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British Values

British Values. So what are ‘British Values ’?. According to the DfE , British Values are ; Being able to influence the decision making process through the democratic process Knowing that living under the rule of law protects the individual

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British Values

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  1. British Values

  2. So what are ‘British Values’? • According to the DfE, British Values are; • Being able to influence the decision making process through the democratic process • Knowing that living under the rule of law protects the individual • Knowing that some public bodies (like the Courts) are independent of the control of politicians • Having the freedom and protection to choose and hold the belief / faith you want • Accepting that other people have their own faiths / beliefs / opinions, and that this is tolerated and not be the cause of discriminatory behaviour • Being able to identify and combat discrimination

  3. How does the rule of law protect people? • Laws protect our rights and freedoms

  4. What laws do we know about? • It is against the law to take property without consent • It is against the law to go onto someone else’s property without being invited • It is against the law to hit someone • It is against the law to drive the wrong way up a one way street

  5. This also includes some pretty weird ones; • It is illegal to have a pigsty in front of your house that can be seen! • It is illegal to sing a rude song in the street • It is illegal to play ‘knock-door-run’ • It is illegal for a landlord to allow anyone to become drunk in their pub • In London, you can not fire a cannon or any weapon larger within 300 yards of a house • And you are no allowed to drive cattle through any London street between 10am and 7pm - but you can after • And you are not allowed to use a taxi, the bus or the tube if you have the Plague • And the Black cabs are not allowed to carry rabid dogs or corpses • Only the Queen can eat a Mute Swan • It is illegal to be drunk and in charge of a cow in Scotland • No person may enter the wreck of the Titanic without getting permission (despite it being more than 3 miles under the sea) • Polish potatoes are banned from the UK • And finally, it is illegal to cause a nuclear explosion

  6. Inter-house competition • What strange law would you like to introduce to school? • Every Wednesday pupils are only allowed to eat blue food • All pupils must give NP a present at least once per term

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