Emscote Infant School
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All Saints' C of E Junior School
Global Citizenship
Christian Aid Global Neighbours Gold Award
We are delighted to share the news that we have achieved the Gold Award status in Christian Aid’s Global Neighbours scheme, in recognition of our initiatives to encourage children to think of others throughout the world. We are only the fifth school in the country to achieve the Gold award!
We are thrilled to be recognised for the work we have done as a whole school community to raise awareness of the extreme inequalities across our globe and perhaps more importantly, the steps we can take to address these. The children gain an understanding of injustice in our world through regular learning about global issues, including the Global Development Goals (https://worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/ ).
Our children may have shared with you that they have been learning about examples of people who faced adversity and overcame this to be courageous advocates for change.
These stories have challenged us to think about how each of us can make a difference in our local community and globally.
Our world is increasingly connected and our hope is for our children to grow as responsible global citizens who care about issues such as the environment and access to healthcare. The children have especially enjoyed the ongoing link we have with a school in Sierra Leone which informs our curriculum, assemblies and ongoing campaign work.
At the end of her visit, the assessor recognised that we are a ‘very special school’ and we couldn’t agree more! We hope you enjoy reading her report below.
I would like to convey huge congratulations to you all on achieving the Gold Award status in Christian Aid’s Global Neighbours Scheme. It is an incredibly well deserved and very impressive achievement.
As you know I have had the honour of taking part in the Day of the African Child event where the children from All Saints, and other Warwick District schools, presented me with their Send My Friend campaign messages from their study on Education in Emergencies: ’Let My Friends Learn’. It is an excellent showcase for all the work that you do at the school in bonding your link with the school in Bo, Sierra Leone, and the continuing development of the children in learning that they can make a difference and be truly global and responsible citizens.
Once again, many congratulations and I look forward to hearing of future projects.
With best regards,
Matt Western
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Our One World Link schools project is about helping children and communities understand the need for a more responsible use of materials which avoids waste and pollution.
At All Saints we have chosen to focus on recycling plastic and to support a campaign to create a Global Plastics Treaty.
This term we have had fun making things by re-using what would otherwise be thrown away, making musical instruments and Artwork. We are also collecting lots of different materials to send off to TerraCycle recycling projects; crisp packets, old pens and old glue-sticks.
Year 6 members of Bo Club designed the poster below.
Last term Mrs Garrett did an assembly all about our new project with Bo. We are all looking at ways to reduce waste and be responsible with what we throw away. In poorer countries they don’t have the facilities to recycle plastic as we do, so it can cause a lot of problems. Our link schools are encouraging children to teach their parents about re-using plastic waste instead of throwing it away.
At All Saints we are collecting old pens, glue sticks and crisp packets and sending them off to TerraCycle.
Fundraising for One World Link
Members of our Bo Club helped to prepare the buckets which were then used to collect donations at 37 Panto performances in December and early January. The charity is delighted to have raised £8,500 and is very grateful for all the volunteers who made this possible. This included 7 families from the All Saints Warwick community.
Year 6 were delighted when our MP, Matt Western, came into school to talk to us about his role and then to answer a wide range of questions about various aspects of citizenship, from food poverty in the UK to Climate Action, nature and the plastic pollution problem. We made notes as he spoke.
In English we had written persuasive letters after researching an issue of our choice. We presented the letters at a whole school assembly and Matt was very pleased to have a tour of our school which he really liked.
