Aspirational People Graduate Award

Aspirational People Graduate Award

This part of the website contains the syllabus for the Bricknell Primary School Aspirational Leaders Graduate Award.

You will need to study all the information presented here.

Staff will help you develop the study skills you need in order to memorise, retain and recall this information.

Once you are confident you can recall this syllabus tell your teacher and they will give you your undergraduate test.

Once you have passed you will receive a badge and be known as a BPS Aspirational Leaders Graduate!

Aspirational People Graduate Award

Explore our aspirational people –

We will be learning about seven amazing and influential people who have made a huge impact on the world in different ways.

You’ll discover Elon Musk, the inventor and businessman working to explore space and create electric cars; Bill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft and now helps improve global health and education; Lewis Carroll, the writer who created the magical world of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; Lionel Messi, one of the greatest football players of all time; Greta Thunberg, a young activist fighting for the planet; Albert Einstein, the brilliant scientist who changed how we understand space and time; and Emily Dickinson, the poet whose unique style made her famous after her death.

Please take some time to read the information on each of their unique profile pages to learn more about what makes each of these people so special!

inventor and businessman

Elon Musk
businessman and inventor

Bill Gates
English author, mathematician, and photographer

Lewis Carroll
footballer

Lionel Messi
environmental activist

Greta Thunberg
theoretical physicist

Albert Einstein
American poet

Emily Dickinson

inventor and businessman

Elon Musk

Elon Musk is an entrepreneur and inventor known for founding companies like Tesla and SpaceX, with ambitions to revolutionise transportation, energy, and space exploration.

Born: 28th June, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa

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businessman and inventor

Bill Gates

Bill Gates is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft and later focused on global health and education through his charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Born: 28th October, 1965 in Seattle, USA

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English author, mathematician, and photographer

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll was an English author, mathematician, and photographer best known for writing Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a beloved children’s classic filled with imaginative characters and playful wordplay.

Born: 27th January, 1832 in Daresbury, Chesire, UK

Died: 14th January, 1898 in Guildford, Surrey, UK

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footballer

Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi is an Argentine soccer player widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, known for his extraordinary skills, record-breaking achievements, and leading Argentina to victory in the 2022 World Cup.

Born: 24th June, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina

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environmental activist

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg is a Swedish environmental activist who gained global recognition for her efforts to combat climate change, inspiring millions of young people to join her in demanding urgent action from world leaders.

Born: 3rd January, 2003 in Stockholm, Sweden

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theoretical physicist

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity and his equation E=mc², which revolutionised modern science and our understanding of space and time.

Born: 14th March, 1879 in Ulm, Germany

Died April 18th, 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA

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American poet

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson was an American poet known for her unique, short poems that explored themes of nature, death, and immortality, most of which were published after her death.

Born: December 10th, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

Died: May 15th, 1886 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

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Learning resources

Example Questions

  • Elon Musk: What planet does Elon Musk want to send people to with SpaceX?

  • Bill Gates: What company did Bill Gates start that made computers easier to use?

  • Lewis Carroll: What famous book did Lewis Carroll write about a girl falling down a rabbit hole?

  • Greta Thunberg: Why did Greta Thunberg start skipping school on Fridays?

  • Lionel Messi: Which country did Lionel Messi help win the World Cup in 2022?

  • Albert Einstein: What is the name of Albert Einstein’s famous equation that changed science?

  • Emily Dickinson: How many poems did Emily Dickinson write during her life?

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