Every Child Matters

Be healthy Physically healthy

Mentally and emotionally healthy

Sexually healthy

Healthy lifestyles

Choose not to take illegal drugs

Parents, carers and families promote healthy choices

 

Stay safe Safe from maltreatment, neglect, violence and sexual exploitation

Safe from accidental injury and death

Safe from bullying and discrimination

Safe from crime and anti-social behaviour in and out of school

Have security, stability and are cared for

Parents, carers and families provide safe homes and stability

 

Enjoy and achieve Ready for school

Attend and enjoy school

Achieve stretching national educational standards at primary school

Achieve personal and social development and enjoy recreation

Achieve stretching national educational standards at secondary school

Parents, carers and families support learning

 

Make a positive contribution Engage in decision-making and support the community and

environment

Engage in law-abiding and positive behaviour in and out of school

Develop positive relationships and choose not to bully and

discriminate

Develop self-confidence and successfully deal with significant life

changes and challenges

Develop enterprising behaviour

Parents, carers and families promote positive behaviour

 

Achieve economic well-being Engage in further education, employment or training on leaving school

Ready for employment

Live in decent homes and sustainable communities

Access to transport and material goods

Live in households free from low income

Parents, carers and families are supported to be economically active

Spiritual, Moral, Social & Culture Development

The Hurst Community College

SMSC

Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development

 

Promoting all pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development by providing positive experiences through planned and coherent opportunities in the curriculum and through interactions with teachers, other adults and the local community

 

Pupils' SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT is shown by their:

 

  • Beliefs, religious or otherwise, which inform their perspective on life and their interest in and respect for doifferent people's feelings and values
  • Sense of enjoyment and fascination in learning about themselves, other and the world around them, including intangible
  • Use of imagination and creativity in their learning
  • Willingness to reflect on their experiences

Pupils' MORAL DEVELOPMENT is shown by their:

 

  • Ability to recognise the difference between right and wrong and their readiness to apply this understanding in their own lives
  • Understanding of the consequences of their actions
  • Interest in investigating and offering reasoned views about moral and ethical issues

 

Pupils' SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT is shown by their:

 

  • Use of a range of social skills in different contexts, including working and socialising with pupils from different religious, ethnic and socio-economic back grounds
  • Willingness to particpate in a variety of social settings, cooperating well with others and being able to resolve conflicts effectively
  • Interest in, and understanding of, the way communities and societies function at a variety of levels

Pupils' CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT is shown by their:

 

  • Understanding and appreciation of the wide range of cultural influences that have shaped their own language
  • Willingness to participate in, and respond to, for example, artistic, musical, sporting, mathematical, technological, scientific and cultural opportunities
  • Interest in exploring, understanding of, and respect for cultural diversity and the extent to which they understand accept, respect and celebrate diversity, as shown by their attitudes towards different religious, ethnic and soci-economic groups in the local, national and global communities

Tutorial Periods

The school day starts at 8.40, with Registration and Tutor time.  The pupils will expect to attend at least one assembly during the week and partake in discussions with their tutees on a specifically chosen topic.  These 'Thoughts of the Week' topics can range from Puppy Farms to the Epiphany, from Road Safety to Cancer Awareness, and are discussed and debated as a group.

For further details about the topics discussed during Tutor click here for the link to 'Tutor Activities'.