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KEY STAGE 2 Young Leaders Award

KEY STAGE 2 Young Leaders Award

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Introduction 3 KS2 Award 4 Sessions 5 Benefits 6 Inspection Links 7 Curriculum Links 8 Delivery Models 9 -10 Next Steps 11 Costs 12 Sign up 13

CONTENTS

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“It is clear there is hunger among educationalists, teachers and most importantly children for a new

vision for education. I believe that nurturing the heart, soul and mind of our young people, helping

them to join in our common purpose to ‘love your neighbour as yourself’, will enable us to inspire and

commission dynamic ambassadors who can make a positive contribution and, as Mahatma Gandhi

described it, ‘be the change they want to see’ in our world.” The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu*

During my time as Archbishop of York, I have often spoken out about how young people are not the

leaders of tomorrow, they are the leaders of today and should be taking an active role in society and

decision making processes. Sadly, it’s all too common for the media to paint young people in a negative

light, accusing them of being a problem in our society rather than recognising their potential to be the

solution to the many challenges facing our communities.

With this in mind, in 2008 I launched my youth charity, The Archbishop of York Youth Trust, whose main

aim was to empower young people to ‘be the change they want to see’ in their schools, communities and

the world. Since then the Youth Trust has reached out to tens of thousands of children and young people

through its Young Leaders Award, helping them to grow in leadership and character and empowering

them to become active citizens in their communities.

+Sentamu Eboracensis

What is the Young Leaders Award?

The Young Leaders Award is a unique active citizenship programme which empowers young people to

make a difference in their local community. Designed to form part of the school curriculum, the Young

Leaders Award offers an exciting opportunity for young people to engage in new learning experiences,

discover the benefits of volunteering, and grow in leadership, character, and key life skills.

The Award is available for: • Key Stage 2 • Key Stage 3 • Key Stage 4 • Post 16 *Reference: Schools for Human Flourishing: ‘Nurturing the heart, mind and soul: the spiritual context of education’ p. 89

INTRODUCTION

©2017 The Archbishop of York Youth Trust, all rights reserved.

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KS2 AWARD

Archie Bishop

The Award is based around a character called Archie Bishop, who hasn’t had

the easiest background. However, through his involvement with the Youth

Trust, he has turned his life around and is passionate about serving his

community, changing the world and encouraging other children to do the

same!

The Award Consists of:

• 6 Session Packs on our digital platform: - Plans & teacher guidance - Interactive resources - Videos - Animations

• Assembly Pack including Archie’s story video and theme song • Archie Scrap Books, Pencils & Badges • Archie’s Challenge Grid • 25 Ideas for serving your local community • Individual Award Certificates

“The children have developed a sense of responsibility from this

award and significantly increased confidence levels. The children

have much more of an understanding of just how important

charities are and what it truly means to help someone.”

Liz Whetham (Headteacher, Holy Trinity Primary School)

The Award is a combination of classroom based learning

and learning outside of the classroom, as well as

community action.


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SESSIONS

The Award is based over 6 sessions:

Pupils will be inspired to take action, start serving others and make a difference in their communities.

The practical community action takes place in the following three ways:

1. School Based Challenges

Archie will appear in each lesson, via an on screen text message, to issue the class with a challenge to

complete together. These give pupils practical opportunities to develop leadership skills. We provide

example Archie school based challenges but you are free to also add and develop your own.

2. Individual Challenges

Each pupil will complete Archie’s Challenge Grid. This involves completing five personal challenges at

home to help them think about their responsibility to serve and help others.

3. Community Action Project

To complete the Award the pupils will organise a local community action project based on a need they

have identified. This could involve partnering with the local council to do a litter pick and clean-up of a

local park or putting on a tea party for the local elderly. The possibilities are endless but we give you a

list of ideas that have worked in other schools so you’ll never be stuck.

Leadership Skills - how we use them to change the world

Inspirational Leaders – people who have changed the world for the better

The Local Community – identifying important areas and places

The National Community – researching national charities bringing about change

The Global Community – exploring issues of justice across the world

Community Action – your project


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BENEFITS

The Young Leaders Award has been written to be beneficial for your school with particular links

to SMSC, PSHE, Citizenship and British Values.

It promotes Character Education, has many cross curricular links and is great for the creative

curriculum.

The Award also strongly supports the SIAMS framework for Church School Inspections,

particularly in promoting distinctive Christian character and fostering positive relationships.

“I can’t praise the Young Leaders Award enough. The children have

developed a wonderful range of leadership skills whilst working for

this award, they have learnt to give to others and I am so pleased

that the parents and community have come together to support

them.”

