In Newark Primary we have linked our work with global citizenship to our work towards our level 2 Rights Respecting school award. We have chosen to work with a very worthwhile charity, Stand By Me.

Stand By Me is a charity that works with children all over the World particularly Ethiopia and Burma. The aim of the charity is to help kids in crisis. The charity support children that have been abandoned and left on the streets and give them a home and access to an education.

We were very fortunate as two members of the Stand By Me charity visited the school, Al Bennett and Tim Johnstone. They flew over from Northern Ireland for a two day visit. During their visit they delivered a whole school assembly which the children thoroughly enjoyed. They also delivered a lesson to each of the 18 classes from Primary 1 to Primary 7.

The aim is that we build close links with the school in Burma and are able to raise money to donate to the charity.

Laura Barr