily basis by following The Crampton School Standards. Children play by rules when representing the school at sporting events and workshops that they attend out of school. Children and staff follow the Behaviour Policy, they know it, understand it and like it. Consequences, in line with the school’s policy, remind children that breaking the rules may impact on themselves and others. We encourage visits to/from our local Police and Fire Service to reinforce this.
Individual Liberty
Within school, children are actively encouraged to make choices and decisions, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. Children are taught to understand their personal freedoms and how to use these rights to best effect to ensure they make choices in a safe manner (through online safety and PHSE lessons). Through challenges in the classroom, participation in extra-curricular clubs and other opportunities to be on various school committees, pupils are given the freedom to make choices.
Mutual Respect
Children learn that their behaviours have an effect on their own rights and those of others. All members of the school community are expected to treat each other with respect and kindness. This is reflected in cores values of Respect, Responsibility, Kindness, Honesty, Resilience and Honesty.
Tolerance of Those of Different Faiths and Beliefs
We are a diverse school and actively promote it through our celebrations of different faiths and cultures. Religious Education/PHSE lessons and assemblies reinforce messages of tolerance and respect for others. Children learn about the beliefs and practices of people of the following world faiths; Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam whilst at Crampton.
At Crampton Primary we actively challenge children, staff or parents expressing opinions contrary to fundamental British Values, including those expressing ‘extremist’ views.