Champions of Change

At our school, we are proud to introduce Champions of Change - a project designed to inspire pupils through the lives and achievements of remarkable people from a wide range of backgrounds.

Through this project, children explore the stories of individuals who have helped shape our world through courage, creativity, determination and innovation. These real-life role models help pupils see what is possible and encourage them to develop their own ambitions and aspirations.

Champions of Change also supports our commitment to teaching children about equity, equality, diversity and inclusion. By learning about people from different cultures, identities and experiences, pupils develop a deeper understanding of respect, acceptance and fairness. The project also strengthens teaching around the protected characteristics, helping children understand the importance of treating everyone with dignity and respect.

Each term there will be a different focus:

Autumn 1: Courage

Autumn 2: Stepping into the Unknown

Spring 1: Extraordinary British Heroes

Spring 2: 

Summer 1: Legendary Authors

Summer 2: Musical Icons

Champions of Change Overview

Each year group will have a person displayed in their classroom who they are encouraged to find out more about. There will be an assembly each week about all the Champions from that half-term. 

	Courage	Stepping into the Unknown	Extraordinary British Heroes	Global World Changers	Legendary Authors	Musical Icons
Year R	Rosa Parks	Mae Jemison	Marcus Rashford	Greta Thunberg	Nathan Bryon	Taylor Swift
Year 1	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Matthew Henson	Ade Adepitan	Wangari Maathai	Rose Robbins	Freddie Mercury
Year 2	Malala Yousafzai	Ellen MacArthur	Florence Nightingale	Louis Braille	Joseph Coelho	Elton John
Year 3	Alan Turing	Sir Ernest Shackleton	Maggie Aderin-Pocock	Mahatma Gandhi	Raymond Antrobus	Stevie Wonder
Year 4	Frida Kahlo	James Berry	Sufiya Ahmed	Helen Keller	Elle McNicoll	The Spice Girls
Year 5	Sir Mo Farah	Stephen Hawking	Lee Lawrence	Rigoberta Menchú	Benjamin Zephaniah	Florence + The Machine
Year 6	Nelson Mandela	Marsha P. Johnson	Seb Coe	Harvey Milk	Alice Oseman	BTS

 

Hampshire Equality and Rights Advocates (EARA)

Hampshire Equality and Rights Advocates (EARA) are a group of students from Primary schools across the county who work collaboratively to promote equality and child rights in their schools, based on the nine protected characteristics of the Equality Act and the UNCRC. They present to students, teachers, governors and parents in their school communities and come together once a term to share their work and discuss ways forward. The group have designed a badge which unites them together.

Hampshire Inclusion and Diversity Partnership (IDP)

The Aim
Through a focus on equality and diversity, settings will develop further into places where 
people genuinely feel that they belong and, as a result, they will develop a strong and 
positive sense of self and an appreciation of their own and others' uniqueness and identity.
Ultimately, this will impact on wider society as the children and young people in our 
schools today will grow into tomorrow’s adults. The partnership aims to shape children and 
develop critical thinking, skilling children up to challenge and confront prejudice, 
discrimination, and racism, in order for our communities to become inclusive in the 
broadest sense.

Our commitment
We undertake this commitment in the understanding that this is one part of a long and sustained journey for our communities, intended to supplement work that we already do, and provide a forum for us to work collaboratively on a shared vision.

Settings within the partnership are committed to achieving this overarching aim by:
• Creating an inclusive environment, culture and curriculum where everyone has a voice and is heard and understood;
• Developing inclusive pedagogies;
• Promoting critical thinking of all staff, governors and children;
• Developing a curriculum that challenges propaganda and ensures that the information shared with children and young people is accurate, comprehensive and from a wide range of perspectives;
• Challenging stereotypes and unconscious bias;
• Providing a range of positive role models from across all sections of society;
• Ensuring that all children have the highest aspirations for their futures and value the contribution they make to society and the world around them;
• Interrogating data with reference to equity and equality;
• Measuring attitudes towards difference, establishing a baseline for future assessment –tracking trends over time;
• Working in partnership with parents, carers, governors and the wider community.

As part of our Commitment, we undertake to use the self-evaluation tool to evaluate our existing practice; identify areas of good practice which can be shared with others; identify areas for development and seek appropriate support, and attend relevant Inclusion and Diversity Partnership events, eg conference, training.