Crabtree Farm Primary School
Steadfold Close
Bulwell
Nottingham
NG6 8AX
0115 9155737
Welcome to the Crabtree Farm Primary School Website
The DfE have reinforced the need “to create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.”
The Government set out its definition of British values in the 2011 Prevent Strategy, and these values have been reiterated in 2014. At Crabtree Farm Primary School these values are reinforced regularly. We keep an up to date audit of all such teaching and learning opportunities through our SMSC tracker grid.
Crabtree Farm Primary School has registered our intent with UNICEF to become a Rights Respecting school. Each year the children decide upon their class charter and the rights associated with these. All the children contribute to the drawing up of the charter.
Children have many opportunities for their voices to be heard. We have a School Council which meets weekly to discuss issues raised in class council meetings. These issues are then taken back to the classroom where the information is shared with the children. The council has its own budget and is able to genuinely effect change within the school. Two council members for each class are voted in by their class. 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. Pupils 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.
Visits from authorities such as the Police and Fire Service help reinforce this message.
Within school, pupils 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 young pupils to make choices safely, through provision of a safe environment and empowering education. Pupils 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. Whether it is through choice of learning challenge, or participation in our numerous extra-curricular clubs and opportunities, pupils are given the freedom to make choices.
Tolerence of Those of Different Faiths and Beliefs
Crabtree Farm Primary School is situated in an area which is not greatly culturally diverse, therefore we place a great emphasis on promoting diversity with the children. Assemblies are regularly planned to address this issue either directly or through the inclusion of stories and celebrations from a variety of faiths and cultures.
Our RE and PSHE curriculum coverage reinforce this. Members of different faiths or religions are encouraged to share their knowledge to enhance learning within classes and the school. Children visit places of worship that are important to different faiths.
At Crabtree Farm Primary School we will actively challenge pupils, staff or parents expressing opinions contrary to fundamental British Values, including ‘extremist’ views.
British Values Champions
Each half term we focus on a different British Value. At the end of each half term a champion for that value, from each class, is recognised and celebrated in our special assembly. At the end of the year we award an overall British Values Champion from each class to a pupil who has stood out as an excellent example of upholding all the British Values.
