All Educate Together Schools are committed to this motto through the ethos, stated values and day to day relationships both within the school and the extended community.
The Ethical Education Curriculum is intended to support schools develop programmes reflecting the 4 key principles and recognise the moral and spiritual dimensions of children’s growth and development. This consists of 4 key strands.
Key Strands: The Moral and Spiritual Strand.
The Equality and Justice Strand.
The Belief Systems Strand.
The Ethics and Environment Strand.
Moral and Spiritual Strand.
The general aim of the strand is to help develop in children a critical knowledge, understanding and awareness of right and wrong and a heightened awareness of social, ethical and moral standards through reflecting on the meaning and purpose of life. The strand should encourage and develop the individual on the journey to inner discovery and empower the child to make informed moral decisions.
Strand Units: Exploring Moral Development
Cultivating Spiritual Growth.
Equality and Justice Strand.
The general aim of this strand is to develop in children a critical knowledge, understanding and awareness of issues relating to human rights, equality, culture and diversity, social justice and social inclusiveness and to empower them to make a difference.
Strand Units: Exploring Human Rights.
Promoting Equality.
Exploring the Democratic Process.
Activating Equality through Positive Action.
Belief Systems Strand.
The general aim of this strand is to develop in children a critical knowledge, understanding and awareness of the teachings of religious and non-theistic belief systems and how these systems relate to our shared human experience. The emphasis will be placed on an exploration of the infinite variety and richness of humankind through nurturing a respect for a person’s right to hold and practice individual belief systems and through creating spaces where values can be articulated and critically examined.
Children will be encouraged to develop an understanding of the right to hold and practice differing beliefs and what it means to live in a world of diverse beliefs.
Strand Units:
Introducing key figures in the major belief systems.
Exploring the rites and ceremonies associated with a variety of belief systems.
Exploring the important celebrations associated with such belief systems.
Encountering the philosophy and values of the major belief systems.
Ethics and the Environment Strand.
The aim of this strand is to develop in children a knowledge, appreciation and respect for their environment and to empower them to take an active role in its stewardship.
Strand Units: Knowledge and awareness of environmental issues.
Activation of responsibility and stewardship.
This is a summary of the core principles, and key strands of the Educate Together ethos as outlined in the Ethical Education Curriculum for Educate Together Schools. |
