Priorswood Primary School is a vibrant single form entry school in the heart of Taunton. We are a fully inclusive school serving a richly diverse local community and welcoming families from across the world into our school. We are a happy place to work and learn. We value everyone and keep children at the centre of everything we do. Our children embrace the high expectations for their learning and behaviour and we proudly develop confident and articulate Priorswood Citizens. We are passionate about nurturing a lifelong love of learning in every child, empowering them to dream big and achieve their highest aspirations. Our children and staff uphold and demonstrate our vales of Respect, Courage and Integrity through everything we do. We make every moment matter.
British Values
The examples that follow show currently some of the many ways Priorswood Primary School seeks to embed ‘British values’.
Democracy
Priorswood Primary School currently addresses issues of democracy in the curriculum and the wider life of the Academy currently by:
- Involving children in making decisions about certain choices, such as new staff recruitment or school contracts.
- Children are part of policy writing, e.g The Behaviour Policy
- Elections of School Parliament representatives
- School Parliament meetings in class every term and between MPs termly
- Voting for choice of texts to learn about
- The study of the Ancient Greeks
- Visits by MPs
- The study of World War 2
- The teaching of skills in balanced arguments through literacy
- Using drama techniques to develop ‘a voice’ such as Conscience Alley
- Local study which investigates the use of land locally
- Democracy question of the term
Future plans involve:
- Planning visits to and from institutions and services
The rule of law
Priorswood Primary School currently addresses The Rule of law in the curriculum and the wider life of the Academy currently by:
- Ensuring there is a class charter that children know and understand
- Children know and understand the school behaviour policy
- Use restorative justice techniques following an incident
- Themed assemblies that focus on such things as responsibilities
- Providing a ‘reflective time’ to consider certain behaviours
Future plans involve:
- Further, formalised’ visits from the PCSO
Individual liberty
Priorswood Primary School currently addresses Individual Liberty in the curriculum and the wider life of the Academy currently by:
- Study a comparison between Victorian and life today
- Visit by NSPCC
- Study of World 1 and 2
Mutual Respect & Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs
Priorswood Primary School currently addresses Mutual Respect & Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs in the curriculum and the wider life of the Academy currently by:
- Preventative work on bullying (in conjunction with NSPCC)
- Themed assemblies of equality and diversity
- Big question studies around different faiths
- Inviting different people of different faiths to talk with the children
- Our Priorswood Citizen culture
Future plans involve:
- Visiting different places of worship on a yearly basis
- Invite people from faiths not represented in the school to talk with the children
