British Values & our value for the month

To further support our School Values and our promotion of 'British Values',  we think about and celebrate one of our 22 values each month, often linking them with different events and festivals, both locally and around the world.

We look at the value in assembly and in class and we aim to ‘live’ that value in the way we work with others in school.

In May 2025 our value is...  Responsibility

At school, we have explained to the children that responsibility is about accepting they have a role to play in the world around them.  A child who is responsible is eager to play their part; they use their growth mindset to work with others well, persevere to do their best to achieve goals and are reliable when left to do something.

We are asking parents/carers at home to send in a note if they think their child has demonstrated responsibility, describing how they demonstrated this value.  We will celebrate some of their achievements in assembly (if they are happy with this).  Examples of responsibility might be:

• Taking responsibility for doing things at home e.g. making their bed in the morning, laying the table at meal times.

• Taking care of things e.g. watering plants, feeding the goldfish.

• Helping others when they need it e.g. if mum is not feeling well, offering to do extra jobs to help out.

• Helping to make a better world e.g. taking care not to drop litter, making sure to recycle, being happy to walk rather than expecting to go by car.

What people have said about Responsibility:

• Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. Khalil Gibran
• We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. George Bernard Shaw
• You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln
• The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up. John C. Maxwell
• It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live. The Dalai Lama
• If you take responsibility for yourself, you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. Les Brown