Pupils in School Council and Year 6 have been discussing their understanding of spiritual, moral, social and cultural development at Aycliffe Drive Primary School.
Please read their ideas shared below.
Spiritual Development is:
- Learning about different beliefs and God
- Exploring your beliefs in RE
- Using your imagination and creativity mostly in every lesson. We use our creativity during extended writing in literacy and in art and PE when we move and exercise
- When Andrew Masters comes in and teaches us the bible. He also gives us the bible
- Learning about the outside world and nature by visiting Forest School and the pond. We also use our feelings and imagination through Forest School
- Feelings and values are everywhere
- Knowing what is against or with your religion
- Respecting faith everywhere
Moral Development is:
- The older children setting examples for the younger children
- Learning from stories when Mr Masters comes in
- Getting housepoints if we do something nice and Star of the Week for being good the whole week
- Helping someone when they are hurt
- Learninf from our punishments
- Learning about right and wrong in assemblies, at home and in school in PSHE and RE lessons
- Teachers influencing us to make the right decision
- Parent and teachers and everyone around us teaching us the law.
- Knowing the right decisions to make by understanding consequences that we are taught by school and our parents
- Recognising the right and wrong in school at lunch and break
- People being helpful and always honest
- Learning national laws, school rules and the 10 commandments in PSHE
- Copying adults that are right, not wrong
- Knowing that wrong leads to bad consequences
Social Development is:
- Volunteering to be helpful and kind
- Cooperating all the time especially in teamwork
- Learning in school to listen to and respect other people’s opinions
- Making choices in lessons (for example in maths we can choose if we want to move on to something else and in art we can choose what picture we can do).
- Making everyday choices around the school (like at lunch)
- Having people to come in to talk about drugs and right and wrong things
- Resolving conflict by talking not fighting
- Learning responsibility through our monitor jobs
- Learning about relationships with family and friends in PSHE and 1 to 1 interventions
- Boosting your confidence by going to clubs
- Talking to teachers, parents and childline to ask about safety
- Planning a fund raiser for people in need
- Helping others at Harvest
- Gardening club
Cultural Development is:
- Celebrating diversity as we learn about Easter, Harvest, Christmas and Divali
- Letting people fast according to their religion
- Different people celebrating different traditions
- Respecting everyone in a kind and helpful way
- Listening to different cultural music
- Learning about the cultures of people from around the world in RE
- Celebrating Christmas with plays and Christmas dinner.
- Accepting different actions
- Choosing your own opinions and listening to others
- Celebrating the Queen’s birthday on the Jubilee
