School Wall Graphics – British Values Wall – Denbigh High School

School Wall Graphics – British Values Wall – Denbigh High School

The Brief

Our brief was to design a British Values wall graphic for the main corridor at Denbigh High School, Luton.

The Concept and Outcome

Our concept was to delve fairly deeply into each of the Fundamental British Values, as listed in a publication by the British Government. The purpose of the wall graphic was to inspire discussion and to ultimately promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils.

According to Ofsted, ‘fundamental British values’ are:

• Democracy
• The Rule of Law
• Individual Liberty
• Mutual Respect for and Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs and for those without faith.

We designed a British Values wall that covered each of these topics in a fair amount of depth. The democracy section features an illustration showing the structure of British parliamentary democracy. The Rule of Law is demonstrated with the structure of the British legal system.

The central section of the wall surrounds a inset bookcase. We decided to use the motif of trees around the bookcase, to symbolise the role of education, rights and responsibilities in individual liberty. We used words in the branches of the trees alongside quotations from several well known figures to explore the issues.

Further along the wall we deal with Mutual Respect and Tolerance in two panels that show a stylised town containing places of worship alongside secular buildings such as centres for science, the Arts and sport.

Finally, at the start of the British Values wall graphic, we show geographical maps of Britain at different scales, which shows our relationship to the constituent countries within the UK and our place in Europe and the World.

 

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