During key stage one, our children are learning about themselves as developing individuals and as members of their communities. Our curriculum teaches our children how to keep themselves safe and healthy and how to behave well, and we engineer opportunities for children to practise taking responsibility for themselves and their environment.   For infants, our relationships education teaches children about their own feelings and the emotions of others and to be aware of views, needs and rights of other children and older people.  Our children are practising how to share, take turns, helps others and resolve conflict, resisting bullying.  Our value of ‘engage’ means we expect all children to take an active part in the life of school and its neighbourhood.

By key stage two, as children become more mature, independent and self-confident, we want them to learn about the wider world and the interdependence of communities. We want our children to understand that their own choices and behaviour can affect local and national issues and political and social institutions. We expect, by the time our children are juniors, that they will take part fully in school and community activities.

To assist with this, in addition to our curriculum and enrichment, we provide our children with meaningful experiences to enable them to understand how to become responsible, respectful and active citizens who can contribute positively to society. 

We do this by:

• Working with our local parish council to teach children about local government and democracy. Our children are currently working with the open spaces committee to improve and re-design our local recreation playground. Our pupil voice committee, who represent the views of all children, have worked with local councillors to choose equipment based on what they think children need, now and in the future.
• We are working with the outreach committee, supporting the luncheon club and elderly members of our community by inviting them into school, visiting them in the church community rooms, serving them tea, sharing learning outcomes with this group and be-friending locally elderly community members.
• We are working with our local church to provide aid for our foodbank and by volunteering our time to organise parcels and collect donations.
• Our KS2 children design, organise and lead clubs for children in other year groups based on what they think would nurture children’s interests and talents. We have a range of child-led clubs taking place at lunchtime and the uptake is strong.
• Through curriculum outcomes, we design and make items for our local community- donations to charity shops and the churches (who provide aid for local families)
• We fundraise for the shoe box appeal and national charities, such as comic relief, honeypot
• Positively promoting diversity by persona dolls (welcoming someone from another culture into our community) and through the use of our resources.