All National Curriculum subjects offer opportunities to promote children’s Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development (SMSC) in some way. In practice, this means delivering each element through the curriculum and between lessons rather than timetabled SMSC lessons.
Other aspects of school life such as extra-curricular activities, assemblies and school trips also provide opportunities for SMSC.
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Early Years and Key Stage 1
Similarities and differences between themselves and other children within the class and school. Family life and the influence of parents and family members on lifestyles. Differences and similarities in beliefs and lifestyle between people and different communities within our own country and around the world. Respect for cultural differences
Year 3/4
Characteristics of our own culture and how this has evolved. Issues that affect children and society e.g. new laws. Cultural similarities and differences in education, law and order, crime and punishment, leisure, work, family life. The importance of respecting and value differences and similarities in terms of culture, ethnicity, religion, gender and disability. How the media presents information and the role of bias. How democracy works at school, local and national level.
Year 5/6
Characteristics of our own culture and how this has evolved. Issues that affect children and society e.g. new laws. Cultural similarities and differences in education, law and order, crime and punishment, leisure, work, family life. The importance of respecting and value differences and similarities in terms of culture, ethnicity, religion, gender and disability. How the media presents information and the role of bias. How democracy works at school, local and national level.