Values Education – St. Wilfrid's Church of England Primary School

Our focus Value of the Month is…

For activities you can do at home with your child to help further their understanding of the value, click here.

St Wilfrid’s Vision and Values Statement

We believe God loves us all and every child who attends St Wilfrid’s School will develop their faith, their abilities and know how to develop in the world ahead as global citizens.

We aim for everything we do to reflect our Christian Vision and our core Christian values are strongly embedded in school life. In addition, drawing together relevant strands such as Fundamental British Values, Values Education, Global Learning and Personal Social and Health Education (PSHE) ensures that we are fulfilling our vision that all should live and love fully.

St Wilfrid’s Christian Values

The all-encompassing Christian Value of Love is central to our mission statement supported by other chosen values which are characteristic of the Christian faith:

Justice, Hope, Trust, Humility, Forgiveness, Thankfulness, Compassion, Friendship, Peace

These Christian values are embedded in our wider programme of Values Education, in which we partner with schools in the Lancaster and Morecambe District Cluster. Our children have the opportunity to work towards a St. Wilfrid’s Values Diploma which encourages them to participate in a wide range of activities, including those with social impact. We believe that this impacts strongly on pupils’ attainment as well as their personal aspirations, development and understanding of their role as British and global citizens.

Our Value of the Month makes explicit links to our vision and mission statement

P4C is a great way for children to build their self-esteem and their reasoning and speaking skills. It’s really important to draw out ideas from your child, rather than planting your ideas in their heads. Questions are the ideal way to do this. Click on the image below to link to a site that gives further explanation and lots of ideas:

Promoting British Values at St Wilfrid’s CE Primary School

The Government emphasises that schools are required to ensure that the key ‘British Values’ are taught in all schools in the United Kingdom. The government set out its definition of British values in the 2011 Prevent Strategy.

The five British Values are listed below together with examples of how we promote these within St Wilfrid’s School:

	Elected School Council Visits to Parliament Member of local Pupil Parliament Focus on key people and events e.g. Brexit, Remembrance, Nelson Mandela International School Status Values Education programme Collective Worship Attendance at Mayor Making Ceremonies
	Class charters setting out classroom and school rules Code of conduct for staff and visitors Behaviour Policy Anti-bullying Policy Values Education programme Collective Worship
	Lancashire Equality Charter Supported within PSHE programme Kidsafe Programme Philosophy for Children Values Education Collective Worship Life Education Programme
Mutual Respect	Promotion of Christian values through Collective Worship Single Equalities Policy Values Diploma PSHE Wheelchair basketball Partnership/exchange with Multi-cultural school School House system
	Promotion of Christian values through Collective Worship RE Syllabus – multi faith units Visits to places of worship for other faiths Workshops and visitors representing different faiths and practices Spirituality Days Prayer Days PREVENT training for staff Global Learning Partnership/exchange with Multi-cultural school

Mutual Respect