Building Character

Embedding Virtues through Philosophy

(Now linked to classdojo reward system)

1. Decide upon your speaking and listening ground-rules.

2. Decide your virtue of the week.

3. Run your philosophy session and promote the virtue throughout the week. Use positive examples where pupils have demonstrated the virtue.

4. Be amazed, as pupils remind each other of virtues being displayed.

5. Visit P4C and The Philosophy Man.

We are a few weeks into our virtue philosophy and can really see the benefit of using virtues to develop character. So far we have explored:

Consideration - Acceptance - Confidence - Joyfulness - Cooperation - Ambition

Add to your behavioural strategies with:

If you had demonstrated the virtue ... would the outcome have been different?