Global Neighbours and courageous advocacy within our school

Within the community our school stands up for what it believes in. Our Christian Values of Courage, Creativity and Respect and British Values (Rule of Law, Tolerance, Democracy, Mutual Respect and Individual Liberty) ensure that opportunities to discuss current world issues, to challenge injustice and to engage in activities that can bring about change, are always present. Such as:

• Remembrance Day 
• Collective Worship planning
• Equality: Black History Month
• 40 Days of Lent
• Politics – showing democracy by voting applying and campaigning for worship and school council
• Eco warriors and help the world club – advocating for world changes that are important to them such as helping local endangered wildlife and recycling
• Refugee Week
• Fairtrade Fortnight
• Earth Day
• Harvest
   

We aim to inspire courageous advocacy and instil our Christian Values in all. To ensure that we and our community work to create change, we have been and are supportive of a range of charities in our local area, nationally and globally. Some of these include:

• Christian Aid – Global Neighbours – working towards Bronze Award
• Christian Aid – Samaritans Purse

• Beacon House Food Bank, Havant
• Children in Need
• Comic Relief
• Sports Relief
• Sunflowers for Ukraine charity  
• Harvest Festival Food Donations.

“Speak up for people who cannot speak for themselves. Protect the rights of all who are helpless” Proverbs 31:8

Global Neighbours and courageous advocacy across the Curriculum

As part of our commitment to ensure that all children are able to develop their critical thinking skills about the world around them and to discover how we can all have an impact on our world, our curriculum ensures that all children have opportunities to think about their role as Global Neighbours across all aspects of the curriculum.

Our children have a good understanding of the meaning of belonging to a local and global community and the sense of responsibility that comes with belonging; therefore, developing their ability to empathise and make small choices and sometimes sacrifices, to benefit others. We are proud that our curriculum and extra-curricular activities actively embrace a responsibility for the world in which we live.  Through our: RE, PSHE, book choices to lead English and science, our children explore how we are responsible for our world and how we can make a difference.

Some books that lead our English learning journey’s:

Year 3: Window – Jeanie Baker.      Year 2: Tidy – Emily Gravett.                 Year 6.