Great Wood Primary School

Our Values Curriculum has been updated and altered to better meet the points made in our mission statement, facilitate cross-curricular connections with the geography curriculum, and foster understanding of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 2019 2020 Month 2020 2021 Compassion Kindness and Understanding in September Forgiveness in October Responsibility November Considering Happiness December January Trust Equality Hope Respect March Bravery Humility Acceptance of March Tolerance April Patience with Courtesy Forgiveness and Independence May June fidelity collaboration July Compassion. Our PSHEC curriculum makes use of a values curriculum that has been around for a while. Over the course of a two-year cycle, we examine a different Value each month. Children's literature, historical and current events, film, conversation, and theatre are used in assemblies and class to explore and demonstrate the values. When talking to kids about their behaviour and attitude toward learning, staff members make reference to them. At the end of the half term, a class writes and present an assembly to parents and the whole school to show how they use the Value and how it helps them to 'aim high and make a difference'. After consultation with children, staff, parents and others, a list of 22 values that were considered important was drawn up, one to be addressed specifically each month, whilst recalling those already covered and noticing how they often overlap. Over the past four years, the children have responded very well, noticing incidents that show the values they have learnt and practising the values during the school day.