Caroline Ryder (Headteacher, Carr Junior School)

Citizenship

RE

British Values


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INSPECTION LINKS

Framework Content Explanatory Notes

Ofsted Spiritual Through studying a number of people of faith who have helped change the world for the better, pupils reflect on how belief informs a person’s perspective on life and how it can inspire them to action. Pupils continually learn about themselves, identifying strengths and weaknesses and increasing their personal development as they grow in leadership skills through Archie’s challenges. Pupils learn about their local community and the world around them and are encouraged to be creative and imaginative in the ways in which they complete challenges, thinking about how they can serve their community and bring about change for the better. Through their evidence scrap book, the pupils reflect on their experiences, in particular the active citizenship aspect of the award.

Moral Through researching a number of people of faith and charitable organisations who take a stand against injustice in the world, students learn about issues of right and wrong and are able to think about this in relation to their own lives. Furthermore, the pupils become ambassadors for local charities and inevitably investigate moral and ethical issues relating to their work, in turn applying these issues of justice to their own thoughts and decisions. Through Archie’s challenges the pupils learn to work in teams, dealing with any mistakes and understanding the consequences of their actions.

Social The Award explores varying levels of community in our lives, from school and local level to national and even international level. As schools and pupils take on the community action projects, opportunities can often arise for them to work with people and pupils from different religious, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, Pupils learn to cooperate well with others and come up with ideas for serving the various communities in their local area and beyond, bringing about change for the better.

Cultural Due to the wide range of community opportunities involved in the award, students may find themselves participating in various cultural opportunities as their school looks to serve their local area. The Award focuses on exploring and understanding community at a local, national and international level and encourages students to engage in community action projects. As they do this they celebrate diversity in the way they serve people from different religious, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.

British Values

The Award supports DFE guidance on actively promoting the fundamental British values of democracy; individual liberty; mutual respect and respect for those with different faiths and beliefs. Democracy is promoted as children are encouraged to express their opinions, debate pros and cons and ultimately come to a consensus. Individual liberty is also encouraged as children find they have a right to respectfully express their views and beliefs in class and then act on this as they prepare personal volunteering challenges for the benefit of their community. In session 2 children explore the idea of faith and leadership looking at inspirational leaders; their positive impact on society and the importance of liberty and mutual respect in influencing society for good. Working both as individuals and in teams the children complete personal challenges, school and community action projects. This not only provides relevant activities beyond the classroom enabling students to develop their self-knowledge, self-esteem and self-confidence but also opportunities for children to integrate these British Values and understand how they can contribute positively to society.


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CURRICULUM LINKS

Subject The Young Leaders Awards contribute to the following Aims:

Religious

Education*

*Based on Religious Education in English School: Non-Statutory Guidance (updated April 2012) Section 78

(1) of the 2002 Education Act states that all pupils should follow a balanced and broadly based curriculum

that “promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, social, mental and physical development of pupils and of

society, and prepares pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.” The Young

Leaders Award enables learners to explore the concepts of religion and belief and how their roles in the

spiritual, moral and cultural lives of people in a diverse society help individuals develop moral awareness

and social understanding.

Citizenship Young Leaders will develop an interest in, and commitment to, volunteering through the Award, that they

will take with them into adulthood (indeed we see many Young Leaders who continue volunteering even

once their Award has finished). Young Leaders will develop, through their learning about people of faith

and charities, a sound knowledge and understanding of how laws are shaped. Through planning and

running events as part of their action projects, Young Leaders are equipped with the financial skills to

enable them to manage their money on a day-to-day basis, and plan for future financial needs.

English Young Leaders will develop their ability to read easily, fluently and with good understanding and develop

the habit of reading widely and often, both for pleasure and information. During the course of the Award

Young Leaders will acquire a wide vocabulary and be required to write clearly, accurately and coherently,

adapting their language and style in and for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. Throughout the

Award, Young Leaders will use discussion in order to learn and show they can elaborate and explain clearly

their understanding and ideas. They will also develop their competency in the arts of speaking and

listening, making formal presentations, demonstrating to others and participating in debate.

Computing Through organising and running events, collecting evidence and researching, pupils will demonstrate that

they are responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication

technology.

Geography Through their study of leadership and charities and as they consider their local community, Young Leaders

will develop contextual knowledge of the location of places, including their defining physical and human

characteristics.

History Through classroom learning and discussions, Young Leaders will gain and deploy a historically-grounded

understanding of abstract terms such as ‘civilisation’ and ‘parliament’. The lessons provided encourage

learners to develop their understanding of historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and

consequence, similarity, difference and significance. They use these to make connections, draw contrasts,

analyse trends and frame historically-valid questions such as “What role did William Wilberforce play in the

abolition of slavery?” or “How influential was Gandhi in the struggle for Indian independence?” Young

Leaders will also gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts,

understanding the connections between local, regional, national and international history; and between

cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history.


