Courageous Advocacy

Courageous Advocacy at St Matthew's

‘Love Your Neighbour As Yourself’ Mark 12: 29-31

At St Matthew's we encourage and support our children to be "courageous advocates".  This means they champion causes which are special and meaningful to them.  These may be global issues or matters far more personal and closer to home. We believe this develops resilience, teamwork, courage and independence and an understanding of the wider world and how they can help make it a better place, enabling our children to flourish. 

Every child in our school is a courageous advocate for the common good locally, nationally and globally.

We fundraise and support a range of charities, stand up for what we believe and challenge

injustice to bring about change. 

To have a secure understanding of what courageous advocacy is, each year group in the school studies a courageous advocate across the academic year: 

Year R – The Queen

Year 1 – Princess Diana

Year 2 – David Attenborough

Year 3 – Martin Luther King

Year 4 - Greta Thunberg

Year 5 – Anne Frank

Year 6 – Nelson Mandela

We have started to learn about our class courageous advocates and are busy completing class projects all about them. We are finding out about how they have championed causes important to them and how they stood up for what they believe. 

Black History Celebration

For our Black History Celebration this year, each class learnt about courageous advocates from across the globe, both past and present, that have faced injustice and have had to overcome barriers in order to help others for the greater good.

"Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9

Belong Warrington

Class 6 wrote letters to Belong Warrington, a local community care village. The children introduced themselves and asked the residents about their hobbies and interests! 

Belong Warrington shared the following message: "We have received some wonderful letters from St Matthew's Primary School in Stretton and the children have written them beautifully and there are some lovely illustrations. Each apartment tenant has had a letter delivered and some of our customers on the households have been busy writing replies to the children! Thank you all it means so much." 

Children in Need

The School Council did a wonderful job organising our Children in Need fundraiser this year. A fantastic amount of £1,328 was raised which will make a huge difference to disadvantaged children and their families. Thank you so much to our school community for their generous donations to such a worthy cause. The children had great fun taking part in their sponsored events!

Harvest

As a whole school community, we have come together and collected harvest donations to help support vulnerable people in our local area. Our donations have been sent to Warrington Foodbank. 

"The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest" Psalms 85:12