A courageous advocate is someone who supports, champions and speaks up for a cause that is important and meaningful to them. Courage is needed to persevere and stand up for something or someone you believe in, to make a difference.

At Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School we support and encourage our children to become courageous advocates and 'change makers', not just locally but nationally and globally.

At some point in life, we will all face challenges and need support to help us overcome these barriers. We teach our children that it is important to help others, regardless of where they come from or what their challenges are. We teach this in many ways; through curriculum learning, our work on values, by links to the Bible, other faiths and world views, as well as learning about other courageous advocates. We want our children to have confidence to discuss and debate big ideas, to challenge injustice and engage in activities that can bring about change on some level.

"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy."

                                                                                        (Proverbs 31: 8-9)

It is important for our children to appreciate their role as part of a community; to take responsibility, to be able to look after themselves and foster an understanding of their importance, impact and influence in the world. 

As a church school, we run many events during the year to support local, national and international charities. The charities are selected by our School Council and Spiritual Team, who also organise and run the events.

Recent events have included collecting goods for the Dover Food Bank and Dover Pantry and raising money for Children In Need, and Comic Relief.

Children In Need

For Children In Need this year, Our School Council asked all our children to dress as someone who inspires them. We had a huge range of costumes from suffragettes to vets and doctors. Some of our children also chose to dress up as our teachers and support staff or members of their family.

Our children delivering food to Dover Food Bank

” We accept others and do not judge people because they are different or do not have what we have.” (Austin Year 4)

“The people at the the Dover Food Bank are inspirational. They give up their time to help other people who do not have enough.” (Louie Year 4)

Save The Children ‘Christmas Jumper Day’

Sarah from the Save The Children charity came to speak to us all about the work of the charity on our Christmas Jumper Day this year.

‘It made me have hope that children around the world will be kept safe in the future.’ (Delphi Y5)

Pupils dressed up for Comic Relief

Ukraine Crisis Appeal

Chelsea and Molly in Year 5 organised a cake and craft sale after school to raise money for the people affected by the crisis in Ukraine. They raised nearly £400!