Living and Learning: British values.

Wednesday 14 January 2026

In Living and Learning, we have been discussing the different British values: democracy, individual liberty, rule of law and respect and tolerance. This week, we have focussed on individual liberty and respect and tolerance.

Year 6 answered these questions:

We are all free to do what we want but this has to be within the law.
What would happen if everyone just did their own thing?

What do we have the right to?
We have the responsibility to…

Whilst we have individual liberty as one of our British values, we need to ensure we are showing respect and tolerance of others.
Why is this important?
What would our country be like if people didn’t show this?

Help at home: Discuss how respect and tolerance link to the protected characteristics. How would you answer the questions above?

Moortown Primary School, Leeds
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