British Values
Riverside Primary School is committed to working closely and in harmony with its community and celebrating the diversity of the UK. We aim to prepare children for life in modern Britain and to ensure that our school ethos, curriculum and approaches to teaching and learning reflect and promote British values.
We recognise that these values are not exclusive to being British and that they have come to be accepted throughout the democratic world as the method of creating an orderly society in which individual members can feel safe, valued and can contribute to for the good of themselves and others.
We work alongside our local community and recognise the variety of religious beliefs within it. We take children outside the school to take part in local events and meet different members of the community to appreciate the valuable contributions they make.
We take opportunities to: acknowledge, celebrate and commemorate national events and anniversaries related to key events in Britain’s past. Join in with international sporting events and find out more about the countries that host them. Support charities that are selected by the children and arrange fundraising events, through the leadership of the school council. Invite members of the local community to our school events.
We understand the role that our school has in helping prevent radicalisation and supporting our children in developing a world view recognising Britain’s place within it. The British values are:
DEMOCRACY – Using your vote so your voice can be heard. This is applied in everyday lessons as well as making whole school decisions, such as voting for our class councillors.
THE RULE OF LAW – The law applies to everyone. It is equal and it is fair. We use our school rules as an example as how we adhere to rules and consequences of following them or not.
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY – As long as we do not break the law, we have rights and freedoms. We have a choice as to how we learn and can chose a range of resources to help support our learning.
MUTUAL RESPECT – Treating others how you would want to be treated, even if they have been unkind to you. Having manners and treating others and equipment respectfully and showing a pride in the school community that they are a part of and to feel proud to be surrounded in a caring environment. Events such as 'Odd Socks' day for anti-bulling week help to remind us that we are all different, but we need to respect each others differences.
TOLERANCE – Making a space for other people’s opinions and beliefs (even if they seem different, odd, wrong or interesting). Knowing that we are all equal but different. In lessons such as RE we explore a range of religions and discuss our own thoughts and ideas about beliefs and how are opinions differ the more we learn.