Democracy - making decisions together (links with self-confidence and self-awareness)
- Children's role in bigger picture
- Children's views
- Valuing others views and values
- Value and talk about feelings
- Age appropriate democracy in action; for example taking a vote on the theme in role play
Rule of Law (links with manging feelings and behaviour)
- Understanding or own behaviour and others
- Consequences and distinguishing right from wrong
- Staff and children creating rules and codes of behaviour; for example age appropriate rules about tidying up and ensuring all children are aware that the rule applies to everyone
Individual Liberty - freedom for all (links with self-confidence and self-awareness, people and communities)
- Positive sense of self
- Supporting self-esteem and self-confidence
- Taking risks
- Talk about learning experiences
- Staff to encourage range of experiences. Language of feelings and responsibilities, reflect on differences and understand free to have different opinion
Mutual respect and tolerance - treat others as you want to be treated (links to making relationships managing feelings and behaviuor, people and communities)
- Policies and procedures which create ethos of inclusivity and tolerance
- Children engaged in wider community
- Similarities and differences between themselves and others; families, faith, communities, cultures, traditions
- Share and discuss practices, celebrations and experiences
- Tolerant behaviours - sharing, respecting others
- Share stories that reflect and value diversity of children's experiences
- Resources and activities that challenge; gender, culture and racial stereotypes
See the link below for details of how these British Values are related to academy values.