Birkwood Is For Everyone!
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.”
Eleanor Roosevelt Equality is having equal rights and opportunities. It means being treated fairly and given everything to reach your potential. This doesn’t mean treating everyone the same, but with respect and fairness with regard for their wishes. We believe in meeting the needs of each individual in our school, and improving outcomes for all, regardless of their background. This is the approach we take throughout school, and we believe equalities are so important, we explicitly teach them through our curriculum.
“Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.”
John Locke
Birkwood Primary School promotes equal opportunity and will not tolerate inequality in any area of the school’s life or work. All will be treated with equal worth, respect, kindness and tolerance and given equal access to the curriculum and life of the school. All will have equal opportunity to benefit from all that we offer. Our intention is to develop an ethos in which all will thrive. Diversity and differences will be valued and respected by all and they will contribute to the richness of our school life and learning.
Much of our work is around the protected characteristics, making children well- informed to make sensible choices about their actions. We do this through curriculum influencers, for example Rosa Parks, Greta Thunberg, Alan Turing and Marie Curie. We read stories about them, learn about the barriers they faced, but most importantly, find out how they overcame these and went on to do wonderful things. In our pursuit of health and well-being, we look at inspirational people and their protected characteristics, contemplating frequently challenging circumstances. Adults in school talk about, think and model this in their own behaviour, to ensure that school feels a safe place for all children.