Citizenship

At Waterside, we use our school values to promote positive attitudes to learning and developing a growth mindset for all. These reflect the skills and attitudes needed to promote responsibility for learning and future success. The children will be able to explain about the need to be respectful, resilient, confident, kind, inclusive and aspirational and how these help them as life-long learners.

They will;

Have developed a strong sense of identity within the school and belonging to the community
Have the confidence and skills to make decisions
Have aspirations to achieve with a growth mind set
Have the skills to self-evaluate, make connections and become lifelong learners
Be able to keep themselves safe
Be able to transfer to secondary school as an independent learner
Continue to contribute to the wider society and be a responsible citizen who is tolerant and respectful of others’ values and beliefs

Our aim is for the children to leave us with a sense of belonging to a tightly knit community. They have the confidence, aspirations, understand their choices in life and the difference they can make as a global citizen.

The purpose

to recognise and acknowledge the active role pupils play in the life of the school and the wider community

to encourage children to make positive choices which will benefit their class, school and community

to encourage children to become responsible, informed and active members of their class, school and wider community

to encourage children to learn about aspects of citizenship education, including topical issues, rule and law-making, democracy, human rights, diversity