Safe

 

https://scoop.upworthy.com/dad-shares-his-sons-drawing-of-safe-and-it-just-warms-the-hearts-of-parents-on-the-internet-ex1?fbclid=IwY2xjawGQOFNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHTmlrcKyuKA6AaXxu2f3VxDt_RQ30IIyjyHolNV2HGAJcV2oPtFP2Cniig_aem_p2IuMyfLV2QBw3gV1uwpYQ

What do you see in the picture? What do you think this story is about?

A little child in school was asked to draw a picture of a word and this is the picture they drew. 

What do you think the word was?

The word was "safe"

Now you know the word, can you explain what the child was drawing and why they think it represents safe for them?

The child's dad shared the picture on social media and it quickly went viral. Lots of parents commented on the picture:

"beautiful"

 "It bought tears to my eyes"

"warms the heart"

Why do you think such a simple picture made such a big impact on people?

Other parents started sharing similar pictures made by their children. This picture was drawn by a child asked to draw something that made them happy.

This child drew their dad. 

- Do you think all children drew the same pictures? Why not?

-  What do these pictures tell us about children?

- what do the pictures tell us about families today?

- How can families look different?

- Who do you think is pictured with the child in the top picture? Can we be sure who the people are?

- Does it matter?

- What does safe mean to you?

- If you were drawing a picture to show safe, what would you draw? 

- What does British law say about families today? Does the Equality Act mention family as a protected characteristic? How do you think different families might be referenced in the Equality Act 2010?

- What do we say about different families at our school?

- Why is this about No Outsiders?

- Which British value is this about?

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Spiderman

 

Little Girls Can't Be Spider-Man? Heroic Kid Rejects Pushback On Her Halloween Costume. – InspireMore

What do you see in the picture, what do you think this story is about?

Evy was looking forward to Halloween and to wearing her favourite superhero costume to school: Spiderman.

However, when she got to school, some children told her she couldn’t be spiderman because she is a girl. They told her “Spiderman is for boys.”

How do you think Evy replied?

Evy replied, “Spiderman is not for boys, Spiderman is for everyone.”

Evy’s mum posted this story on social media and said, “Costumes are for EVERYONE! Stop teaching your kids they’re gender specific and let them like what they like”

-     -Why do you think some children think Spiderman is for boys?

-           - Where have the children got that idea from? Has anyone ever said to you, “Spiderman is for boys”?

-          - What is this an example of? (a gender stereotype... what is the definition of a gender stereotype?)

-          - What superheroes can you think of? Are they both male and female? Do you think the numbers of famous superheroes is equal to the number of female superheroes? Why not?

-         -  What can we do about gender stereotypes, can we just ignore them, do they affect us, do they matter?

-          - “Stop teaching your kids they’re gender specific” what does this mean?

-         -  Is it ok to be gender specific if you want to be? Is mum saying we shouldn’t teach children to be boys or girls? Do you agree, or disagree? What do you think we should teach children to be?

-          - You could argue that Spiderman is gender specific- it's “Spiderman,” not “Spiderwoman” and it’s not “Spiderperson”. Is that ok?

-          - What do you think Spiderman would say to Evy if he heard abut this story?

-          - What is the law in the UK that this relates to?

-          - Would Evy hear at our school that Spiderman is for boys?

-          - Why is this about no outsiders?

-          - Which British value is this about?

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Strictly

 

Strictly Come Dancing: Dr Punam Krishan says it's a 'huge moment' as Bollywood music comes to show - BBC News

What do you see in the photo? What is the story here?

Last week on Strictly Come Dancing, Punam Krishan and Gorka Marquez competed with a Bollywood dance for the first time in the show's history.

Contestant Punam Krishan said, "I am such a proud Scottish Indian girl. I really just wanted to bring my culture and my heritage to the forefront."

"I never saw Indian girls dancing on mainstream television so to be doing now an Indian dance on a platform like Strictly, it's huge."

"But it's also for South Asians or any child that just wants to see something a bit different or just to feel included. Representation matters so for me this is a huge moment."

