SPoC - Special Person of Character
Each half term we focus on a special person of character at St Thomas’. This is someone who has shown great courage, tenacity, intellect, kindness or any other attribute of which we can be proud. Our Special Person of Character may be a scientist or politician, religious leader or poet.
SPoC for Summer 2 - Stephen Hawking
This half term, we will be finding out about Stephen Hawking.
Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous and most admired physicists of the past 100 years. He was a cosmologist, or someone who studies things about space and the universe. He is known for his work on black holes. Hawking also wrote a number of best-selling books, including A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes (1988). Stephen Hawking went to both Oxford and Cambridge Universities. When he was 21, he found out he had motor neurone disease. This affected his speech and movement. Later, he used a wheelchair and spoke with a special computer. He controlled it by moving his cheek.
Please talk to your child about this person. Why are they special? What are they known for? How are we inspired by them? What do you think makes him a ‘Special Person of Character’?