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"The ethos is the genius of the institution, and Civitas is our ethos..." "Civitas is something you can do to help someone else ‘s day – big or small.  A small thing you can do is opening the door for someone or telling them there is something on their back, anything, just to help someone and make their day better than it was before." "We want the pupils to have a deep understanding of what it means to be a good person, a virtuous person, and by having a concept with tangible examples, which we ask them to consider and actually practise, it make it become much more real." "If only five out of ten people do it, it will make the school better, even that small bit.  But the more people that do it, the better everyone’s day will get, and slowly the whole school will be a positive environment.” This is a podcast about the role schools can play in developing 'character'.  In it Tess Woodcraft talks to Tim Dainty, Senior Vice Principal - Pupils & Inclusion  at the Ark Academy in Wembley, where they are building,