Civic virtues are those which are developed through service, gratitude, volunteering, civility and community amongst others. This building block explores the virtues of citizenship, civility, community awareness, service and volunteering. These virtues are important for engaged, responsible citizenship and the development of pro-social behaviour.
Where can you have targeted conversations about civic virtue?
There are specific lessons within our curriculums to have targeted conversations about these virtues, such as PSHE and RE, however as with all our building blocks, it is important to include wider opportunities to develop these virtues that are non-academic. These opportunities provide the practise of ‘real-world’ scenarios. Examples include...