At St Mary’s we ensure that our curriculum is a vehicle for SMSC education.
SMSC stands for spiritual, moral, social and cultural education. It is supported throughout our curriculum with each subject identifying links with the termly themes through planning. At KS4, the citizenship/RE curriculum is delivered through the SMSC assemblies and the PSHE and communication curricula.
SMSC is developed through:
- Personalised curriculum
- Engaging in a range of social situations
- Developing an awareness and respect for diversity
- Developing an understanding of right and wrong
- Developing the communication skills to make choices about likes/dislikes in school
- Educational visits in the wider community
- Taking part in sporting opportunities
- Taking part in cultural opportunities
- Taking part in artistic opportunities; theatre, music and arts.
- Weekly celebrations of pupil’s/student’s work and effort
Rainbow Awards
At St Mary’s Pupils in Key Stages 1 and 2 work towards 'Rainbow Awards'. The Rainbow awards promote progression with our pupils personal development in six key areas:
- learning
- friendship
- communication
- health
- safety
- independence
| | Date | Rainbow Award | SMSC Theme | Assembly Topic | Key Events |
| Term 1 | | W/C 01/09/2025 | | W/C 08/09/2025 | | W/C 15/09/2025 | | W/C 22/09/2025 | | W/C 29/09/2025 | | W/C 06/10/2025 | | W/C 13/10/2025 | | W/C 20/10/2025 | | Being a good learner | British Values | | British Values – Democracy | | British Values – Individual Liberty | | British Values – Mutual Respect | | British Values - Tolerance | | British Values – Prevent | | British Values – Rule of law | | British Values - Diversity | | End of Term | | |
| Term 2 | | W/C 03/11/2025 | | W/C 10/11/2025 | | W/C 17/11/2025 | | W/C 24/11/2025 | | W/C 01/12/2025 | | W/C 08/12/2025 | | W/C 15/12/2025 | | Being healthy | Citizenship | | Character & Citizenship - Remembrance | | Character & Citizenship – Anti Bullying Week | | Character & Citizenship – Resilience | | Character & Citizenship - Responsible citizens | | Character & Citizenship – Self-belief & Motivation | | Character & Citizenship – Honesty | | End of Term | |
Monday 10th - 14th November - Anti Bullying Week
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| Term 3 | | W/C 05/01/2026 | | W/C 12/01/2026 | | W/C 19/01/2026 | | W/C 26/01/2026 | | W/C 02/02/2026 | | W/C 09/02/2026 | | Being Safe | Safety | | Safety: at School | | Safety: Stranger Danger | | Safety: at home | | Safety: out and about | | Safety: online | | End of Term | |
9th February - 15th February - Children's Mental Health Awareness Week
10th February - Safer internet day 2026 |
| Term 4 | | W/C 23/02/2026 | | W/C 02/03/2026 | | W/C 09/03/2026 | | W/C 16/03/2026 | | W/C 23/03/2026 | | Being a good communicator | Careers | | Careers - Leadership | | Careers - Emotional Intelligence | | Careers – Decision Making | | Careers – Problem Solving | | End of Term | | 2nd - 7th March - National Careers Week 5th March - World Book Day 5th - 15th March - British Science Week |
| Term 5 | | W/C 13/04/2026 | | W/C 20/04/2026 | | W/C 27/04/2026 | | W/C 04/05/2026 | | W/C 11/05/2026 | | W/C 18/05/2026 | | Being a good friend | Friendship | | Friendships – Making Friends | | Friendships – Working with Friends | | Friendships - Tricky Friends | | Friendships – True friends | | Friendships | | End of Term | | |
| Term 6 | | W/C 01/06/2026 | | W/C 08/06/2026 | | W/C 15/06/2026 | | W/C 22/06/2026 | | W/C 29/06/2026 | | W/C 06/07/2026 | | W/C 13/07/2026 | | W/C 20/07/2026 | | Being Independent | Transition | | Transition - All about me introduction | | Transition – Skills I’ve learnt this year | | Transition – Reviewing my year | | Transition – Planning for next year | | Transition – My New Timetable & Moving up | | Transition | | Transition | | End of Term | |
Work experience for some KS4 Students |
