Cedars Manor School

Cedars Manor School caters for children between the ages of three and eleven and we are also the base for Harrow’s Provision for Hearing Impaired pupils.Cedars Manor School takes pride in our multi- cultural community and believe that all children can be encouraged to do their best and succeed. Each child is valued as an individual and we work with parents/ carers to foster self confidence, self discipline and mutual respect.

Cedars Manor School is a happy school, committed to inspiring a love of high quality teaching and learning, creating an inclusive educational environment where every child feels safe. We are wholly committed to meeting our responsibility to protect and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in our care. We recognise the important part we have to play in identifying children and young people at risk of abuse and neglect and in securing appropriate support for them and their families. At Cedars Manor School we have established a Safeguarding Team to ensure the smooth and efficient implementation of our safeguarding policies and practices.

The definition of British Values was set out by the government in the 2011 Prevent Strategy.

‘To create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote fundamental British Values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.’

Cedars Manor is a Rights Respecting School, through this we uphold and teach pupils about British Values. We also teach the British Values through Personal, Social, Health and Emotional (PHSE) and Religious Education (RE) as well as delivering a broad and balanced curriculum. The school takes opportunities to actively promote British Values through:

• Assemblies
• Electing a school council
• Positive behaviour policy allowing pupils to develop and demonstrate skills and attitudes that will allow them to participate fully in and contribute positively to life in modern Britain.

Democracy is an important value at our school. Pupils have the opportunity to have their voices heard through our School Council. The elections of members of the School Council are based on pupil votes. Each class elects a member to represent their views.

Pupils are taught the value and the consequences when laws are broken.
We have a strong but positive behaviour policy. Pupils learn about consequences of actions and the difference between right and wrong. Through this we consistently promote our high expectations of all at Cedars Manor School.

Pupils are actively encouraged to make choices at our school, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. As a school we provide boundaries for our children to make choices safely, through the provision of a safe environment and planned curriculum. Pupils are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms and are advised how to exercise these safely, for example through our e-Safety teaching and PSHE lessons. Pupils are given the freedom to make choices in all aspects of school life.

Our community is made up of people from a wide range of backgrounds. We aim to promote the understanding and appreciation of different faiths and cultures both within our school and the wider world. We actively promote courtesy and good manners towards all. We actively monitor and tackle all forms of bullying and harassment (This includes cyber bullying, prejudice-based bullying related to appearance, SEN (Special educational Needs), sex, race, religion and belief and disability).

Mutual respect is at the heart of what we believe and is taught through

• Children learn that their actions have an effect on their rights and those of others.
• The importance of caring, sharing and listening to others.
• The following of the Cedars Way
• Collective worshipthemes such as respect, patience and tolerance.

We encourage all pupils to understand that they have rights and responsibilities as citizens within Cedars Manor School and the wider community.

We aim to give each child an awareness of the world in the context of the past, present and future. To understand some of the ways in which we find out and about the past. History in the Early Years is taught looking at their own lives and families. This builds in Key Stage one with looking at famous people and events from long ago. In Key Stage two we teach from the Stone Age to 1066, in addition looking at the ancient civilisations of the Greeks and Egyptians. History is taught through visits, pictures, artefacts and written sources.