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Information and Ideas Pack

Primary and Secondary Schools

Show Your Heart Week of Welcome

22^nd-26^th November 2021

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Memories from My Land - YouTube

As you listen to this music,

think about:

How does it make you feel?

What might have inspired the composer?

How would you describe what’s happening?

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Do you know where in the world you and your ancestors originated?

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Why do people migrate?

Explain that there are many reasons that people move countries. Lots of people make a choice to move: it could be to find work, to study or to start a new job. It may be that they want a better way of life or to be closer to friends or family. However, many people are forced to move to to escape problems such as war, persecution or disasters. Over the centuries many individuals and groups of people have come to the United Kingdom for reasons such as these. Important to mention here: People who are Seeking Sanctuary make up a tiny minority of the UK’s population. The UK is home to approx. 1% of the 26.4 million refugees, forcibly displaced across the world. (source: Refugee Council The truth about asylum - Refugee Council) People who are seeking sanctuary or safety from danger are often called ‘refugees’ and they are looking for a safe country to rebuild their lives. Important to mention about language here: ‘People Seeking Sanctuary’ is the term preferred by City of Sanctuary in recognition of the dehumanising rhetoric which can occur when referring to people by their immigration status and to be more inclusive of all those who are forced to migrate and seek safety and welcome, including - but not limited to - those who are refugees and seeking asylum.

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Orange hearts have begun appearing all over the country…

…on tee-shirts

…in people’s windows

…amongst friends

…in parks and playgrounds, in streets and shops…

Show support - Together With Refugees

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Why an orange heart?

The orange heart

represents compassion for people fleeing war, persecution or violence.

It is inspired by the Refugee Nation flag, and the colours of a lifebelt,

the heart symbolises

hope and kindness.

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The Refugee Nation — Edu Lunardi (eduardolunardi.com)

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The Refugee Nation flag - Design Museum

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Memories from My Land - YouTube

Remember this music?

If any one of us feared for our lives or the lives of our loved ones, we’d want to know that others would help us to safety, wouldn’t we? This is our chance to show our messages of welcome and support for everyone – no matter what we look like or where we come from.

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By taking part in Swindon Schools of Sanctuary’s Show Your Heart Week of Welcome, you are letting everyone across the town, across Wiltshire, and across the whole of the UK, know you believe that people who are seeking sanctuary here in our communities with us should be welcomed and treated with care and compassion.

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Orange Box, Calderdale, Halifax

Now, it’s time for you to make orange hearts and begin a display in your school!

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Show Your Heart Idea #1

Make a heart with a message of welcome to include in a giant heart display in your classroom / corridor / school.
With a friend, think of one simple message of welcome to go on the giant heart display of all the hearts made by your class / year group / school. To make this a bit of a great challenge, this could be a competition to find The Most Powerful Simple Message!
Ask your teachers to send us photos of the winning messages from your class / year group / school

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Show Your Heart Idea #2

How many different ways can you present your messages of welcome?

Choose one or more of these – or why not add a completely unique idea of your own?

in sign language?
in all the different languages spoken by people in your class / year group / school?
in a rap / song – with your own music?
in a poem?
in a dance?
in a piece of art / craft / sculpture?
on a mural?
in a drama scenario?
in a mathematical code?

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Show Your Heart Idea #3

Make as many different words and phrases as you can using the words:

heart
welcome
hope
kindness
safety

Why not use some of these words in a song, poem or short story?

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Show Your Heart Idea #4

On your orange heart, present these words in all the languages that are spoken by people in your class / year group / school:

heart
welcome
hope
kindness
safety

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Show Your Heart Idea #5

Watch the Twenty Welcomes poem, created and performed by young people from primary and secondary schools is Swindon.

From the poem, pick out some words and phrases that you really like and write them on your orange heart. You can write them in English, in your family language, in sign language, or in all three ways!
Your whole class might like to present the Twenty Welcomes poem, by writing one line on each orange heart.
You might be inspired to write your own Welcome poem using some of the words and phrases from Twenty Welcomes as inspiration
You might be inspired to write a poem called: Heart or Hope or Kindness or Safety

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After you’ve made your orange hearts with your messages of welcome, you can:

display them all around your school
take a photo of you and your friends holding your hearts; look at this guide from Create Studios to show you how to set up and take the best selfies ever! Selfie Guide - Show Your Heart
send your photos to us by Thursday 25th November – send a portrait photo / ‘selfie’ (in original format and without filters)*, with your messages of welcome and support on orange hearts via WeTransfer (https://wetransfer.com) to info@swindon.cityofsanctuary.org

Ask us to add your photos to the Large Heart Display. All images sent to us from people all over Swindon will be brought together by Create Studios and displayed on a large billboard in the shape of a giant heart with a simple message of welcome to all.

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Orange Box, Calderdale, Halifax

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THANK YOU!

Show Your Heart Week of Welcome

22^nd-26^th November 2021