𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞?

Every year during Lent, we take part in something really special: the Courageous Advocacy Lent Challenge. It’s a chance for each class to stop, reflect, and think about how we can make a difference in the world around us.

The journey starts with conversations. Each class talks about issues they care about, once they’ve chosen a cause close to their hearts, they come up with simple, meaningful ways to help. 

The Courageous Advocacy Lent Challenge isn’t just about what we do. It reminds us that even small acts of compassion can create big ripples. 

2025

Nursery

For our Lent challenge, we chose to smile! We are smiling at each other, because a smile can speak a thousand words. Smiles help us show kindness, love, and friendship without saying a thing! We’re also did kind things for one another—like sharing toys and helping each other.

Reception

Reception have been learning about the important people who help us in our local community. As part of this learning, we wanted to show our appreciation to our emergency services—the real-life heroes who keep us safe every day. We made and decorated thoughtful cards to say thank you and let them know how much we value their hard work and dedication.

Y1/2BR

As part of our Lent challenge, we wanted to let our light shine before others. We created a special Easter Trail for the Nursery and Reception children. Together, we took part in fun activities, helped one another, and shared smiles along the way! It was a wonderful experience for everyone.

Y1/2SARH

After hearing from Rev. Williams that the knitted display outside Greens Lane Methodist Church had sadly been stolen, we wanted to do something to help. So, we created cheerful pictures to brighten the day of the church community and bring smiles back to their faces. We filled our drawings with happy things—like sunshine, rainbows, hearts, and smiles—to share hope, love, and kindness.

Y3/4MW

As part of our Lent Challenge, Y3/4MW focused on caring for God’s creatures by building hedgehog houses. This year, we’ve noticed several poorly hedgehogs on our school site, and we wanted to do something to help. We carefully placed the houses in the woody areas around Trinity site to give the hedgehogs a safe and sheltered place to rest and recover.

Y3/4HA

As part of our Lent Challenge, Y3/4HA chose to focus on our school value of Thankfulness. We have been thinking carefully about the people who make a difference in our lives. To show our appreciation and let our lights shine before others, we created heartfelt cards to say thank you. Each card shares why we are thankful for someone and aims to bring a smile to their face.

Y3/4JERH

The caring and responsible children in our class showed their kindness by nurturing seedlings and helping them grow strong and healthy. Once the plants are ready, they will be lovingly potted into ceramic pots and placed around our local community. Our goal? To brighten up the spaces around us and bring a little joy to everyone who passes by.

Y5/6LD

Y5/6LD decided to raise people’s spirits by enriching our local shared spaces.  We focussed on our community garden, the quiet area and the area outside the building, near the field.  We spent time tidying the areas and planting new flowers to make them look even better.  We also did some general tidying to those areas so that we could let our lights shine for others.

Y5/6JC

Y5/6JC talked about ways we could bring happiness to others during Lent and decided to create Easter cards for elderly members of our community—especially those living in the local care home. Some of us had the special opportunity to hand-deliver the cards and spend a lovely afternoon with the residents, sharing smiles and stories.

Y5/6HG

Y5/6 HG discussed helping people in our local church community for our Lent challenge. We decided to ask if we could help out at Generate Lunch Club.  We went down to church on two Thursdays – Y6 one week and Y5 the next to help out. We enjoyed having our lunch and talking to the people from church. In class, we all made Lent bookmarks to share with the church community.