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Role Models

Much of our teaching about values, including our Eastfield Values, is based around looking at positive role models within society and learning from their example. Role models can give the children a sense of what is possible, what to aspire to and that individuals can make a significant difference in the world.

Eastfields Role Models display

We hear all too often in the news and on TV about those who are getting attention for the wrong reasons, and this is a chance for us to shine a light on those people who should be well known to our children for all the right reasons.

Although the children will learn about many role models, we have decided to name our classes and teaching rooms after those individuals that the Eastfield community voted for as the most important for their children to learn about. Currently, these are:

Name

Known As A…

Country of Origin

Years Alive

Associated Eastfield Value

Role model because…

Stephen Hawking

Scientist

England

1942–2018

Ambition and Aspiration

His brilliant mind and overcoming severe disability to become one of the world’s most renown scientists.

Will.i.am


Singer

USA

1975-Present

Inclusive of Others

Creating a charitable foundation that builds houses for the homeless and pays for deprived students to go to school. All of his money from ‘The Voice’ goes to charity.

Vincent Kompany

Footballer

Belgium

1986-Present

Community Spirit

Giving all of his wages for an entire year to the homeless in Manchester.

Nelson Mandela

Political Leader

South Africa

1918-2013

Honest

Bringing an end to racial segregation and Apartheid Law in South Africa.

Albert Einstein

Scientist

German

1879-1955

Creativity and Imagination

Overcame dyslexia to become a world renown scientist, developing the theory of relativity.

Marie Curie

Scientist

Poland

1867-1933

Creativity and Imagination

Conducted pioneering research into radiotherapy, which helps millions across the world today.

Marcus Rashford

Footballer

England

1997-Present

Community Spirit

Lead the campaign to provide free school meals to thousands of children over the holidays.

Capt Tom Moore

Serviceman and fundraiser

England

1920-Present

Ambition and Aspiration

Served in WW2 and walked 100 laps of his garden for his 100 th birthday raising £40,000,000.

Bill Gates

Philanthropist and businessman

USA

1955-Present

Kind

Co-founded Microsoft and the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation through which he has donated over $40,000,000,000 of his own money to charity. Set up ‘The Giving Pledge’ encouraging the richest people to give away half of their fortune to charity.

Mo Farah

Sportsman

Somalia

1983-Present

Ambitious and Aspirational

Most successful British track athlete in history and founder of the Mo Farah Foundation that raises money to support people in Somalia.

Baroness Doreen Lawrence

Campaigner against knife crime

England

1952-Present

Kind

Founded the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust after her son was murdered in a racist attack. Has campaigned and brought about changes to policing and ‘institutional racism’.

Martin Luther King

Civil Rights leader

USA

1929-1968

Ambitious and Aspirational

Minister and leader of the civil rights movement in America. Was assassinated in 1968. Known most widely for his ‘I have a dream’ speech in 1963.

Irena Sendler

Humanitarian and Nurse

Poland

1910-2008

Kind

Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize after rescuing 2500 children from the Warsaw ghetto during WW2.

Rosa Parks

Civil Rights Activist

USA

1913-2005

Inclusive of Others

Civil rights activist who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white person in segregated USA. Known as the ‘Mother of the Freedom Movement’.

Mother Teresa

Nun and Missionary

Macedonia

1910-1997

Kind

Founded the Missionaries of Charity, supporting those with Aids/HIV, setting up soup kitchens, orphanages, schools and clinics in over 133 countries with the support of over, amongst others, 4500 nuns.

Dr Hawa Abdi (Mama Hawa

Doctor

Somalia

1947-2020

Community Spirit

Nobel Peace Prize nominee - dedicated her life to providing high-quality healthcare, education, and shelter to vulnerable people, even in times of war and famine.

Queen Elizabeth II

Monarch

England

1926-2022

Ambitious and Aspirational

Britain’s longest serving monarch, taking part in 300 public events per year.

Mae Jemison

Astronaut

USA

1956-Present

Imaginative & Creative

Became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Michelle Obama

Former First Lady and Advocate for Women and Education

USA

1964-Present

Kind

As first lady, Michelle Obama served as a role model for women and worked as an advocate for poverty awareness and education.

Emmeline Pankhurst

Activist for Women’s Rights

England

1858-1928

Ambition and Aspirational

Best remembered for organizing the UK suffragette movement and helping women win the right to vote.

Stevie Wonder

Musician

USA

1950-Present

Inclusive of Others

One of the world’s most successful singers and songwriters. Although blind from birth is an amazing pianist, harmonica player and drummer.

Chris Packham

English Naturalist

England

1961-Present

Inclusive of Others

Christopher Gary Packham CBE is an English naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter and author, best known for his television work including the CBBC children's nature series The Really Wild Show from 1986 to 1995.

Baroness Floella Benjamin

Actress, Presenter, Writer

Trinidad

1949-Present

Community Spirit

Baroness Floella Benjamin in known for many things including being a children’s TV presenter, an author of many books and her community work linked to education has led to her gaining the title of Baroness.

Download a PDF version of the above table: Eastfield School Role Models.pdf