I am courageous

How to Achieve this in the Classroom

Put up your hand to both ask and answer questions! Speaking in front of your peers will help you to become more confident!

Face a challenge head-on. Ask youself, what tools do I have around me to help me out of the learning pit? (Knowledge Organiser, internet search, peers, teacher, etc

Grasp opportunities to contribute and lead, demonstrating your full understanding and helping to shape everyone's learning. 

How to Achieve this around your School or Local Community

Be an activist, develop your belief systems and have the courage to do the right thing.

Learn a new skill, such as baking, drawing or participating in a sport.

Set yourself a challenge, such as becoming a Senator, joining the WAT debating society, reducing your carbon footprint or achieving a sporting goal.

Start to plan your future career! Look up areas which may be of interest to you and see if you can complete work-experience towards achieving your ASPIRE Sentence!

Icons of Courage

Malala Yousafzai is an activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. In her hometown of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a terrorist group had banned young women from attending school. Malala, following the work of her father, campaigned against this by bravely speaking to international reporters and writing about the issues facing young women in the country. Many young people stopped attending school out of fear that they would be attacked; Malala continued to go in the hope of inspiring others to access the education that they deserved. In 2012, while on a bus home from school, Malala was shot by a gunman in response to her campaign. She was brought to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where she recovered from her serious injuries, and found the courage and determination to continue with her campaign, forming an international petition and support from world leaders to reopen schools in her home country and to continue to improve the lives of young women.