Wellbeing; Spiritual, Moral, social and cultural learning; British Values At Abbey we recognise the 'golden thread' that links all of our learning comes in the form of values and respect for each other. Essential life skills, values and emotion work is done through our half termly wellbeing themes, British Values work and Social, Spiritual, Moral and Cultural Learning. From looking at 'relationships', ‘managing emotions’, taking care of our physical and mental health, to dealing with 'bullying' the children have weekly wellbeing lessons and half termly assemblies which address these issues and importantly look at how we deal with the issues in a practical way. We take the 'Let's Start STOP' approach to anti bullying; the analogy S.T.O.P helps us identify what bullying is; Several Times on Purpose and it helps empower us to do something about it; Start Telling Other People. Abbey’s wellbeing curriculum includes important aspects of positive self-image and mental health/well-being. Children are taught essential life skills on how to manage their wellbeing and health through breathing techniques, yoga and mindfulness activities. Our work on British Values looks at how we can actively promote the 'values' of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs, through our everyday teaching and experiences with the children. We regularly promote these values through our own school values, curriculum and wide range of enrichment activities. We focus on: • an understanding of how citizens can influence decision-making through the democratic process; • an appreciation that living under the rule of law protects individual citizens and is essential for their wellbeing and safety; • an understanding that there is a separation of power between the executive and the judiciary, and that while some public bodies such as the police and the army can be held to account through Parliament, others such as the courts maintain independence; • an understanding that the freedom to choose and hold other faiths and beliefs is protected in law; • an acceptance that other people having different faiths or beliefs to oneself (or having none) should be accepted and tolerated, and should not be the cause of prejudicial or discriminatory behaviour; and • an understanding of the importance of identifying and combating discrimination.
Made with FlippingBook Proposal Creator