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The Lampard Community School

The Lampard Community School

Barle's Assembly about Martin Luther King, Jr

Barle class linked their assembly to their RE learning this week - 'People who have shown forgiveness, and fought for freedom'.

Using the book Martin's Big Words, by Doreen Rappaport, Barle class read aloud all about Martin Luther King, Jr and what he stood for.  How he wanted to live in a world where black people had the same rights as white people. How he knew that hate cannot drive out hate - only love can do that. And how in 1964 he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Well done for a very moving and thought-provoking assembly, Barle!

The class were inspired to produce some excellent pieces of research: