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Our new Agents of Change programme has arrived
Each half-term, children are set 3 home challenges to do. They are designed to be straightforward and achieveable, but do require effort and thinking about others!
For each AoC home challenge a child does, they will earn a special AoC card. Collect these across the year, and they’ll receive a special bronze, silver or gold award!
- Bronze – for doing 12 challenges, including the 6 class challenges
- Silver– for doing 18 challenges, including the 6 class challenges
- Gold (Graham Robins Award) – for doing all 24 challenges, including the 6 class challenges
Autumn 1 2025 – Challenges to do at home!
- Help your grown ups around the kitchen in a new way e.g. setting the table
- Help your grown ups in the bathroom in a new way e.g. tidying away your bath toys
- Help your grown ups in your bedroom in a new way e.g. making your bed
Questions!
Can I do the home challenges in any order?
- Yes!
What happens when my child has done a home challenge?
- Your child will receive an AoC card which they can take home. We keep a record of this in school so we can count how many they’ve achieved.
- You’ll also have a copy of the challenges to keep at home so you can tick them off.
How do I tell a teacher that a home challenge has been completed?
- A few options. The pupil or parent can tell a teacher, they can bring it in to school, or they can email the year group – you could include a photo if you’d like to.
If I need any resources, can I speak to the teacher about this?
- Yes, and we’ll help out as much as we are able to.
When are the bronze, silver and gold badges presented?
- This will happen at the end of the year.
Do they get 6 AoC cards automatically?
- Not quite! Each half-term, the children are working on a project in school regarding being an Agent of Change. When they complete this each half-term, they will get a card.
Agents of Change
At St Mark’s CofE Primary School, we believe it’s crucial that our children see themselves as those who make a positive impact on our world. We help them to see themselves as “Agents of Change”, making our world a better place through their simple actions. We have to be the change to see the change!
This may start at school- for example, in the classroom, on the playground, bringing a smile, sharing resources, or playing together.
It also impacts our local community -for example doing a litter pick, writing a letter/email to cheer someone up, leaving surprise flowers at residents doorsteps, raising money for St Michael’s Hospice, or sending cards to local residential homes.
We also look wider afield. We write to companies to encourage more environmentally friendly ways of working, and raise money for special charities like RSPCA and Great Ormond Street Hospital. We also support The Mud House Children’s Foundation, our partner charity in Tanzania.