British Values
At Petersfield we are committed to the promotion of British Values through our Christian ethos and our spiritual, moral, social and cultural provision. We recognise the importance of our responsibility to prepare children for life in modern Britain and ensure that the fundamental British Values are introduced, discussed and lived out throughout our school curriculum. We also recognise the multi-cultural, multi-faith nature of the United Kingdom and actively promote and model these ideals, welcoming admissions from all those families entitled to education under British law regardless of faith, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, political or financial status. As well as actively promoting British values, the opposite also applies. We challenge children, staff or parents expressing opinions that are contrary to fundamental values including 'extremist' views, as part of our Prevent agenda.
These values are:
Democracy
UN CRC Article 12: Children have the right to say what they think should happen, when adults are making decisions that affect them, and to have their opinions taken into account.
The rule of law
UN CRC Article 19: Governments should ensure that children are properly cared for, and protect them from violence, abuse and neglect by their parents, or anyone else who looks after them.
Individual liberty
UN CRC Article 31: All children have a right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of activities.
UN CRC Article 15: Children have the right to meet together and to join groups and organisations, as long as this does not stop other people from enjoying their rights.
Mutual respect
UN CRC Article 2: The Convention applies to everyone whatever their race, religion, abilities, whatever they think or say and whatever type of family they come from.
UN CRC Article 30: Children have a right to learn and use the language and customs of their families, whether these are shared by the majority of people in the country or not.
Tolerance of different faiths and beliefs
UN CRC Article 14: Children have the right to think and believe what they want, and to practise their religion, as long as they are not stopping other people from enjoying their rights. Parents should guide their children on these matters.
View these documents below to find out more about how we promote British Values at Petersfield and to see our Policy:
British Values at PetersfieldLatest News
14th Nov - Thank you to everyone for supporting Children In Need today with non-uniform day. You can still donate online on the BBC Children In Need website.
12th Nov - Thank you to Elm class for the tasty cakes enjoyed at today's successful FOPS cake sale.
12th Nov - Thank you to Hazel class for leading their class assembly so confidently today as they enjoyed sharing their learning so far this term with pupils and parents.
11th Nov - Thank you to the Royal British Legion for their welcome and the Standard Bearer for our escort to mark Remembrance in the village today. Our eldest pupils remembered alongside the local community whilst the rest of the school marked the 2 minute silence together.
10th Nov - As we continue to implement our Emotions for Learning (E4L) curriculum, staff training today focused on supporting pupils to identify their emotions and problem solve.
10th Nov - We were delighted to welcome our County Primary Advisor into school today to comment on the calm learning environments, clear routines and expectations, pupils who were on task and able to talk about their learning and the curriculum materials which clearly set out the intended learning.
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