Values Days
Purpose
One day every half term is a values day for all students at Chobham.
Values days aim to enrich the academic subject-based curriculum and equip students with knowledge, skills and outlooks which will be of value to them in meeting the opportunities and challenges they may encounter at school and beyond. Activities are planned based upon the background and circumstances of our students and upon local, national and international developments relevant to their lives (eg climate change, political and religious tensions). We believe that in order to inspire students to become the best citizens they can be, we need to develop their awareness and knowledge alongside their socio – economic skills. We recognise the importance of ‘character development’ in the education of our students. By this we mean aspects such as communication skills, confidence building, resilience and being kind and helpful. We subscribe to the view that young people with more highly developed emotional and social skills (such as empathy, emotional regulation and moral reasoning) are likely to more proactive and positively engaged in their school and local communities.
Content
Values days sit alongside tutorial time and assemblies as part of our wider PSHE and Citizenship programme. The programme is under constant review in order to make it as relevant as possible to the needs and life experiences of our students. Some of the key themes and content currently covered in our innovation day programme is:
- Guiding students into volunteering and other forms of supporting their local community
- Supporting friends, family and neighbours
- Valuing and understanding political action (eg keeping up with current events, appreciating and respecting different viewpoints, participating in political action in the right way). How to protest and campaign in the right way
- Engaging in environmentally conscious behaviours
- Demonstrating socially responsible values
- Looking to the future; university applications and career planning
