At Suffield Park Nursery and Infant School we actively promote the British Values of democracy, rule of Law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance through class discussion in lessons, School Assemblies and our whole school Behaviour Policy.
Our school intent and our core values are Confident, Resilient, Ambitious and Brilliant. Meeting these values provides a useful platform to weave in British Values to everything we do.
E.g. We are brilliant when we show respect towards each other.
British Values are provided with a greater focus through the use of ‘Superbear’ our whole school British Values teddy bear. The children’s ideas are then shared on our British Values display board in the school hall.
Democracy
We provide our children with the opportunity to vote for ideas and listen to each other’s opinions in classroom based activities and through School Council. Children make decisions about issues such as who to raise money for, and how they would like to do this. They also take wider school issues into the classroom to open up opportunities for meaningful discussion.
Rule of the Law
Children know that following our school rules provides them with an opportunity to be recognised on a reward system in class (This is underpinned by PATHS, our PSHE curriculum).
PATHS teaches the skills of calming strategies during times of heightened behaviour and conflict resolution through sharing our feelings with staff and peers.
Individual liberty
Children celebrate their achievements in and out of school in our Friday Reward Assembly.
Every day each class has a ‘Special Person’ where every child takes their turn to be recognised by their teachers and peers for their own individual merits. We also provide our children with a weekly opportunity to talk about why they feel they, or their peers are special. This information is given to parents so can enjoy this moment with their child at home.
Mutual Respect and Tolerance of Different Faiths and Beliefs
Our School Assemblies recognise familiar customs such as Harvest, Christmas and celebrations from other religions and cultures e.g. Chinese New Year. We provide our children with opportunities to investigate different faiths in their R.E lessons and plan their own learning through an enquiry based approach in line with the Norfolk Agreed Syllabus.
Our classrooms contain books that recognise the multicultural world in which we live.