Here is a link to the dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25xkr1Xcg6s

Judge Motsi Mabuse said, "I know so many people are watching you right now and feeling so proud to see this on Strictly."

- What is Strictly come dancing?

 -What is Bollywood?

- What is culture and heritage? 

- How can someone be Scottish and Indian at the same time?

- Why do you think Punam never saw Indian girls dancing on British television as she grew up? Does this matter?

- Why do you think a Bollywood dance hasn't been performed on Strictly before? What sort of dance is usually performed?

- What does Punam mean by 'a platform like Strictly'? Why does this mean so much to her?

- What does this show about ideas and change over time?

- What is representation?

- How can watching a dance make someone feel included?

- what can we learn from Punam Krishan?

- Why is this about No Outsiders?

- Which British value is this about?

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Restaurant

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7xv7dly0lo

What do you see in the picture, how is this person similar to you, how are they different?

Oliver Bromley lives in South London and has Neurofibromatosis Type 1, a genetic condition that causes harmless tumours to grow on his nerves.

Last month, Oliver went to a restaurant in his home town for something to eat. As he walked in he noticed a sign saying "cash only" so he went straight back out to withdraw money from a cash machine round the corner. Minutes later he was back in the restaurant.

Oliver was about to sit down when a staff member approached him to say he had to leave as there had been complaints about him; he was "scaring the customers."

Oliver says, "There had not been enough time between the time I had been there first, and the time I went back, for anyone to have made a complaint about me, so obviously the restaurant staff were not happy about the way I looked."

Oliver chose to leave quickly. He chose to not challenge the staff.

He formerly complained to the restaurant but did not receive a reply. Oliver chose then to notify the police. The police said this was a hate crime.

Oliver says he does not mid people asking about his difference and says the restaurant staff response probably came down to a lack of education. He has chosen not to name the restaurant because he doesn't want retribution.

He says although he is disappointed about the incident, some good has come if it because he and his family can now "create awareness around people with facial difference."

Oliver says, "It's not about me, it's never been about me."

- How do you think Oliver felt when asked to leave the restaurant?

- Why didn't he challenge the staff?

- Do the restaurant have the right to choose who eats on their premises?

- Does Oliver have rights?

- What is a hate crime?

- Why doesn't Oliver name the restaurant, what does that show us about Oliver and the kind of person he is?

- "It's not about me, it's never been about me" what does Oliver mean by this?

-  "The restaurant staff response probably came down to a lack of education." What does Oliver mean by this? Do you agree?

- What do we say in our school about difference?

- What message would you give to Oliver if you could?

- Which law protects Oliver, who else is mentioned in that law (The Equality Act 2010- race, religion and belief, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, age, marriage and civil partnership)

- Why is this about No Outsiders? 

- Which British Value is this about?

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Bake Off

https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/c1wnqrer3w9o

What do you see in the picture, who is it, where is it, what is happening?

The picture shows Nadiya Hussain, a famous British-Bangladeshi baker, winning the Great British Bake Off in in 2015.   

What is the Great British Bake Off, how do you win it?

Since wining, Nadiya has become famous for her baking skills.

Nadiya loves food and cooking . She says, "Food has the power to bring families together." 

Do you agree? Can you give an example?

Nadiya grew up in an immigrant family.

What is an immigrant?

She says when she was growing up her parents never threw any food away.

Why do you think that was?

Today Nadiya encourages people to "cook once, eat twice" 

What do you think that means?

It means you find aa way to use any left over food, for example, a carrot soup that you can then turn in to fish curry.

Nadiya is always seen as a positive role model when she appears on television, but she has talked recently about how in the past she suffer from anxiety.

What is anxiety?

Nadiya says when she first won British Bake Off in 2016, as well as receiving lots of praise and support on social media, she also received racist comments. 

"There was constant pressure to prove how British I was, how Bangladeshi, how Muslim. And then I realised by trying to please all these different groups, I was just displeasing myself."

Discuss this quote: why are people trying to make Nadia prove all these things, what was the affect on her, why was she trying to please everyone?

