CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING

At BRW, Catholic Social Teaching (CST) threads throughout the catholic life of the school. It is an intrinsic part of our Catholic nature and behaviour. CST reminds us of the values, beliefs and actions that Jesus taught us. It can be summarised in the second greatest commandment: love one another. In following the principles of CST at BRW, we hope to build the kingdom or build heaven on earth, just as God intended.

Children and staff are encouraged to actively promote and live out the below explicit CSTs in their beliefs and actions:

Children learn about CST through whole-school events and everyday learning and teaching in formal and informal forms, for example:

CST displays can be found in every classroom as well as in a whole-school display.
In learning and teaching across the curriculum, CSTs are present in planning, when discussing learning objectives, in children’s books and in recall opportunities.
CST is celebrated in a weekly ‘Celebration Assembly’, where pupils are celebrated for living out the CST principles.
The Annual Theme embodies CST and the nature and importance of CST is shared with the school community.
The Faith In Action Team, Faith Ambassadors and Liturgy Team work together to further promote CST through fundraising, reflecting and documenting ways to ‘build the Kingdom’.
Each subject leader identifies how CST is present in their subject. This is made explicit in their annual subject policy.
Links with CAFOD enable staff training and pupil workshops on CST.

By promoting and valuing CST, BRW’s aim is to teach children how to love their neighbour and live the Gospel values in our modern world.