British Values
British Values
Annecy Catholic Primary School serves a diverse, open and accepting community. Our intake includes baptised Catholics, children from a range of cultures and other faith backgrounds and also those with no faith commitment.
As a Catholic school, everyone at Annecy is fully committed to the values espoused within the Gospels. As modern British values have evolved from a time when we were historically Christian, our Gospel values and British values link together well.
Through the teaching of our curriculum, we believe in and promote core British values as defined by the government: Democracy, The Rule of Law, Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance of Different Faiths and Beliefs alongside and as part of the Gospel values including: joy, truth, faith, hope, love, justice, peace, community, solidarity, compassion, prayer and dignity.
Annecy promotes the ‘Prevent’ agenda to all stakeholders. Prevent forms part of our culture of safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all of our children.
Our British Values
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Democracy
Links to school values: Responsibility Reflection Resilience UN CRC Article 12: Children have the right to say what they think should happen, when adults are making decisions that affect them, and to have their opinions taken into account. |
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The rule of law
Links to school values: Responsibility, Collaboration Independence UN CRC Article 19: Governments should ensure that children are properly cared for, and protect them from violence, abuse and neglect by their parents, or anyone else who looks after them. |
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Individual Liberty
Links to school values: Independence Responsibility Creativity Resilience UN CRC Article 31: All children have a right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of activities. UN CRC Article 15: Children have the right to meet together and to join groups and organisations, as long as this does not stop other people from enjoying their rights. |
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Mutual respect
Links to school values: Responsibility UN CRC Article 2: The Convention applies to everyone whatever their race, religion, abilities, whatever they think or say and whatever type of family they come from. UN CRC Article 30: Children have a right to learn and use the language and customs of their families, whether these are shared by the majority of people in the country or not. |
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Tolerance of different faiths and beliefs
Links to school values: Reflection UN CRC Article 14: Children have the right to think and believe what they want, and to practise their religion, as long as they are not stopping other people from enjoying their rights. Parents should guide their children on these matters. |
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Value
Democracy
Links to school values: Responsibility Reflection Resilience
UN CRC Article 12: Children have the right to say what they think should happen, when adults are making decisions that affect them, and to have their opinions taken into account.
How We Promote It
- In RE pupils learn the significance of each person’s ideas and experiences through methods of discussion.
- In encouraging the children to ask big questions we debate the fundamentals of life and pupils learn to respect a range of perspectives. This contributes to learning about democracy, examining the idea that we all share a responsibility to use our voice and influence for the wellbeing of others.
- We encourage volunteerism in and out of school. This includes things like the Head Pupils, Prefects, School Council, RE Council and Eco Council and Guardian Angels. We also raise money for local and national charities.
- Democracy is also promoted through additional RSHE lessons and assemblies.
- Children are taught about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and learn to respect their rights and the rights of others.
Value
The rule of law
Links to school values: Responsibility, Collaboration Independence
UN CRC Article 19: Governments should ensure that children are properly cared for, and protect them from violence, abuse and neglect by their parents, or anyone else who looks after them.
How We Promote It
- In RE pupils examine different examples of codes for human life, including commandments, rules or precepts offered by different religious communities.
- Through RE children learn to appreciate how individuals choose between good and evil, right and wrong and they learn to apply these ideas to their own communities.
- Throughout their experience of life at Annecy they learn that fairness requires that the law (and rules/consequences) apply equally to all. We have high expectations about pupil conduct and this is reflected in our Behaviour Policy.
- There is recognition for exhibiting good and caring behaviour and consistent demonstration of our values is recognised through such things as team points and shining lights.
- Through our school assemblies, circle time and RSHE children are taught how to earn trust and respect and are supported to develop a strong sense of morality; knowing right from wrong and doing the right thing even when it is difficult.
- Children are taught about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and learn to respect their rights and the rights of others.
Value
Individual Liberty
Links to school values: Independence Responsibility Creativity Resilience
UN CRC Article 31: All children have a right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of activities. UN CRC Article 15: Children have the right to meet together and to join groups and organisations, as long as this does not stop other people from enjoying their rights.
How We Promote It
- In RE pupils consider questions about identity, belonging and diversity, learning what it means to live a life free from constraints.
- Children are taught about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and learn to respect their rights and the rights of others.
- Through our school values and the RSHE Life To the Full program, children are taught about personal responsibility, choices, ambition and aspiration. They are encouraged to take opportunities to follow their interests in art, music, sport etc.
- Children are taught how to keep themselves safe, including on-line. This is done through computing lessons, assemblies as well as through the PSHE curriculum.
Value
Mutual respect
Links to school values: Responsibility
UN CRC Article 2: The Convention applies to everyone whatever their race, religion, abilities, whatever they think or say and whatever type of family they come from.
UN CRC Article 30: Children have a right to learn and use the language and customs of their families, whether these are shared by the majority of people in the country or not.
How We Promote It
- Our RE curriculum focuses on developing mutual respect between those of different faiths or beliefs, promoting an understanding of what society gains from diversity.
- Pupils are taught about different religions and are challenged to respect other people who see the world differently to themselves.
- At Annecy we celebrate human diversity in many forms, recognising each individual’s skills, talents and beliefs.
- Children are taught to be broad minded and open hearted.
- We have high expectations about pupil conduct and this is reflected in our Behaviour Policy.
- Children are taught about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and learn to respect their rights and the rights of others.
- Through our school’s values and RSHE scheme, children are taught to respect each other, to be cooperative and collaborative, be supportive and to look for similarities while being understanding of differences.
- Mutual respect is also promoted through additional RSHE lessons and assemblies.
- Children are taught about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and learn to respect their rights and the rights of others.
Value
Tolerance of different faiths and beliefs
Links to school values: Reflection
UN CRC Article 14: Children have the right to think and believe what they want, and to practise their religion, as long as they are not stopping other people from enjoying their rights. Parents should guide their children on these matters.
How We Promote It
- Annecy does not accept intolerant attitudes to members of the community: attitudes which reject other people on the basis of race, faith, gender, sexual orientation or age are rightly challenged. We consider it to be a baseline of a fair community that each person has the right to ‘be themselves’ and to be accepted by all.
- Through RE children are challenged as to whether tolerance is enough or simply a starting point towards increasing respectfulness and celebrating diversity.
- We have high expectations about pupil conduct and this is reflected in our Behaviour Policy.
- Tolerance of different faiths and beliefs is promoted through the Syllabus for Religious Education. Children learn about different religions, their beliefs, places of worship and festivals. The children’s work on this subject or whole school learning in assemblies is often displayed in the classrooms or around the school. This is supplemented by assemblies (class and whole school), which also mark and celebrate significant religious festivals.
- Children are taught about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and learn to respect their rights and the rights of others.
