--- title: "Year 5 PSHE - Rights and Respect at Home, at School and in the Local Community" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-03-25-year-5-pshe-rights-and-respect-at-home-at-school-and-in-the-local-community" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 5 PSHE - Rights and Respect at Home, at School and in the Local Community ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/22177cf8-4a1b-4154-857c-efcf5ecc54c8.jpg) 25 March 2026 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/22177cf8-4a1b-4154-857c-efcf5ecc54c8.jpg) **Rights and Respect: Empowering the Citizens of Tomorrow** In PSHE this week, Year 5 have been exploring the fundamental concepts of **rights** and **respect**. We began by establishing a clear **system** of definitions: understanding that 'rights' are the entitlements every person should be afforded, while 'respect' is the active practice of acknowledging the needs and wishes of others. The children applied these definitions to their own lives, categorising their unique rights and responsibilities within three key areas: at home, in school, and throughout the wider local **community**. Working collaboratively in pairs, the pupils engaged in deep discussion before presenting their findings to the class with confidence. It was a **marvellous** opportunity for our young citizens to reflect on how showing respect for the environment and for each other creates a more harmonious **society**. [Year 5](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-5) [PSHE](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/pshe) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/a6da083c-2e07-4784-8aa7-35d7ee7bb28d.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-03-24-year-4-r-e-forgiveness) Previous ### [Year 4 R.E. - Forgiveness](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-03-24-year-4-r-e-forgiveness) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2026-03-30_11_37_26.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-03-30-year-6-english-explanation-texts) Next ### [Year 6: English - Explanation Texts](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-03-30-year-6-english-explanation-texts) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)