Living and Learning

Wednesday 14 January 2026

I know why Individual Liberty and Respect and Tolerance are important

In our Living and Learning lessons, we have been focusing on the British values: rule of law, democracy, respect and tolerance and individual liberty. Find out more here: https://www.stjameswetherby.leeds.sch.uk/find-out/british-values/

This week, our focus was on respect and tolerance and individual liberty.

To help us understand individual liberty, we watched ‘We are all born free’:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9_IvXFEyJo

We then answered these questions:

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: Can your child tell you the British values and what they stand for? Discuss the questions together.