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Promoting diversity in school

Diversity is promoted across the school in a number of different ways. Details of how this is promoted across the school can be found in the table below;

Hatch Warren Junior School

Promoting Diversity at HWJS

How do we address issues to do with…

Whole school

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Race

  • DT- Cookery – understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared and caught.

Evaluate:

1) investigate and analyse a range of existing products

2) understand how key events and individuals in Design Technology have helped to shape the World.

  • DT- Food – cookery (based on Romans)
  • DT- Inventor link James Robinson – inventor of the lunch pail
  • History- Compare our life to those in the Stone Age, Ancient Greece and Roman Britain.
  • English- Discuss the differences in ‘Stone Age Boy’ between the modern boy and the Stone Age girl.
  • Music- African drums
  • DT- Food – Chilean Food and culture
  • Geography- Migration -Syrian refugees, different types of refugees
  • English – ‘No Ballet Shoes in Syria’, Information text about Chile, ‘Islandborn’, ‘Cinderella across different cultures’
  • French- Cultural differences between France and UK, way of life
  • Music- African drumming
  • History- Shang Dynasty
  • DT- Food – Middle Eastern food and culture
  • DT- Structures – Inventors – different races / religions
  • English- ‘Unsung hero’, ‘Song of the Dolphin Boy’, ‘Illustrated book awards’
  • RE- all units
  • Geography- Slums
  • History/ English- Benin Kingdom
  • PSHE- ‘spot bullying’
  • History- Civil rights unit, Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, Education system, US in the 1950s, comparing to current situation with BLM
  • English- ‘Refugees’, ‘The Island’
  • PSHE- ‘Tolerance and respect for others’, ‘We have more in common than not’

Disability

  • Anti- bullying week and assemblies
  • Discussions through PSHE
  • PSHE- ‘My community’, ‘Respect and challenge’, Let’s celebrate our differences’
  • Science- Animals and Humans
  • PSHE –‘When feelings change’ - Using Auggie’s experiences in the story (film) ‘Wonder’ to understand feelings (Auggie has a facial deformity).
  • English- ‘No Ballet Shoes in Syria’, ‘How to Train Your Dragon’
  • English- Cloudbusting – discussions about bullying and differences
  • RE- ‘Belonging’
  • PSHE- ‘My School Community’
  • PSHE- ‘It’s okay to be different’)
  • English -Study of the book ‘Wonder’
  • Geography – how accessible is our school

Gender

  • Assemblies about famous women and men
  • History- Roman Britain- discuss strong women linked to Boudicca
  • PSHE- ‘relationship tree’ and ‘body space’
  • PSHE- ‘Stereotypes’
  • English- strong women characters- Manyara, Nyasha (Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters), Aya (No Ballet Shoes in Syria), Astrid (How to train your dragon)
  • History -Anglo-Saxons
  • PSHE- ‘Stereotypes’, ‘Is it true?’
  • History- Gender roles in Medieval Monarch, Ancient Greeks (2022)
  • RSE curriculum
  • History – industrial revolution – class systems, voting, equality
  • PSHE- Boys will be boys – challenging gender stereotypes

Community cohesion

  • Carol service
  • Sports day
  • Assemblies
  • Celebration assembly
  • School trips
  • Parent open/outcome event
  • Reading Café
  • School council
  • Enterprise week
  • House sorting ceremony
  • PSHE- the importance of community
  • Geography- walk around our local area to decide what is good about it and what needs improving.
  • QMC trip
  • PSHE- 7 R’s
  • Geography- Weather and climate
  • English -Persuasive letter- Writing to Mr Dawson on how to become more eco-friendly
  • Sharing our work and achievements on the website with the wider community
  • English- ‘Song of the Dolphin Boy’
  • PSHE- ‘Rights, responsibilities and duties’, ‘Mo makes a difference’, ’Local councils’, ‘The land of the Red People’ and ‘My school community’
  • Stubbington residential
  • River trip to Selborne
  • CPS – Hate crime session in school
  • SATs meeting with parents
  • Runway’s end meeting with parents
  • Online curriculum evening with parents
  • Transition arrangements/activities with Brighton Hill

Sexual orientation

  • PSHE- Discussion about families
  • PSHE- ‘relationship tree’ and ‘body space’
  • PSHE- Stereotypes – Valuing Difference (mentions gay marriage)
  • RSE lessons
  • PSHE-‘stereotypes’, ‘Is it true?’ and ‘Changing bodies’
  • PSHE- ‘OK to be different’ and ‘Loving relationships’– different relationships including lesbian, hetrosexual, homosexual, same sex
  • RSE- Human reproduction

Religion or belief

  • Assemblies about religious festivals and significant date
  • Older pupils participating in Ramadan
  • History- Looking at different religions in Ancient Greece, Roman Britain and the Stone Age.
  • RE- Discussing multiple religions
  • History- Looking at different religions in Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
  • PSHE- Respect- ‘understanding and respecting differences and other people’s religions’
  • English- ‘No Ballet Shoes in Syria’
  • RE- Discussing multiple religions
  • History/ English -Benin Kingdom
  • PSHE- ‘stereotypes’ and  ‘The land of the Red People’
  • RE- Discussing multiple religions
  • RE – range of religions covered and compared with emphasis on tolerance and understanding

Age (discrimination)

  • Class charters-emphasises the importance of children’s voices
  • PSHE- discuss the UNCRC and their rights.
  • English- ‘No Ballet Shoes in Syria’ and ‘persuasive letter’- range of ages for inspirational people
  • PSHE- ‘stereotypes’,  ‘Happy being me’
  • Geography- Slums
  • PSHE- Loving relationships– different relationships