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17/7/2022

 
St. Mary's is part of a Lewisham pilot scheme to raise the awareness of racial inequality in schools.  We also wanted to look at how this affects our families in housing and health. 
We began the process by having a "house meeting" in school with parents.  This involves everyone taking a turn to speak for 1 minute and allows everyone to have their say.​ Two questions were presented;

  • Tell us about a moment that made you think about race inequality in education, housing or health.
  • What is one change you'd like to make as a school community?

From the discussions it was clear that there are lots of areas where our children face race inequality - from the variation of reading books offered to the motifs found on glasses in Specsavers for children! Health inequality also appeared to concern our parents.

This is just the start of many conversations we need to have with our community in school to fully understand the issues and we need more parents to take part so do come along next time! 
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Meeting with the Mayor of Lewisham

11/7/2022

 
Some of our parents and children went to Laurence House to meet up with the re-elected Mayor to remind him of the promises that he made around housing issues when he came to our school for the Lewisham Citizens Accountability Assembly in April.
Damien Egan promised that if he was re-elected he would work with us to improve conditions, care and communications for Lewisham residents. Together with representatives from lots of other organisations in Lewisham we congratulated the Mayor on his re-election by giving him some bunting to hang in his office. We also invited him to play a wordsearch game - some of the children from St Mary's helped him to find the words:
  • Care
  • Communication
  • Conditions
It is always important that we continue to work in school and with other organisations to make Lewisham a better place to live for us all! We are hopeful that by building relationships with Lewisham councillors and cabinet members that we can influence and give insight into the real stories around housing that so many families experience. More housing meetings to follow in September so do come and join us!

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Tel: 020 8690 2613    email: admin@st-marys.lewisham.sch.uk
  • Home
  • Our School
    • Welcome
    • Our Vision
    • Our Mission Statement
    • Our School Team
    • External Awards, Reviews and Reports
    • Our Videos
  • Christian Distinctiveness
    • School of Sanctuary >
      • School of Sanctuary Blog
    • SIAMS
    • Values >
      • Respect
      • Peace
      • Love
      • Forgiveness
      • Responsibility
      • Faith
    • Worship
    • St Mary's Church
    • Southwark Diocese
  • Statutory Information
    • Safeguarding
    • Admissions
    • School Policies
    • SEND and Inclusion
    • Pupil, Sport and Catch Up Premium
    • OFSTED and Data
    • Data Protection and GDPR
    • Staff Statutory Information
    • Financial Benchmarking
  • Learning
    • Home Learning
    • Reading at Home and Story Time
    • Phonics
    • Pupil Online Safety
    • Early Years
    • English Maths Science
    • Religious Education >
      • RE Learning Blog
    • Thematic Curriculum
    • Other Subjects
    • Music and the Arts
    • Enrichment
  • Classes
    • Nursery >
      • Nursery Class Info
      • Nursery Learning Blog
    • Reception >
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      • Reception Learning Blog
    • Year 1 >
      • Year 1 Class Info
      • Year 1 Learning Blog
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    • Medication in School
    • School Fund
    • Friends of St Mary's
    • PGL 2022
  • Governors
    • Governing Body
  • Contact Us
    • Pupil Worry Box