Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cutural

Welcome to our SMSC page! SMSC stands for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development; an integral part of our Arches' curriculum. SMSC promotes values associated with SMSC development and how this contributes to a child's mental and physical development. SMSC learning prepares children for opportunities and responsibilities they may experience in later life and how to better handle these. SMSC events are covered during weekly assemblies and through a course of organised days and events within schools - some excellent wokrshops have been had!

We aim for our children to become confident and caring individuals. Our SMSC programme of events includes teaching about values and character development, anti-bullying, keeping ourselves healthy, worldwide festivities, looking after our environment and much more! We expect all our children to become good citizens and actively look for ways of supporting others, e.g. through charitable activities and fundraising.

Spiritual

Spiritual development includes the exploration of beliefs and experiences, faiths, feelings and values and develops and enjoyment of learning about the surrounding world using our creativity and imagination.

Moral

Moral development includes the exploration of what is right and wrong in society, the laws that exist and the consequences of breaking these, moral and ethical issues and the views that children may have on such matters.

Social

Social development includes the exploration of social skills and participation within the community, volunteering and cooperating, resolving conflict and engaging with British Values.

Cultural

Cultural development includes the exploration of cultural influences and the role of Britain's parliamentary system, cultural opportunities and respecting, accepting and celebrating diversity within the community.

Spring term 2020

This list is not exhaustive and is a working document.

Date

Event

SMSC

Objective

6^th-10^th January

Learning Powers Week

Social

How can we use learning powers to maximize our brain power?

13^th January

Rev. Tina Upton Assembly

Spiritual

Talking to God.

13^th-17^th January

National Obesity Awareness week

Social, Moral.

To encourage the children to engage in the UK’s drive to improve the Nation’s health by discussing the importance of physical activity and healthy eating to maintain a healthy weight.

20^th January

Yoga sessions

Spiritual

Finding your inner zen. A place for peace.

24^th January

Democracy Project Meeting

Social, Moral.

Interschool project looking at debating skills.

27^th January

Australia Day

Social, Moral, Cultural

Marking the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the first fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales.

31^st January

National Bug Busting Day

Social

Encourage openness about head lice, effective treatments and prevention.

11th February

Safer Internet day

Make a friend day

Social, Moral, cultural.

Create, connect and share respect. A better internet starts with YOU! Explore this with the children and parents. Think about how you can SAFELY make friends…

14^th February

Church Service

Spiritual

To give praise to god.

25th February

ADHD coaching

Moral, social

To give support and information for staff and pupils about how to capitalize on the skills of those with super ADHD brains.

25^th February

Shrove Tuesday

Spiritual, Cultural.

To understand the significance of Shrove Tuesday and the events leading up to Easter.

28^th February

National Science Day

Social

To celebrate the importance of science used in the daily life of all people and to give thanks and praise for the achievements in the field of science for human welfare.

2nd March

Rev. Tina Upton Assembly

Spiritual

The beginning of Lent.

5^th March

World Book Day

Cultural

A celebration of books and reading.

6^th March

Democracy Project Meeting

Social, Moral.

Interschool project looking at debating skills.

16^th March

LGBT assembly and Stonewall workshops

Social, Moral and Cultural.

Appreciating differences, respecting others

26^th March

Musical Showcase

Social, Moral and Cultural.

Enjoying music from around the world.

3^rd April

Key Strings

Cultural

To appreciate music from around the world.

3^rd April

Easter Collective Worship

Spiritual

To understand the significance and events of Holy Week.

Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Calendar of Events

Autumn term 2019

This list is not exhaustive and is a working document.

Date	Event	SMSC	Objective
4.9.19	Keeping Safe Assembly	Social	Keeping safe in school.
11.9.19	‘Back to the App’	Social and Moral	Internet safety and etiquette.
16.9.19	Rev. Tina Upton Assembly	Moral and Spiritual	Talking to God.
18.9.19 tbc	NSPCC assembly	Social and Moral	Safeguarding.
18.9.19 tbc	NSPCC Y5/6 workshops	Social and Moral	Keeping safe/safeguarding.
18.9.19	Junior Safety Launch Event	Social	Keeping safe
23.9.19	International Day of Peace	Social, Moral, Cultural and Spiritual	Commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace.
23/24.9.19	Y5/6 environmental project	Social and Moral	Taking care of and using the local environment.
26.9.19	Canal Barge trip (selected children)	Cultural	Appreciate how other people live/d.
29.9.19	McMillian Coffee Morning	Social and Moral	Raising money for charity and raising awareness of cancer.
10.10.19	World Mental Health Day	Social, Moral and Cultural	Raising awareness of the mental health needs of young people in a changing world.
11.10.19	Forest School Experience Y1	Social and Cultural	Getting back to grass roots!
1.10.19	Black History Month introductory assembly	Social, Moral, Cultural and Spiritual	To promote and celebrate Black contributions to British society and foster an understanding of Black history in general
11.10.19	Palatinate Black History Month celebration assembly	Social, Moral, Cultural and Spiritual
25.10.19	Harvest Festival Produce donations for the local Food Bank.	Spiritual and Moral	To give thanks for the crops that have grown and to support the work of the local community to help the less fortunate.
7.11.19	Author Visit	Social	Discovering life as an author and developing writing skills.
11.11.19	Rev. Tina Upton Assembly	Moral and Spiritual	Talking to God.
11.11.17	Armistice Day Minute silence Poppy sale	Moral	To commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war.
18.11.19	The Greatest Show workshops	Social, Moral, Cultural and Spiritual	To promote and celebrate the history of the circus and learn new skills whilst working collaboratively.
11- 15.11.19	National Anti Bullying week assembly and activities	Social and Moral	To work collectively to prevent bullying of all types and create the best world possible.
15.11.19	Children in Need (tbc)	Social and Moral	To think of those less fortunate than ourselves.
22.11.19	Whole school Zoo Visit	Social and Moral	To examine the use of zoos in preservation of species and look at contracting habitats. Consider the ethics surrounding zoos.
25.11.19	LGBT assembly and Stonewall workshops	Social, Moral and Cultural	Appreciating differences, respecting others.
2.12.19	British Values week	Moral, Social and Cultural	Promote the core values of British Society and celebrate the diversity of Britain today.
2.12.19	Christmas Jumper Collection	Moral	Collecting pre-loved Christmas jumpers for those that are less fortunate than ourselves.
9.12.19	Community Carol Service	Spiritual	To welcome advent on prepare spiritually for Christmas.
w/c 9.12.19 and 13.12.19	Christmas Nativity and Christingle Performances FS2 – Y6	Spiritual	To recognise Christmas as a celebration of God’s wonderful news.
18.12.19	Christmas Church Service	Social, Spritual, Moral and Cultural	To spiritually prepare for the Christmas period and its true meaning.
19.12.19	Whole school Pantomime visit	Cultural	To enjoy and take part in the British tradition of Pantomime.

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