At Castle Carrock Primary School, we have a strong school ethos that actively promotes British Values. Our curriculum provides a wealth of opportunities to engage in British Values. We take a holistic approach, which allows us to embed British Values throughout the school. We also actively promote British Values through our whole school and class assemblies and weekly discussion of Primary Picture News.
A key part of our plan for education is to ensure children become valuable and fully rounded members of society who treat others with respect, in preparation for life in modern Britain.
The four British Values are:
- Democracy
- Rule of Law
- Individual Liberty
- Mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs
Our British Values Lead at Castle Carrock Primary is Miss Carroll.
Children at Castle Carrock will learn:
- An understanding of how citizens can influence decision-making through the democratic process.
- An understanding that the freedom to hold other faiths and beliefs is protected in law.
- An acceptance that people having different faiths and beliefs to oneself (or having none) should be accepted and tolerated, and should not be the cause of discriminatory behaviour.
- An understanding of the importance of identifying and combating discrimination.
What our pupils say:
- “Democracy is about voting in a fair way. In our school, we use democracy to choose things like our Pupil Voice and Eco Council members. Democracy is a fair way of choosing something, and gives everybody the chance of getting their opinions out.”
- “Individual Liberty is the right to freedom of speech, give ideas and choose activities. We share and tell our ideas and opinions at Castle Carrock Primary School. We have lots of activities that we can choose from at lunch time and after school.”
- “Rule of law is when people and businesses have to follow the law. This means that everyone can be safe and law breakers are arrested. At Castle Carrock Primary School we have 9 core values to help keep us safe.”
- “At Castle Carrock Primary School, we respect people regarding their religion, gender, beliefs etc. We have tournaments that boys and girls can attend and it’s really fair.”