Spiritual, Moral, Social & Cultural (SMSC)

Veritas Primary Academy will be a diverse school made up of many different cultures and faiths.

We aim to celebrate all of these offering our children an enriching educational experience.

Veritas in a multi-faith school and we actively learn about and celebrate a range of faiths e.g. Diwali, Christmas, Chinese New Year and Easter.
We will also include significant celebrations that are important to our specific school community.
We will invite visitors from local religious organisations to visit the school and attend school assemblies.
Each year group will learn about the six main religious of the world: Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism.

Assemblies are focussed on morals and the messages found in multi-faith and cultural stories, the children share a story and go over the moral, reinforcing the importance of good behaviours and attitudes.
Circle Time/PSHE topics enable children to recognise the difference between right and wrong and help them develop and become positive members of society.
Class charters will be agreed by the children.
We will use class dojo to inspire children to strive for the best classroom learning behaviour across the school.
There will be behaviour award certificates grasshopper, expert, master, sensai, as well as star writer and Headteacher certificates. Headteacher certificates are awarded for effort, achievement and personal growth.
A home/school agreement will be signed by children, parents and school to ensure we are all working together to uphold our responsibilities.
The school behaviour policy will be shared with parents to ensure that they are clear with all procedures.

We will appoint a School Parliament through a whole school process to demonstrate democracy in action to our children and allowing them to air their views.
Children will participate in a Macmillan coffee morning, Children in Need, Sport Relief, Comic Relief and support local community charities and events. We hope to visit a local care home to sing carols.
Children will be taught and encouraged to respect each other’s beliefs through PSHE and topic lessons.
Success will be celebrated in our Celebration Assemblies. There will be attendance awards for individual children and classes.
We will elect school captains who will carry out different duties around the school to help uphold our school culture. Duties will include: modelling for other children how to behave well; helping visitors who come to the school; taking responsibility for helping the school office; organising other pupils at assembly time; working with the teachers to make our school the best it can be.

Cultural diversity will be celebrated throughout the school in displays.
We celebrate different and diverse authors and consider their influence on British Culture.
We celebrate significant playwrights and perform plays in KS2.
We take part in Stafford's Gotta Sing and Gotta Dance events and Young Voices.
We undertake and range of trips and events throughout the school year.