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SPIRITUAL LIFE
others?” Rev. Hawes asked.
to create their own list of core values.
Addressing our current Year 12 pupils in a
special service in our Chapel, Rev. Hawes
Highlighting that key values within a
highlighted the importance of keeping
school community help us to strengthen
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) at
friendships and create a wonderful
the forefront of our minds as we edge
support system, Rev. Hawes encouraged
closer to a new academic year.
our Year 12s to vote for the values they
were most passionate about and believed
Asking pupils how they might, as cultural
were the most important to take into the
and pupil leaders of the school next
next year. These 昀椀ve values were integrity,
year, deal with the challenges and raise
con昀椀dence, kindness, persistence, and
awareness of EDI within the school
respect.
community, Rev. Hawes set the pupils a
task – to come together and decide on 昀椀ve
“These values will help you all to create
key values that they would take with them
the foundations of the school’s core values
into the next academic year.
for next year and you will keep reminding
us of these values,” said Rev. Hawes. “If
“In the age of awareness, many may
an advocate for EDI arose from one of you
think that judgment and exclusion
among next year’s Year 13, Framlingham
doesn’t happen here, but I know that’s
College will continue to be a place where
not true, it happens at every school.
every single pupil 昀氀ourishes, with these
It may not just be bullying, it could be
values running through all of us like a
being marginalised, or being isolated, or
golden thread.”
feeling vulnerable. So, what might help us
to have the courage to help and support
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