BRITISH VALUES

Fundamental British Values In Early Years

Fostering Diversity, Respect, and Unity

Incorporating British Values at Thorpe Nursery Pre-School

The government has set out the need for ‘British values’ to help everyone live in safe and welcoming communities where they feel they belong.

Thorpe Nursery Pre-school incorporate and demonstrate British values through the management and implementation of the EYFS learning and play.

These British values are defined as:

DEMOCRACY

RULE OF LAW

INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY & MUTUAL RESPECT

TOLERANCE OF THOSE WITH DIFFERENT FAITHS & BELIEFS

Democracy: Making Decisions Together

Thorpe Nursery Pre-School encourage our children to see their role in the bigger picture, to know that their views count, to value each other’s views and values, we help them to talk about their feelings, when they do or do not need help and to vote on decision making within their peer group by a show of hands.

We support the decisions that children make and provide activities that involve turn-taking, sharing and collaboration. Children are given opportunities to develop their enquiring minds in a setting where questions are valued, and the children have a voice.

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Rule of Law: Understanding Rules Matter

Thorpe Nursery Pre-school help children understand their own and others’ behaviour and its consequences and help them to learn to distinguish right from wrong.

We collaborate with our children to create the rules and the codes of behaviour, for example, to agree the nursery rules such as indoor feet, kind hands, indoor voices and we aim to ensure that all children understand rules apply to everyone. Children sign the rules with their fingerprint once they have been discussed and agreed.

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Mutual Respect and Tolerance: Treat Others As You Want To Be Treated

Thorpe Nursery Pre-school create an ethos of inclusivity and tolerance where views, faiths, cultures, and races are valued, and children are engaged with the wider community.

We talk about similarities and differences between themselves and others and among families, faiths, communities, cultures, and traditions and share and discuss practices, celebrations, and experiences.

We explain the importance of tolerant behaviours such as sharing and respecting other’s opinions.

We actively promote diverse attitudes and challenge stereotypes, for example, we read and share stories that reflect and value the diversity of children’s experiences and by providing resources and activities that challenge gender, cultural and racial stereotyping.

FOLLOWING THE EYFS

What Is Not Acceptable:

Actively promoting intolerance of other faiths, cultures, and races

The failure to challenge gender stereotypes and routinely segregate girls and boys

Isolating children from their wider community

The failure to challenge behaviours (whether of staff, children, or parents) that are not in line with the fundamental British values of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect, and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs.

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