We are Inspired - Bannockburn Year 6 attend WE Day Concert at Wembley

A group of Year 6 children, along with Mrs Seaton and Mr Clark, attended the WE Day UK event at Wembley SSE Arena on Wednesday 4th March. 

The day included inspirational speeches from a number of high-profile activists, celebrities and spokespeople, such as Jamie Oliver, Spencer West, Maya Ghazal, Lewis Hamilton, Julia Gillard, Idris Elba and Yusra Mardini.

There were also some great performances from Leona Lewis,Callum Scott and others, plus there was even an afrobeat dance performance from Princess K with her brothers.

It was a long but brilliant day and we very nearly rode the entire Jubilee line to get there!

WE Foundation Assembly and Workshops

This week Bannockburn was visited by Ivy, who is part of WE. WE is a charity that helps children and young people to make positive changes and take social action. 

She led an assembly at High Street where she reminded us that big changes can be made by taking small steps, and showing values like perseverance, resilience and determination.

Then she met the Rights Respecting Team at Manor Way, who (with her help) planned some social action to get people thinking and and get talking about child obesity, and how we can tackle the problem as a community. 

Next, the Helping Others Team started planning some Comic Relief activities. She inspired them with some fresh new fundraising ideas and got them to brainstorm ideas on different things we could do.

The children really enjoyed working with her and are looking forward to undertaking the social action projects soon.

WE Org Visitor - working with Funding Raising Group

This morning we had Tracy Lomanga, who is a Speaker and Facilitator from the WE Schools Organisation. Members of our Fundraising Community Partnership Group spent part of this morning with Tracy discussing ideas for the next fundraising event here at school. After brainstorming various ideas the children needed to close their eyes, listen to the suggestions and vote for the idea which they felt was the most worthy.

WE Schools is a unique, four-step program—delivered in more than 14,500 schools across the UK and North America—that challenges young people to identify the local and global issues that spark their passion and then empowers them with the tools to take action.

The WE Schools program provides teachers and students with curriculum-matched lesson plans, educational resources and a full calendar of action campaign ideas. Through WE Schools, students gain an understanding of the root causes of pressing issues like hunger, poverty and poor access to education, and explore what they can do to help. They also plan at least one local and one global action to improve their community and the world.

For more information regarding the WE Organisation, please go to: https://www.we.org/gb/