British Values
Tardebigge CE First School proudly welcomes children and their families from a range of backgrounds into our community. Our Christian School Values underpin the wider education of our children and the British Values as outlined below. The vast majority of our children are British in heritage but we also have some children who have English as an additional language. This gives us the opportunity to share learning about other home cultures and the children enjoy learning from each other.
Fundamental British Values are defined as:
- democracy
- the rule of law
- individual liberty
- mutual respect
- tolerance of those of different faiths and belief
and this definition still stands under the new September 2014 standards for schools and the Equality Act.
The school actively promotes these through a range of opportunities across their school career at Tardebigge CE First School.
Pupil Voice:
Children select their own representatives, by election, who:
- will lead their House Teams
- voting in the class
- FOTs arranging a 'Dare to be different day'
- selecting 'Rules' for the class.
They also feed into the leadership of the school, sharing their ideas, thoughts and concerns at the highest level, thus influencing the direction school takes.
Each year, each class takes the school rules and adapts them to make their own, which guide their behaviours inside the classroom. Each year the children actively study anti-bullying throughout their PSHE curriculum, and also learn about and apply principles of on-line safety. Through considering, applying and learning about our country, pupils grow their understanding of right and wrong, and the respect for others and their environment. Children also drive our curriculum plans, voicing their ideas about what they would like to learn in an area, and staff skilfully weave their ideas into the learning plans, giving children real ownership of their learning, this is also demonstrated through their self and peer evaluation of their own work.
Curriculum and wider: We subscribe to a programme of study called 'Picture News' this programme takes weekly topical issues for the children to learn about and current issues to discuss.
Children also have opportunities to learn about the current life and times of our royal family, and the history of our country. They also learn about people around them and their lifestyles, enabling empathy and understanding of our local community. Through Geography, RE, and wider curriculum study they also learn about the lifestyles of those further away to see that people around the world have the same fundamental values and principles that guide their life, but they may express these differently. Our school ethos is underpinned by individual freedom of choice, mutual respect and tolerance and the right and responsibilities that go with such. We visit and receive visitors from other faiths and learn about their sacred buildings and beliefs.