British values
At Lindon Bennett School we celebrate each child’s unique abilities and achievements in a creative and supportive environment.
Focus: Curriculum content (skills / learning outcomes being taught)
EYFS / KS1
- Turn taking and sharing skills
- Friendship and interaction
- Learning about me
- Co-operation and tolerance
- Dealing with emotions
- Likes and dislikes
- Similarities and differences
- Communicating my needs, wants and likes
- To be aware of danger
- To show resilience and determination
- Knowledge and understanding of the world around them
- Self help skills
- Creativity, play and fun
KS2
- Learning about myself
- Co-operation
- Managing emotions and self regulation
- Relationships
- Independence and self-confidence
- Choice making
- Turn taking and sharing
- Asking for help
- Keeping safe
- To show resilience and determination
- Awareness of the wider world
- Freedom to be creative
- Similarities and differences
Focus: Opportunities offered within school
EYFS / KS1
- Learning is offered through adult and child led experiences
- Exploring and learning takes place within an environment that offers excitement, fun and understanding
- The curriculum is differentiated ensuring access for all
- Learning Outcomes for all have a strong focus on the areas of Communication and Language and Personal and Social Development
- Cross-curricula learning helps pupils to develop skills in a variety of situations and environments
- Pupils have a clear understanding of expectations and feel confident to take risks and have a go
- Clear, consistent behavior policy in place across the school, working on pro-active strategies to support children
- Independence is praised and encouraged in all aspects of the curriculum and daily activities
- A strong emphasis on fairness and working together
- Assemblies, off site visits
- ReACh Approach (Relationship education for the Autistic Child)
KS2
- Clear expectations and boundaries e.g. I am working towards…/First…then…
- Opportunities to make choices across the curriculum. Everyone has a voice – PECS, Makaton, Eye gaze, intensive interaction, sensory cues
- My Requests – how we respond to children
- Specialist resources to allow all to achieve and participate
- Sharing / turn taking. Working together in lessons, learning to get along at playtimes
- Giving pupils responsibilities and opportunities to be independent
- Cross-curricular work – Round the world, People who help us, All about me, Families, Myths and legends/Traditional tales
- Stories from other cultures
- Assemblies and activities to celebrate festivals from all faiths
- Focuses on special world events to positively reinforce life and culture in other countries e.g. Olympics
- Visits by people in the community e.g. police
Focus: Opportunities offered within the community
EYFS / KS1
- Shopping trips, high street, supermarket
- Visits to nearby places such as the park, library, sports centre
- Visit to church and other local religious buildings
- Sports days / fun days
- Visits from others within the community
KS2
- Shopping trips
- Visits to religious buildings within the area (e.g. mosque, church, Gurdwara)
- Sporting and music events
- Visits to key places in the community
All of these things are the foundations for being a good citizen and promoting the ‘British values’ of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance.