http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/schoolboys-isca-academy-exeter-skirts-uniform-rules_uk_594b9520e4b01cdedf00a147?ir=UK+Parents
Over 30 boys at a secondary school in Exeter chose to wear skirts to school in protest against a rule that said they were not allowed to wear shorts.
The boys wore the skirts on the hottest day of the year. The school uniform policy states male students must wear trousers while female students are allowed to choose between grey trousers or a tartan skirt.
The boys received a huge amount of support on twitter. One person said, "The boys make me feel optimistic about future generations."
Following the protest the school chose to allow boys to wear shorts during the summer.
What's happening in the picture?
Who do you see?
Explain the story
- Why do you think the school did not want boys to wear shorts?
- Why do you think girls were given a choice between trousers and a skirt?
- Is this school demonstrating equality?
- Why do some schools make boys and girls wear different clothes?
- What could schools do to solve this and make the situation fair for everyone?
- What does gender neutral mean? (it means something is common to both male and female genders)
- Could schools have gender neutral school uniform polices? What would that mean? (It would mean uniforms were not based on gender. Children could choose what they wanted to wear within the uniform)
- Could our school have a gender neutral uniform policy?
- Why is this story about no outsiders?
- What can we learn from the boys at this school?
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