School of Sanctuary Award

          Schools of Sanctuary is a growing network of over 300 schools all committed to supporting the growing number  of young people seeking sanctuary in the UK,creating a culture of welcome and inclusion whilst raising awareness of the issues faced by refugees and asylum seekers.

We are a School of Sanctuary.

Refugee Week

June 17th-24th 2024

We will be taking part in Refugee Week again this year.  Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, resilience and creativity of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. The theme for this year is "Our Home".From the places we gather to share meals to our collective home, planet earth: everyone is invited to celebrate what our Our Home means to them.

Home can be a place of refuge, a feeling or a state of mind. It can be found in smells, tastes and sounds. From the clothes we wear to the words we grew up with. It’s in food, music and arts. It’s in our cultures and in our landscapes.

Home can be more than one place and finding it can be a journey, as it is for so many of us who have to leave our countries and rebuild our lives. Sometimes we can find home in a single person. Other times it’s in a whole community. And often, it’s in a single gesture of care and welcome.

Our home is also global. We are interconnected; we share the earth’s resources, climate and its challenges. As we speak, millions of people are being displaced from their homes because of the climate crisis. But, exchanging knowledge, both new and traditional, can help us in practical ways to build hope for the future.

Together, this Refugee Week let’s practice our solidarity and make Our Home a more welcoming, safe and sustainable place for all.

In preparation for  Refugee Week this  year we have purchased a range of resources to support teaching at an appropriate age level in each class.

Here  are some of the activities that the pupils have been taking part in during Black History Month.

Class 1 have been making Kwanzaa African necklaces. The black beads symbolise people of Africa, red to remind everyone of the struggles of the African people, and green for growth.

Class 2 have been making traditional North African Khamsa amulets.

    

Class 5 have been researching black scientists through history who have helped us understand more about the ocean.

    

    

        We are delighted to announce that on Friday December 15th 2022 we were awarded

our School of Sanctuary certificate.