British Values at Byers Green
What are the fundamental British Values?
Fundamental British Values underpin what it is to be a citizen in a modern and diverse Great Britain valuing our community and celebrating diversity of the UK. The aim of teaching British values is to encourage children to have tolerance for different belief systems. By teaching British values, schools, in effect, combine these elements of safeguarding, prevent duty, and British values together.
At Byers Green, we understand the importance of these values and strive to embed them not only through our weekly assemblies but by weaving them through our curriculum and making them part of everyday school life.
Weekly Assembly Themes:
Autumn 1 Assembly Themes 2023 – 2024
Autumn 2 Assembly Themes 2023 – 2024
Spring 1 Assembly Themes 2023 – 2024
Spring 2 Assembly Themes 2023 – 2024
Summer 1 Assembly Themes 2023 -2024
Below are some of the ways that the British Values are reinforced.
. Children from Year 6 are elected to be the student representatives.
. Student representatives lead sessions in all classes collecting information that reflects the pupil voice. Ideas and issues are then presented to the Senior Leaders who put actions in place as a direct outcome from these sessions.
. Pupil questionnaire are completed to give children further opportunities to express their ideas and/or concerns
. Pupils are involved in the recruitment process when hiring new staff.
. Opportunities to explore democracy in the UK and the wider world through subject specific curriculum links
. A clear behaviour policy is in place across school with consistent use of rewards and sanctions.
. Children in UKS2 wrote their own policies to supplement those used in school. These are reviewed annually and shared in whole school assemblies.
. Individual classes also have their own rewards system to reward positive behaviour
. Individual behaviour plans and logs are used to support children where the school behaviour systems are not meeting their specific needs.
. Regular visits from the Police, PCSO and other emergency services
. National themed weeks, such as Online Safety and Anti-bullying week are given significant status in the school calendar, with lessons and assemblies planned to support it.
. Through the RE and SMSC curriculum, children are introduced to a wide range of faiths and religions.
. Group work activities are promoted in lessons to support positive relationships.
. Pupil Representatives and Playground Leaders are elected at the beginning of each school year.
. Visitors from other faiths and religions are invited into school to link to the children’s learning.
. National Awareness days are celebrated in whole school assemblies.
. Celebration Assemblies celebrate children’s achievements each week.
. A wide range of extra-curricular activities are offered to the children which reflect a number of different interests.
. Online safety promoted through the curriculum with information to show children how to exercise their right to personal freedom safely
. Children are actively encouraged to challenge stereotypes.
. Anti-bullying week encourages children to act safely and think about others.
. Educational visits and school outings support children in forming positive relationships and broadening their learning.
. Children are encouraged to share their successes outside of school with their peers in praise assembly.
. Through RE, PSHE and RSE, children look at and discuss the importance of respecting individual differences and beliefs.
. Promote the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion through all areas of the curriculum as we study key people who have made a significant difference.
. Themes events take places across the school to raise awareness of celebrations in other countries, for example, Chinese New Year.
. Discuss differences between people, such as differences of faith, ethnicity, disability, gender or sexuality and differences of family situations in whole school assemblies as well as in classrooms.