School Lights up for Sarah Everard

Students at Charlton school took part in sessions during their curriculum enhancement day today which explored the #ReclaimTheseStreets hashtag through the lens of equality, protected characteristics, and staying safe on and offline. Students discussed the impact of the murder of Sarah Everard and thought about how they could work together to ensure they are staying safe and making the streets safer for one another in the future

Curriculum enhancement days take place to complement the Personal development curriculum which is at the heart of the whole school ethos at Charlton. The comprehensive programme ensures students have the knowledge, academic achievement and strength of character to lead safe and successful lives in modern Britain. The school ensures that planning is engaging and well sequenced as part of the holistic personal development curriculum to ensure that all students receive the most up-to-date information to keep them informed of current events both locally and nationally. Liz Tattersall who is the Careers lead at Charlton and one of the staff involved in organising the curriculum enhancement day said ‘One of those areas focused on today were the recent events surrounding Sarah Everard and ensuring that students not only know how to keep safe on the streets, but are forward thinking about how we can make the streets a safer place for our whole community. The students have responded really well to the activities today, we are blown away by their maturity and ability to critically reflect on the challenging topics covered’.

On March 24th Charlton lit the school pink as part of the #SaySomething campaign to raise awareness and to show solidarity with the victims of street attacks.