Courageous Advocacy

Courageous Advocacy Day

Proverbs 31:8-9 

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”

 

At Belton we want to encourage children to use their voices to enact change in the local, national and global community. 

Belton CE Primary School's Christian vision and values inspires the whole school community to engage in social action and to be courageous advocates for change.

 

To have a secure understanding of what courageous advocacy was, we think it is important for all the children to look at courageous advocates across the globe, both past and present, that have faced injustice and overcome barriers in order to help others for the greater good.

 

Annually, we have a dedicated 'Courageous Advocates Day' where the children use the 'Little People Big Dreams' book series to reflect on  what injustice some of these courageous advocates have faced and how they changed the world for the better.

 

Please see who each class focus on:

Hedgehogs - Queen Elizabeth 

Foxes - Jane Goodall / Marcus Rashford

Squirrels - Greta Thunberg / Emmeline Pankhurst

Badgers - Malala Yousafzai / Alan Turing 

 

After learning about their Courageous Advocates the children then came up with their own Social Action Project. 

Social Action Projects are something you could do in order to address an issue or concern in their community for example volunteering, litter picking, writing letters or educating people. 

 

See below to see what we got up to this year! 

EYFS/KS1
 
The children in these two classes had a fantastic day looking at Queen Elizabeth II and Jane Goodall.
Have a look at these pictures: 
KS2
The children in KS2 looked at Greta Thunberg and Malala Yousafzai. I was really impressed with the different ideas they came up with! 
 
The Squirrels class decided to run a litter picking session in the school grounds. 
 
The Badgers created a video that taught different lessons to children with out an education. (Scan the QR Code to watch)