Social Responsibility

Being reflective is one of Gossey Lane's six core values. Our aim is to empower our pupils to become kind, caring, and responsible citizens in our ever-changing diverse world. 

Social responsibility is fully embedded in our teaching both inside and outside the classroom throughout the whole school.  Children learn to value different perspectives, embrace inclusion, understand the importance of sustainability and the wider environment, as well as the importance of giving back to society more than you take.

Here is a glimpse of how we do this:

 

Helping to care for ourselves and others.

Personal wellbeing is at the core of the Gossey Lane's ethos, and we promote a sense of belonging and feeling valued throughout everything we do. Children care for each other by becoming ‘Playground Champions’, providing a listening ear to their peers or serving as friendly faces to anyone feeling lonely.  Our children also experience caring for new life – this could be looking after baby chicks in Year 1, or butterflies in Reception. 

Support fellow pupils

All children have an opportunity take on different positions of responsibility throughout the School to help fellow pupils on a daily basis. From helping the Reception children settle in each day, to being responsible for the library at break times, through to being a Playground Champion in the playground, where they help ensure that everyone is being included.  

Caring for our environment

We are committed to nurturing environmentally conscious and sustainable thinkers. This starts in Reception  where the  children learn about the vital role plants play and how they can protect them. Throughout the school, children are actively taught how recycling is part of day to day lives, and we have an active ECo Warriors group who take an active role in imparting knowledge for Climate action. They are responsible for ensuring the implementation  of our sustainability plan. 

Giving back through Pupil Leadership

Children from across the school work together in a democracy to do good for others, supporting many charities such as Children in Need.  Our pupils leaders play an active role in being good citizens giving back beyond their classroom such as advocacy work. 

Giving back to local society

Our community outreach programme enables the children to actively give back to the local community. This spans supporting our local food bank charity especially through Harvest and Christmas donations, right through to visiting a local residential home to share songs and stories and connecting with the elderly residents.  

Giving back to Global society

“Pupils exhibit entirely inclusive attitudes and a deep appreciation of diversity and of how different cultures have something valuable to offer the world” (ISI 2023)

Awareness and appreciation of different cultures throughout the world are embedded in our Geography, PSHE, RE and Music curriculums. Our Black History workshop each year teaches children about history and contributions made by hidden figures from our past. We listen to music from around the word a listen to stories from Diverse authors. 

 

 

Understanding global issues

Inside the classroom we ensure that all of our pupils understand fundamental human rights and societal and environmental issues that impact the global population. Our Fairtrade assembly helps the children take their learning into their home environment opening up important conversations with parents. Our work on Global Goals enable our children to broaden their global knowledge even further.  Focus days and our assembly programme, our work on Rights Respecting teaches children about the world beyond Kitts Green.