Staff members at @PleckgateHigh School including Jenny Savage, Keely Knight, James Carter, Martyn Bajkowski, Charlotte Bland, Sarah Belshaw and Claire Hopkinson are taking part in our #imnotamuslimbutiwillfastforoneday campaign 2024. See quotes from them below: Jenny: 'I take part in this initiative every year with One Voice because I think it is so important to do especially when I am working in a school with so many Muslim students. I expect them to turn up and work hard but I need to be mindful of how difficult this can be whilst fasting and the only way to truly understand this is to fast myself. I massively admire our students and my Muslim friends for fasting for the full month and think this is a fantastic initiative for community cohesion in Blackburn with Darwen.'  Keely: I want to see/feel what our pupils go through during this month especially as a an RE teacher, it's hard to teach something you've never experienced.  Martyn: 'The time of Ramadan brings a real sense of community and camaraderie within school.  By fasting it allows you to feel part of that community and share, in a small way, part of the journey that our pupils go on' James: I am fasting to empathise with the students in my classes and to show admiration for their resilience. My students constantly work and think hard, whilst going over 12 hours without food or water and I wanted to challenge myself to this. Charlotte: I'm fasting because I want to take this opportunity to empathise with my students and also to take this time to think of those less fortunate than myself who don't always know where their next meal will come from.

Sarah Belshaw, James Carter, Jenny Savage and Martyn Bajkowski from @PleckgateHigh School are taking part in our #ImnotaMuslimbutIwillFastforoneday campaign 2024. #Ramadan2024 #Fasting