We teach spiritual, cultural. social and moral education throughout our curriculum and general academy life. Please read the following information to give you additional information on how we do this.

Spiritual Development

We aim to enable our pupils to develop their self-esteem, their critical and independent thinking skills and their ability to express and reflect on their feelings. We will provide opportunities for our pupils to explore and develop their:

• religious or faith perspectives on life.
• interest in learning about, and respect for, other people’s faiths, feelings and values.
• environment, imagination and creativity.

We achieve this through:

• RE Curriculum Planning.
• daily reflection (including Collective Worship in classes).
• celebration of a range of faiths’ festivals and celebrations.
• planned visits from leaders of a range of faiths.
• planned visits to places of worship of other faiths.

 

Moral Development

We aim to enable our pupils to recognise the difference between right and wrong and to apply this in their own lives. We will provide opportunities for our pupils to explore and develop their:

• understanding of the consequences of their actions.
• use of a behaviour management system based around personal agency and the language of choice.
• encouraging and recognising those who make the right choice, even when it is difficult or comes at personal cost.
• ability to explore and offer reasoned views about moral and ethical issues affecting the world today and in the past.

We achieve this through: 

• our school aims and values.
• our carefully considered humanities curriculum that encourages the children to explore moral issues in an age-appropriate way, such as: living sustainably, fair trade civil rights and conflict.
• exploration of moral issues through our planned Collective Worship and daily Reflection.
• charity links and fundraising in support of local charities.

 

Social Development

We aim to enable our pupils to develop their social skills in a community where our diversity is not only accepted but celebrated. We will do this by offering opportunities to:

• learn about, work and socialise with pupils from a range of different religious, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.
• celebrate the diversity of our school community and value each individual and their experiences and heritage.
• participate in a variety of social settings, cooperating well with others and being able to resolve conflicts effectively.
• develop an understanding of their individual and group identities.
• demonstrate a greater understanding of ‘self’, expressing feelings with increased clarity.
• understand difference and similarity between individuals and groups and be aware of inequalities and stereotyping

We achieve this through our:

• PSHE curriculum.
• behaviour policy and our focus on building positive relationships.
• Work on - and our commitment to - developing oracy skills in our children.
• exploration of our planned daily Reflection, incorporating themes such as Black History Month, LGBT History Month and International Women’s Day.
• roles for Year 5 pupils in our DPA Bank and Shop.
• indoor nurture room at lunchtimes and a smaller outdoor play space for children who may need support with their social skills.
• Reading and Maths Champions, and Language Ambassadors providing opportunities to work collaboratively in groups and with children across the Academy.
• Year 6 Enterprise Week and transition work for secondary school.
• careers workshops for Year 5 & 6 with visitors from a range of occupations.

 

Cultural Development

We aim to enable our pupils to develop their cultural understanding and awareness of how cultural values are shaped by providing opportunities to:

• understand and appreciate cultural diversity and plurality.
• participate in a wide range of artistic, musical, sporting and other cultural activities.
• explore and respect and celebrate cultural diversity, lifestyles and choices.

We achieve this through our:

• RE, PSHE, MFL, History, Geography, Art and Music curriculums.
• extra-curricular trips and visits in support of our curriculum.
• planned programmes of collective worship and assemblies.
• Language Ambassadors.
• range of multi-cultural books, dictionaries and resources.