Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural

Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) Provision

At Stockham Primary School, spiritual, moral, social and cultural education underpin all aspects of school life. This work is absolutely integral to everything we do. It plays a significant role in contributing to the high levels of motivation, tolerance and excellent that the children demonstrate at our school.

The individuality of each child is valued and respected in order that:

they are comfortable with who they are and that they respect others
they are able to contribute to the life of the school and wider community
they make a positive contribution to society and are prepared for life in modern Britain

This is not a “subject” in itself but opportunities to promote it are actively planned for across all subject areas of the curriculum; within collective worship; within our behaviour policy, within our safeguarding policy and within everything we do. It has particularly strong links to our work in Personal, Social and Health Education and Religious Education.

Definitions of terms

Spiritual development is the growth of insights, beliefs, attitudes and values which guide and motivate us. Through spiritual development, children can gain a sense of identity, their own self-worth and broader meaning and purpose in life.

Moral development is the building of a framework of moral values which control our personal behaviour. There is a recognition within this area of development that in a multi-racial, multicultural and multi-faith democracy such as Britain there will always be debate about moral values and these will differ from person to person.

Social development is concerned with the each child’s ability to develop the skills, understanding and personal qualities necessary for living and functioning effectively in our multi-racial, multicultural and multi-faith society and to be able to contribute to that society.

Cultural development is the about helping children to understand their own cultural heritage alongside the cultural traditions of the school, the local community, those of the wider British community and the wider world. They will explore these different cultures in order that they are able to understand, accept, respect and celebrate the differences and similarities they discover.

How Spiritual Development is promoted within the ethos of SPS:

Whole school assemblies
PSHE and RE curriculum planning Outdoor learning –
Forest School
School Council
Learning Values
Trips and visits
Curriculum Topics (e.g. History)
School Mission Statement and values
Charity work
PSHE - JIGSAW
Assemblies
Pastoral interventions and support
After school clubs
Visitors from different faiths

How Moral Development is promoted within the ethos of SPS:

Behaviour policy/ systems
Fundraising and charity events
School Council
Anti-bullying Policy, week and workshops
Problem solving and investigating
School Mission Statement and Values
Learning values
Pastoral interventions and support
RE curriculum planning
PSHE Assemblies and themes
School trips and visits
E-Safety focus week/ workshops and Computing lessons
Leadership opportunities for children
Curriculum Topic Webs
Forest School and types of learning

How Social Development is promoted within the ethos of SPS:

Lunchtime Leaders
Whole School Assemblies
PSHE Assemblies
Curriculum Topics
School Mission Statement and Values
School Council
Learning Values
Charity work/ fundraisers
Behaviour Policy
Contribution to local events
Pastoral interventions
After School Clubs
Group work/ peer learning, feedback and evaluations in lessons
School trips and residential
PE and Sport Competitions
Talk partners

How Cultural Development is promoted within the ethos of SPS:

RE Curriculum planning
Whole School Assemblies
PSHE Assemblies
Celebrations of different Religions Festivals (Christmas, Harvest, Easter, Chinese, Eid, New Year…)
Modern Foreign Languages – French
Music Lessons
Afterschool Clubs
Historical/ Geographical Trips
Displays at SPS
Variety of Cultural resources used for learning
Books/ Library
Internet research