Celebrating Difference: A whole-school approach to LGBT+ inclusion

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Ensure all pupils have a strong sense of all the things that make them who they are. Also, look for shared interests and commonalities that they share.

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Celebrate the differences in all pupils and staff, so that pupils with differences that are less common, such as a disability or a disfigurement, don't feel especially different. This has given you an overview of some of the things you should do when celebrating difference in schools. There are many more resources you can find to support you doing this. For example:Explain that what makes them a group is that they are all children who belong to the school. This is our school family and we are all part of it. Each child is different and it is the differences that make our school a better place. I am beginning to develop my awareness of similarities and differences between people. (Progression step 1) Recommended. Celebrating Difference is essential and valuable reading for every teacher and school leader - a groundbreaking book to help make our schools safer spaces for all young people. - Peter Tatchell, Director, Peter Tatchell Foundation Case studies and interviews with pupils and teachers who have experienced the Inclusion For All process and unique research insights from Dr Joseph Hall, University of Leeds, demonstrate how the strategies work in practice. Clear guidance will also enable schools to comply with Ofsted and statutory equality legislation, and help them to teach children about British values, basic human rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

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Children know about similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities and traditions. (Foundation) If you want to ensure that difference is understood and experienced in ways that are positive for everyone, it's important to: This is not a book, it is a philosophy, and one which I wish had been in place when I was growing up. We can only truly celebrate difference when we face prejudice head-on, including our own. - Lord Michael Cashman CBE, Founder of Stonewall For example, can they both talk and ask about pets, their favourite school subjects, spare time activities, music or favourite YouTube clips… It is important to enable and develop every child’s capacity to ask and be interested in class mates’ so that everyone can get to know everyone else as whole people and not labelled people. To consider that being different from one another is something to be celebrated. Preparation and materials

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Now think about your class and each member of it. It is the combination of children with all their differences that makes it such a rich place. Begin by asking pupils what their favourite lesson in school is. Take a selection of answers and point out how different everyone’s favourite is. Now imagine that you only got to do maths, all day every day, and never got to have a go at doing something different. Would it get boring? Say that we have a 'diverse curriculum', which means learning about lots of different things and having a wide variety of activities. This makes school much more interesting. We also have diversity in the types of people there are in the world - different heights, different hair colour, different likes and dislikes - and that diversity of people and cultures makes life more interesting too. Tell everyone they'll now watch a short video about diversity. Explore strategies for avoiding working with LGBT+ in silos to develop a more intersectional approach The allium is from the onion family and grows from a bulb. It has beautiful flower heads on the end of very long stems. Have you seen any onions in the supermarket that are as attractive as this?