All Saints’ School Anti-Racism Charter
We are stronger Together – Together We are One
After reading read the 3 main principles in the Southwark Diocese Anti-Racism Charter, in our Ambassador meeting, we thought about what we already do in school to celebrate our differences. We also held a collective worship to collect the ideas and opinions of the children in our school. Here are some of the ideas we gathered:
- Lessons where we work as a team
- Odd Socks Day
- Celebrating Our Community Week
- Partner work in class
- Everyone gets a chance to share their views in the classroom
- Everyone plays together in the playground
- We respect children’s rights
- Wear our own clothes days
Next, we thought about what an Anti-Racism Charter would mean for our All Saints’ school community and we decided:
- It will encourage us to be independent and stand up for ourselves and others
- It will help us to know that we can be friends no matter what our race or culture
- It will help us to understand that we cannot be a bystander to hate language
- It will teach us how to welcome people to our school
- It will teach us to not tolerate racism
- It will help us to think about what Jesus would do when faced with a difficult situation
- It will help us to grow stronger together in God’s love
Then, we asked our community of children and parents what they thought should be included in our Anti-Racism Charter. We gathered ideas and brought them together under one Charter:
All Saints’ School Anti-Racism Charter
We are stronger Together – Together We are One
God began by making one man. From him came all the different people who live everywhere in the world. Acts 17:26
- In our school, there are no outsiders, everyone is welcomed.
- We will take time t understand and celebrate other people’s cultures and take pride in our own culture.
- We understand that nt being racist isn’t enough and know that if we see racism happening, we need to report it to an adult straight away.
- Through Compassion, we will teach discriminators how to show Love and respect to others. We understand that we are all role models.
- We understand that all children have the same rights and that racism has no place in our school.