Giving the children the opportunity to develop and evolve into citizens of the future.

Every child in school is part of the Darwin Citizenship Award and is given the opportunity
to develop their Darwin Values during their time at Greenfields.
Each year group works towards a Darwin Award, culminating in the Darwin Award gradu-
ation evening at the end of Year 6, which celebrates their achievements and contribution
to the school.

Darwin Graduation 2017

Bronze For pupils based on their work in school, on trips and residential
visits.
Silver For pupils who can include after school clubs and who have
volunteered for a position of responsibility, such as School Helper.
Gold Awarded to pupils meeting all categories at the gold standard,
including expedition, attending multiple clubs and volunteer for
several positions of responsibility,
The Darwin Citizenship Award is split into different categories: volunteering,
physical, new skills, residential and expedition, community and charity, person-
al skills and future well being.
Volunteering:

Pupils can achieve the volunteering award by putting

themselves forwards for a position of responsibility
 School helper
 Peer mentors/Buddy
 Sports leader
 Eco-councilor
 School parliament member
 House captain/Sports captain

Physical:
Pupils are awarded for developing their physical skills in-
side or outside school.
Bronze: developed through PE participation, school
events such as skipathon, fun runs.
Silver: attend one club for the duration of the term.
Gold: attend 3 or more clubs throughout the year.

New Skills:
Pupils are awarded for developing a range of skills via the
curriculum or associated events.
Bronze: arts/curriculum weeks, topic days.
Silver: develop a skill through an outside club, activity or
whilst on school trips.
Gold: develop skills through clubs and a residential expe-
rience. Extra-curricular activities and clubs are included.
Expedition and residential:

All pupils have chance to gain bronze through the residential

trips and activities at school e.g. team building exercises or
orienteering and work done during Go Outdoors weeks
across school or in Forest School sessions.
Bronze: Awarded for participating in Operation Amphibian in
Year Five.
Silver and Gold : Awarded through Beaudesert and Manor
residential experiences. Outside camping or overnight visits
can support the award.

Charity and community:

All children help raise money for charity via school fundrais-
ing days, whilst each class runs a charity event to sponsor
two pupils in Tanzania to be able to go to school.
Silver and Gold : undertake additional charity work e.g. sum-
mer/ winter fayre stall, organise a school event.

Personal skills and future well-being :

During their time at Greenfields, pupils participate in a range

of activities, such as First Aid , swimming, Barclays finance,
crucial crew, drugs awareness, cookery, road safety, and
Bikeability to help develop a range of life skills.

Values Curriculum

To support the Darwin Citizenship Award the children learn

about 6 different Darwin Skills that are essential to being a good
citizen and building self-esteem and confidence.
The skills include learning about and developing British Values.
They are also linked during lessons to the SEAL values (Social
Emotional Aspects of Learning).
 Darwin Value Definition SEAL Programme British Values
Value
Changeability: Adaptation, flexibility, New Beginnings Democracy making
able to change to meet changes.
new circumstances. Mak- The rule of Law
ing a fresh start.

Stickability Perseverance, not giving Relationships Perseverance

up. Ability to keep trying.

Bouncebackability: Capacity to bounce back Going for Goals “Dunkirk Spirit”

from a setback. Resili- Not giving up.
ence. Overcoming failure

Growthability Developing as a person, Good to be me Reflection

setting individual goals.
Reflecting on yourself.
Developing as a person.

Selfhelpability Developing your Inner Changes Individual liberty-

coach ;the positive Darwin rights and responsi-
Voice: Building Self-belief bilities
and Making good choices.
Being an independent
learner.
Empathability Visit someone else`s is- Getting on and falling Tolerance
land. Understanding how out.
someone else feels. Walk-
ing in another`s shoes.
Developing empathy.

The recent white paper Educational Excellence Everywhere states that the Gov-
ernment is set on: “Building character and resilience in every child” It continues
by stating that:

‘A 21st century education should prepare children for adult life by instilling
the character traits and fundamental British values that will help them suc-
ceed: being resilient and knowing how to persevere, how to bounce back if
faced with failure, and how to collaborate with others at work and in their
private lives.’