Global Neighbours
Introducing Global Neighbours
Serving children, schools and the common good
We are currently working for the Christian Aid's Global Neighbours accreditation scheme.
Children live in an increasingly globalised and interconnected world in which everyday lives and local communities cannot be fully understood without reference to a wider global picture. On one hand, it is full of wonder and the possibilities and opportunities afforded by technology. On the other, it is marked by division, extreme inequality, injustice, and poverty, conflict and environmental crises.
We know it to be near impossible to shield children from such issues. Even the youngest in our schools bring with them knowledge of injustice, disadvantage and conflict, gleaned through the media. With that very partial knowledge, they also bring into a school a complex set of questions, concerns and emotions.
The good news is that our school can provide a much-needed safe space and structure in which children can begin to make sense of the world they are encountering and explore their place within it.
We also nurture the values, attitudes, understanding and skills our pupils will need if they are to realise their hopes and aspirations for a more just and sustainable world in which we live well together, at local, national and global levels. And become courageous advocates.
Over the next few months the whole school will be involved in gaining the Global Neighbours Accreditation - please watch this space for our achievements and how you can support us.
Collective Worship Overview – 2023-2024
Week Beginning |
Value / Theme | Biblical Courageous Advocate | Secular Courageous Advocate |
30/10/23 | All Saints and All Souls | God | Marcus Rashford |
6/11/23 | Getting on Falling Out Remembrance | Luke | Dr Banardo |
13/11/23 | Say No to Bullying Anti Bullying week |
| William Wordsworth |
20/11/23 | Awe and Wonder | Jesus | Beyonce |
27/11/23 | Advent | Jesus | Wilma Rudolph |
4/12/23 | Peace | Jesus | John Lennon |
11/12/23 | Christmas | Jesus | Emlyn Hughes |
18/12/23 | Christmas | Jesus | Josephine Baker |
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3/1/24 | New Year Resolutions World Braille Day (4th) | Saul/Paul Road to Damascus | Louis Braille |
8/1/24 | Going for Gold
| The Three Kings | Alex Scott Jesse Owens |
15/1/24 | Truthfulness World Religion Day (21st) | Jonah | Malala Yousafzai |
22/1/24 | Messages Burns Night (25th) | Noah | Nelson Mandela |
29/1/24 | Rules Holocaust Day (27th) Rosa Parks Day (4th Feb) | The Good Samaritan | Oskar Schindler Anne Frank |
5/2/24 | Feelings LGBTQI+ History Month | Daniel | Alan Turing Claire Balding Elton John Layton (SCD)
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19/2/24 | Good to me Lent (14th) | Solomon | King Charles III |
26/2/24 | Hope
| Ruth | Stephen Hawking |
4/3/24 | Environment St David’s Day (1) International Women’s Day (8th) Mother’s Day (10th) | Jochebed (Mother of Moses) | David Attenborough
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11/3/24 | Power St Patrick’s Day (17th) | Jaius’s Daughter | Sir Bob Geldof |
18/3/24 | Easter International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day (21st ) | Jesus | Martin Luther King |
25/3/24 | Easter World Water Day (22nd) | Jesus | Captain Tom Moore |
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| World Autism Awareness Day (2nd April) | Lazarus | Chris Packham |
15/4/24 | Relationships
| Mary & Joseph | Prince |
22/4/24 | Choices Earth Day (22nd) St Georges Day (23rd) | Daniel and the Lion’s Den | Felicity Aston |
29/4/24 | Different Perspectives International Dance Day (29th)
| Servants and the talents | Ella Fitzgerald David Bowie Darcie Bushell |
7/5/24 | Justice VE Day (8th) World Fair Trade Day (11th) | Adam & Eve | Ruth Bader Ginsberg |
13/5/24 | Campaigners for Change KS2 SATs Begin | Jesus’ Disciples | Greta Thunberg |
20/5/24 | Perseverance | Parable of the Talents | Rosa Parks |
27/5/24 | Change | The Greatest Commandment | Zaha Hadid |
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3/6/24 | Keeping Healthy D Day (6th) | John the Baptist | Joe Wicks |
10/6/24 | Changes Father’s Day (16th) | The Prodigal Son’s Father | David Bowie |
17/6/24 | Revenge World Refugee Day (20th) World Music Day (21st) | Joseph and his brothers | Mo Farrah |
24/6/24 | Rights & Responsibilities
| Singing in the Prison | Ru Paul |
1/7/24 | Wealth TA Thank You Day (4th) | Widows Mite Eye of a Needle | Bill Gates |
8/7/24 | Valuables & Riches World Emoji Day (17th) | Jesus in the Temple | Sir Tim Berners Lee |
15/7/24 | Achievements
| The Creation Story | Pele |
Curriculum Overview – 2023-2024
With Global Advocates/Global Citizens
Class | Aut 1 | Aut 2 | Spr 1 | Spr 2 | Sum 1 | Sum 2 |
N | Ourselves Feeling Healthy
Health Care Professionals in our Community
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Delivery Drivers and Supermarket Workers | Using Tools
Teachers
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R | Me, my class, my school. Autumn Celebrations and Festivals
Guru Nanak | Winter Cockermouth people who help us
Post office, Police & Fire fighters. Spring Easter Jesus | Life cycles/habitats Long Ago and Far Away-England & America N
Buddha | |||
1 | Memory Box Bright Lights Big City
King Charles III | Superhero The Enchanted Woodland
Mary Anning | Paws Claws and Whiskers Dinosaur Roar
Marcus Rashford | |||
2 | Inventors, Engineers and Architects Fantastic Fireworks
Isambard Kingdom Brunel | Animals and their Habitats Explorers
Matthew Henson | The Natural World Catles, Knights, Kings and Queens
David Attenborough | |||
3 | Cockermouth
Desmond Tutu | Climate Zones
Greta Thunberg | Stone Age Called by God
Mother Theresa | South America Rio Light & Shadows
Brian Cox | ||
4 | Forest School
Bear Ghrylls | Romans/Greeks
Adj Adpitan | Food Bank
Stuart with Timmy the Tuna | |||
5 | Earth, Sun and Moon:
Prof Maggie Alderin Pocock | Poetry
Robbie Burns | Victorians
Dr Barnado | |||
6 | How can the media influence people?
Rosa Parks,Martin Luther King,Bristol Bus Boys | Evolution and inheritance
Charles Darwin | Biographies
William Wordsworth | |||
The All Saints’ Fairtrade Stall
All Saints Day
On the 1st of November our school went to All Saints Church to celebrate. We had to choose a person who we thought could be saints ...
Year 3 chose Greta Thunberg
Year 4 chose - Ade Adepitan
Adedoyin Olayiwola "Ade" Adepitan MBE is a Nigerian-born British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player. As a presenter, he has hosted a range of travel documentaries and sports programmes for BBC television. Adepitan is a disability advocate and one of the first physically disabled television presenters in the UK with a career of over 20 years.
Introducing Global Neighbours
