“Love your neighbour as yourself” Mark 12: 29-31

'Courageous advocacy’, which we instil in our children, enables our school community to develop a greater awareness of the challenges others face in life and how they, as individuals, can support causes and make a difference in our school community, local community and further afield. 

We take time to reflect upon and appreciate how lucky we are to be part of such a nurturing school environment, surrounded by supportive peers and staff, which allows us to live life in all its fullness and flourish as individuals. 

Supporting a wide number of charities, locally, nationally and globally, is an integral part of life at Aspull Church Primary School. Staff, children and parents regularly support and organise fund-raising events, with children even suggesting and organising events of their own. 

Courageous advocacy in our school should:

• encourage children to think widely and deeply about issues (asking ‘why?’);
• empower children to understand political processes and their own rights and responsibilities in society;
• encourage children to think of creative solutions to problems (asking ‘what can be done about it?’);
• equip children to identify where power is located and how decisions are made;
• enable children to express themselves confidently and articulately to decision-makers and others.

At Aspull Church Primary School, we reward children on a weekly basis for being ‘Courageous Advocates’, for making a difference to others, locally, nationally and globally.