Equality and Rights Advocates will:

• Promote the Equality Act                                                                               
• Enhance pupil voice
• Challenge discrimination and prejudice
• Advocate for the rights of the child (UNCRC)
• Encourage positive attitudes towards difference
• Develop pupil confidence and life skills
• Support vulnerable students
• Increase participation and engagement

EARA 2024 - 2025

Autumn Term 2024

Year 2 EARA representatives visit Nightingale Primary School!

We have two advocates from each Year 2 class. We meet every Friday lunchtime.

Recently we met with our Primary EARA group network for the first time this year.

We visited Nightingale Primary School with other EARA groups, and learnt lots about Equality and Rights. 

EARA group talks to Bishopstoke Parish Council

Emma from Bishopstoke Parish Council came to visit the EARA group in school in November. She asked 

the children to share their views about the play areas in Bishopstoke, and to tell her what they liked and disliked in the parks so that the Council can consider how to improve them.

The children had lots of ideas and spoke confidently to Emma. Emma was impressed and wrote back to us saying that she was "really impressed by how respectful and helpful you were with each other and to me".

Spring Term 2025

In March we are hosting the EARA network meeting at our school! Watch this space for updates!

EARA 2022 - 2023

We created our mission statement!

'“Our mission is to always be fair, kind, accepting and listen to others. We believe in equality and that every child is unique and deserves to have a voice.”

We got into groups and thought about the key ideas we wanted to be part of our ‘mission’ and used large pieces of sugar paper to make note of our ideas.

Summer Term 2023

Our Wednesday 22nd June, we had our final Primary EARA group network meeting at Hart Plain Junior School, Waterlooville. The children continued their collaborative work around equality and rights and to explore this we discussed in pairs and then in groups 'what people can see about me', 'what people don't see about me', 'what is important to me' and 'what things we have in common'. We then presented to the other schools our continued EARA group journey. 

As we are the longest standing EARA group in the Primary Network, we were asked to present the EARA badges to the two new schools which have now joined our network and shake their hand to welcome them. 

Towards the end of term, the EARA group went on a litter up around Stoke Park Woods. Our focus and journey this year has been mostly around the environment and sustainability and therefore it was nice to finish on a practical job of clearing some of the rubbish, which was decided by the children themselves. So, armed with litter grabbers and gloves, we couldn't believe how much rubbish we collected. We found bottle tops, plastic gloves, food packets, cardboard and netting, amongst lots of other things!

As a school, we would like to thank the EARA group for all their hard work, dedication and ideas to promote equality and rights across the school, and everything they have done on supporting our school environment!