"People are going to say I'm not British enough to do a trifle, or not Bangladeshi enough to do certain curries, but I just don't really care. I'm quite happy in my grey area, which is very colourful, by the way."

What does Nadiya mean by her 'grey area'? 

How can a grey area be colourful? 

What do you think being British enough, or Bangladeshi enough means?

Nadiya uses trifle as an example of typically British food, what else might be seen as typically British?

Can you think of any food that might be seen as typically Bangladeshi? French? Mexican? Greek?

What is Nadiya trying to tell us about food and different cultures? 

What can we learn from Nadiya in this story?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

Which British Value is this about?

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sculpture

 

https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/sculptures-of-bruno-catalano/

What do you see in the photo? Where is it, what do you think the story is here?

Bruno Catalano is an artist who has created ten life-size sculptures of people along a waterfront in Marseille, France.

All of the sculptures have parts of their bodies missing, what do you think the sculptures represent?

What do you think the sculptures might be called?

They are called, "Les Voyageurs" - what do you think that means? (The travellers)

Bruno was born in Morocco and moved to France as a child. 

These are the words Bruno is exploring through his sculptures:

Travel,

Migration,

Journey,

Home,

Belonging,

Loss.

World Citizen

Explore these words- what do they mean, how do you think Bruno is trying to represent those words in his work? Are there any other words that you can think of looking at these sculptures?

What do you notice abut the suitcase - it weighs them down but it is also the only means of support for the statue - why do you think Bruno dd this?

Bruno wanted people to see the sculptures in different ways; some figures appear to be fading away, others appear to be materialising in front of our eyes. Bruno says whenever he travelled to a new country, his travels left him feeling that a part of him was gone and would never return.

Bruno wants people to look at his work and, "examine their role as global citizens"

- what is art and what is art for?

- why do you think Bruno created these sculptures?

- why has he put them near water?

- a part of him was gone and would never return - why do you think Bruno felt like this? 

- what is the name for a person who has to travel to find a safe home? (refugee)

- Do you think people choose to be refugees?

- Is this about refugees?

- Imagine what it feels like to have to travel and find a new home where there is a new language and you don't know anyone and you have no home. Wy do you think Bruno chose to represent his sculptures like this?

- what is a global citizen? What do you think Bruno wants his art to create?

- why is this about No Outsiders?

- Which British Value is this about?

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Penguin

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1w78ylrq8jo

What do you see in the picture, what do you think the story is here?

During the summer holidays there was sad news from Sydney when Sphen, a famous gentoo penguin sadly died. Sphen became very famous in 2018 when he fell in love with another male penguin called Magic at Sydney Aquarium. The couple adopted eggs twice and brought up two penguin chicks together.

Magic and Sphen became famous around the world and people fell in love with their story and visited the aquarium to see the chicks raised by two daddies.

Sea Life Sydney Aquarium said Sphen and Magic had an "immeasurable impact around the word as a symbol of equality."

When Magic realised Sphen had died, he started to sing and the whole penguin colony joined in. The zoo keepers said it was an emotional moment.

Many people commented online about Spen's impact:

Mark said, "Sphen and Magic were equality icons"

Habibi said, "You taught the world so much, we will never forget you" and added an Arabic term of affection.

There is a short video in the link above showing Sphen and magic when they adopted their first chick.

- This story is about an animal in a zoo that died. Yet it made the news all over the world - why?

- Why do you think two male penguins adopting a chick is so interesting to people?

- Sphen and Magic had an "immeasurable impact around the word as a symbol of equality."- what does this mean?

- what does this say about families in 2024 around the world?

- why did all the penguins join in singing when Sphen died? What does that show abut how the other penguins felt about him?

- People commented using English and using Arabic; what does this show about different people and respect for different families?

- some people might argue Sphen and Magic are not a proper family; how would you respond?

- what do we say at our school about different families?

- what is the law in the UK about this? (Equality Act - sexual orientation)

- who else is protected in the Equality Act?

- Some people might say children don't need to know about things like this. How would you respond?

- why is this about No Outsiders?

- Which British value is this about?

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