Global Education

We value and promote Global Education as a golden thread within our school curriculum as we want our children to develop a sense of their place within the world, from their school community through to their local, national and global community.

We use the Global Neighbours framework to plan and develop our Global Education curriculum. We are currently working towards the Global Neighbours Bronze Award. We have chosen the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as our shared language to further support the children’s understanding.

Long Sutton Church of England Primary School has achieved Bronze Award status in Christian Aid’s Global Neighbours scheme, in recognition of its initiatives to encourage children to think of others throughout the world.

There are three levels of accreditation: bronze, silver and gold. These are verified by independent assessors, who look for evidence across five areas: school leadership, teaching and learning; collective worship and spiritual development; pupil participation; and community engagement. There is a rigorous assessment for the awards and particular mention should go to Mrs McAlpine and Mrs Cameron for their work on this project, which could have only been achieved with the enthusiasm of the incredible children at Long Sutton, as well as the support of the rest of the staff team.

From our innovative Green Rangers to participating in the Climate Unity Art Project, pupils and staff at Long Sutton Primary School have been working hard to take their place as global citizens.

The accreditation programme celebrates schools which are helping pupils learn about global poverty and the Christian responsibility to tackle it, as well as giving them the tools to play a confident part in creating a fairer world.

We are thrilled to be recognised for the work we have done as a whole school community to raise awareness of the extreme inequalities across our globe and perhaps more importantly, the steps we can take to address these. The pupils learn about global issues regularly and gain an understanding of injustice in our world.

Pupils have been learning about examples of people who faced adversity and overcame this to be courageous advocates for change. These stories have challenged the whole school community to think about how each of us can make a difference in our local community and globally.

Our world is increasingly connected and our hope is for our children to grow as responsible global citizens who care about issues such as the environment and access to healthcare. The children have especially enjoyed taking action such as litter picking as a result of their Courageous Advocacy Day.

Sarah Potter, Children and Young People’s Officer at Christian Aid, said: “The Global Neighbours Scheme was launched in partnership with the Church of England’s Education Office with a vision of helping young people understand more about the inequalities in this world and helping them to become courageous advocates for change. It’s wonderful to see how staff and pupils at Long Sutton CE Primary School have taken this to heart and are seeking to tackle injustice.”

Green Rangers

The Green Rangers are a team of children, representing each class, who care about looking after our planet. The group work together in school, to help the environment by raising awareness about environmental issues and taking action by events such as litter picks, recycling, and saving energy at school.

The Green Rangers love learning about nature, animals, and how they can protect our Earth. Every small action makes a big difference and they are starting right here at school. They hope to make our school an eco-friendlier place because together we can make a change!

Last term, the Green Rangers introduced food waste bins to classrooms and the playground. They also challenged our school community to take part in ‘The Great Big Litter Pick’ – taking part in a mini litter pick in one of our local villages or wherever children happened to be during half term. The idea was that we would be making a difference to lots of places and not just our school. Over one third of our children took up on this challenge!