Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development

SMSC stands for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils.

The Citizenship Foundation defines spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils in relation to pupils’ ability and willingness to do the following:

• Spiritual: Explore beliefs and experience; respect values; discover oneself and the surrounding world; use imagination and creativity; reflect.

• Moral: Recognise right and wrong; understand consequences; investigate moral and ethical issues; offer reasoned views.

• Social: Use social skills in different contexts; work well with others; resolve conflicts; understand how communities work.

• Cultural: Appreciate cultural influences; participate in culture opportunities; understand, accept, respect and celebrate diversity

Our school values – Care, Connection and Confidence – are embedded in our school SMSC education through PSHE lessons, assemblies and teachable moments that occur in the everyday life of the school.

SMSC education is as much an approach as it is discrete experiences. SMSC is a golden thread that weaves through all we do – how we work in teams, discuss and debate, encourage reflection, consider ethical impact, explore the wonders of the world and give our pupils a voice.

Every Jigsaw lesson from Early Years to upper primary offers opportunities for children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development, and this is clearly mapped and balanced across each year group.

Projects 

Year 5 work Bright Leaders on their Learner to Leader Programme

This includes

• 6 days of leadership development/

• Full day, full school Rock Kids experience.

• Pin badge and certificate for all children who follow the leader to learner programme.

• To capture pupil voice a 6 episode, podcast experience for those who follow the Learner to Leader programme.

The 'VISION' programme enhances self-belief and equips young people with the mindset to lead and achieve more.

Day 1: Vision - Looking to the future to see the person they want to be and the school they want to create.

Day 2: Identity - Exploring what makes them great and knowing what their skills are.

Day 3: Systems - Creating leadership habits that last.

Day 4: Inspiration - How to stay motivated and build inspiring environments for leading.

Day 5: Opportunity - Seeking out and grasping opportunities to learn and lead.

Day 6: Network - Creating leadership connections that build sustainable leadership behaviours.

We bring our ACTing Habit to life to create leadership change that lasts.

Acts of Worship

Three Good Things (Mental Health and Well-being)

The TGT happiness exercise has been proven to increase your positive emotions, happiness, hope, and optimism. It helps children to be more grateful, improve physical health, better behaviour toward others, and get a strong positive mindset.

Three Good Things (TGT) or What-Went-Well is an end-of-the-day journaling exercise to help shed negative bias in seeing and remembering events. It prompts us to view things more often in a positive light and helps us cultivate gratitude, increase optimism, and boost happiness.

Once you adopt it as a daily habit for at least a week, it helps children cultivate an attitude of gratitude, lets then flourish, and increase life satisfaction, hope, and optimism levels.