At Mareham Le Fen we promote British values through our curriculum, extra-curricular activities, teaching and learning. By doing so, we will ensure that all children understand the values that have traditionally underpinned British society. The teaching of these values will promote cohesiveness within our school and community. We will prepare children for life in England where the population has an increasingly rich diversity of backgrounds, origins, beliefs and cultures by promoting the values on which our society has been built.
The Government set out its definition of British values in the 2011 Prevent Strategy, and these values were reiterated in 2014. At Mareham Le Fen these values are reinforced regularly and in the following ways:
Children have many opportunities for their voices to be heard. We have a variety of groups such as worship wardens, JOSOs (Junior online safety officers), sports ambassadors and wellbeing champions, which meet regularly to discuss issues raised. Children have an annual questionnaire with which they are able to put forward their views about the school.
The importance of Laws, whether they be those that govern the class, the school, or the country, are consistently reinforced throughout regular school days, as well as when dealing with behaviour and through school assemblies. Children are taught the value and reasons behind laws, that they govern and protect us, the responsibilities that this involves and the consequences when laws are broken.
Within school, children are actively encouraged to make choices, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. As a school we educate and provide boundaries for children to make choices safely. Children are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms and advised how to exercise these safely, for example through our E-Safety and PSHE lessons.
Mutual respect is at the heart of Mareham Le Fen Primary School values. Children learn that their behaviours have an effect on their own rights and those of others. All members of the school community treat each other with respect.
Mareham Le Fen is in an area which is not culturally diverse, therefore we place an emphasis on promoting diversity with the children. Our RE and PSHE teaching reinforce this.
As part of Mareham Le Fen School's commitment to safeguarding and child protection, we support the government’s Prevent Strategy to help to build resilience to extremism.
Many of the things we already do in school to help children become positive, happy members of society also contribute to the Prevent strategy.
These include: