St Edburg's CE Primary School

SMSC is taught explicitly through:

• Daily worships
• Pupil voice & debates in the classroom
• School councils and roles responsibilities 
• Educational visits and visitors
   

English

• Spiritual: Exploring big themes during our high-quality learning journeys  (identity, loss, justice, courage, morality).
• Moral: Discussing right/wrong, choices, consequences of characters’ actions.
• Social: Group discussion, debating viewpoints, empathy through narrative, analyzing character motivations
• Cultural: Exposure to texts from different cultures, times, voices - our class names change each year but are often inspired by inspiring role models from a range of backgrounds, cultures and relgiions

History

• Spiritual: Reflecting on human suffering, resilience, belief systems
• Moral: Learning about slavery, war, injustice, power, resistance, ethical decisions.
• Social: Democracy, rights (we are a Rights Respecting school), societal structures.
• Cultural: Understanding different societies, beliefs, traditions across time.
   

Geography

• Spiritual: Awe and wonder of the natural world.
• Moral: Climate change (each year we hold our own climate change week), sustainability, inequality, responsibility.
• Social: Global citizenship, migration, interdependence.
• Cultural: Ways of life, traditions, respect for difference.
   

Science

• Spiritual: Awe, curiosity, questioning how the world works.
• Moral: Ethics of experimentation, environmental impact, use of technology.
• Social: Working collaboratively, understanding science’s role in society.
• Cultural: During our yearly Science week we celebrate scientists from a range of cultures and backgrounds
   

PSHCE 

• Spiritual: Developing self-awareness, values, personal reflection.
• Moral: Making good choices, learning about consequences.
• Social: Positive relationship forming, navigating conflict resolution.
• Cultural: Understanding diversity, equality, identity.
   

• Moral: Learning about right and wrong through religious stories and teachings, learning to respect different viewpoints, discussion of  moral dilemmas,  justifying opinions.
• Spiritual: reflecting on big questions at the start of each topic, thinking deeply about children's own beliefs, experiencing moments of wonder through celebrations of religious festivals.
• Cultural:  Different traditions and lifestyles, British values such as tolerance and respect, learning about how religion influences art, music, food, and clothing.
• Social: understand how communities work, learn about belonging (e.g., church, mosque, temple), respect, learning about religions such as Islam, Buddhism.

Computing

• Spiritual: sense of wonder - discussions around AI, Can computors really 'think'?
• Moral: Online behaviour, digital footprint, misinformation.
• Social: Respectful online communication.
• Cultural: Global connectivity and influence, during our KS2 careers week we invite a range of STEM ambassadors from different backgrounds and cultures in to inspire our children
   

PE

• Social: Teamwork, cooperation, leadership.
• Moral: Fair play, respect, resilience.
• Spiritual: Perseverance, self-belief, pushing personal limits.
• Cultural: we are inspired by a range of sports people diverse backgrounds and cultures

Art & Music

• Spiritual: Creativity, expression, emotional response.
• Moral: discussions about the life choices of some artists
• Cultural: Artists, composers, traditions from around the world.
• Social: Collaboration, shared performance, critique.

Maths 

• Spiritual: appreciating patterns, symmetrical designs
• Moral: Honesty, accuracy, perseverance.
• Social: working together, helping each other, discussing ideas
• Cultural: learning about maths in different cultures, for example lots of our families are from China and Hong Kong -  we encourage children to share their traditional methods and discuss differences