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DELIVERY MODELS

The YLA resources are designed to be flexible and open ended.

They can fit into a variety of delivery models depending on how much time you want to give.

Below are three case studies from schools who have successfully embedded the YLA into their

curriculum:

School 1 – Poppleton Road Primary School

Academic year

Frequency of sessions Action project Curriculum time

Once a month

1 hour

Break up the session plans into separate lessons for different activities.

Working towards an action project in Summer term. Year 5 pupils invited the local Foodbank manager to speak to them about poverty in their area then arranged a fun run for their whole school to raise money for Foodbank.

Part of PSHE curriculum

YLA material woven in with PSHE curriculum to be taught throughout the year. For example, adding lessons on issues such as fairtrade and recycling within the ethos of the YLA.

“It's up to you and the children to 'evolve' the project and go

your own way with it.”

Anna Bannister (YLA Teacher)


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DELIVERY MODELS

School 2 – Archbishop of York’s C of E Junior School

2 terms


Once a week/ fortnight

1 hour

Spring and Summer term

Break up the lesson plans into

separate lessons for different

activities.

Working towards action

project in Summer term.

During their walk around their

local area pupils noticed a

rundown nursery. They

arranged a project to improve

this including cleaning,

gardening and painting.

Part of PSHE curriculum

Link to Citizenship, RE,

promoting their school ethos

and Y6 transition.

Integrate YLA activities into

other curriculum areas. For

example, writing letters.

“It’s important to really embed it into your timetable

and not treat it as an add on.”

Sally Sutton (YLA Teacher)

School 3 – Riccall Community Primary School

1 term


Once a fortnight

1 hour

Spring term

Each session as it appears in

resources.

Working towards an action

project before Easter.

Pupils decided to raise money

for their local Preschool to

pay for new outdoor seating.

They organised a cake sale

and sponsored run.

Part of PSHE curriculum for

the term.

“I have found the resources to be really easy to use. The planning is

clearly set out for teachers to simply run with… Overall this is a well

organised, informative, engaging scheme that promotes leadership

skills.”

Kerry Johnson (YLA Teacher)

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COSTS

As a charity, we exist to empower young people to ‘be the change they want to see’ in their lives, schools and communities. All money raised through the Young Leaders Awards goes back into the Youth Trust; supporting our work in hundreds of schools and communities across the north of England. For further details see our website www.abyyt.com

The cost is £10* per pupil which includes:

As well as:

• Support from the Young Leaders Award Team, including launch

assemblies and attendance at Awards ceremonies and action projects

where possible.

• Potential special commendations from the Archbishop of York for

outstanding students

*Subject to VAT


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NEXT STEPS

Access the digital resources As soon as we receive payment of your invoice we will send you a log in for our

digital resource platform. Here you will be able to access all the resources you need to run the YLA, including teacher guidelines to

support you. We will also send you your scrapbooks, pencils and badges.

Apply to run the Young Leaders Award Complete the simple online ‘Application to deliver

the Young Leaders Award’ which you can find on our website at: www.abyyt.com/keystage2

Once we have received your application we will send you an invoice.

Digital YLA includes:

NEW digital content

Including:

• Animations

• Videos

• Interactive content

• Online evidence

uploading

• YLA Sharing

communities for

schools & teachers

• Online training and

support videos

Deliver the Launch Assembly

Set the scene for the YLA by making a big deal of the launch

assembly. We provide everything you will need,

including the music and lyrics for Archie’s song.

Deliver the Award Get going! To run a successful

award use the resources to deliver outstanding sessions and get your pupils

engaged in some top quality personal and community action projects.

Keep in touch Share the good news! Keep us up to date with the fantastic

work your pupils are doing. We love to receive photos, videos and stories! Email [email protected] or tweet @ArchieBishopYLA. Invite us along and if we can

come we will!

Get your certificates When you complete the award fill out the online ‘YLA Teacher Feedback’ form. Send

us some examples from your pupils’ scrapbooks and

any photos of action projects then we will send you individual

certificates for your pupils. Celebrate all the pupils have achieved by

hosting an awards ceremony. You can invite us along too!

Deliver another Young Leaders Award

Running the award again couldn’t be easier. Your school will be automatically signed up

for another cohort annually unless you choose to opt out.


http://www.abyyt.com/keystage2

mailto:[email protected]

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SIGN UP

To sign up for the Key Stage 2

Young Leaders Award fill in the online

form at:

www.abyyt.com/Applicationtodeliver


Contact us:

[email protected]

01904231010

@ABYyouthtrust

www.abyyt.com

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