Football fans

https://www.itv.com/news/2018-08-20/dutch-football-fans-throw-cuddly-toys-to-sick-children-at-feyenoord-match/

Feyenoord, a football team from The Netherlands invited patients from a children's hospital to watch a home game on a Sunday afternoon. The visiting team, Excelsior, heard about the children coming to the match and organised a surprise.

After finding out the children were sitting on a tier below them, the Excelsior supporters brought hundreds of cuddly toys with them and on a signal before the match, threw the toys down to the children. For a few minutes the sky was raining cuddly toys; the pitch and stands were covered in bears and zebras.

What do you see in the picture?
Where is the picture taken?
What do you think football fans might throw?
Can you see what is being thrown in this picture?

Explain the story

- Why did Feyenoord invite children from the local hospital to their match?
- Why did the football fans decide to give toys to children from the hospital?
- The football fans were form a different city; why didn't the football fans keep the toys and give them to children from their own city?
- What does this show us about football fans today?
- Who could have felt like outsiders at this match?
- How do you think the toys made everyone feel at the match?
- what can we learn from the football fans in this story?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in Primary Schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

friendship

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/boy-buys-new-wheelchair-best-friend/?fbclid=IwAR39tB1271LflXXGfRMscqIaVYWc4WcLNaRVXujNywE55r9i1RidjQcCjgw

Kamden and Paul are best friends; they both love superheroes and meet up to watch videos. Kamden uses a wheelchair and one day Paul was horrified when he saw his friend's chair tip up and Kamden fall out.

The problem was Kamden had grown too big for his chair, but his family could not afford to buy a new one. Paul said, "His wheelchair has fallen forward so many times and that sucks. Also he has a really hard time pushing it because it's so heavy."

Paul decided he needed to help his friend so he investigated ways to raise money. Paul asked his Mun to set up a Go Fund Me page to raise $3900 for a new chair. In 26 days the page had raised $5935!

Kamden's mum said, "What really contributes to their friendship is that Paul does not see Kamden as someone who has a disability. He sees him as Kamden. Because of that, Kamden truly is himself around him." Paul never acted as though his friend was different.

What do you see in the picture?
How are the children different?
How are the children similar?
How can you tell they are friends?

Explain the story

- Why did Kamden fall out of his wheelchair?
- What do you think Paul did when his friend fell out of his wheelchair? What do you think Paul said to Kamden?
- Why do you think the fundraiser raised so much money so quickly?
- Where did that money come from?
- What does that tell us about people around the world today and attitudes toward disability?
- Kamden's Mum says, "Paul does not see Kamden as someone who has a disability", what does she mean?
- Who could have been an outsider in this story?
- What happened to make sure that person was not an outsider?
- What can we learn from Kamden and Paul?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in Primary Schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools@ Preapring young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

food bank

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-46388211

People across the UK have responded to a social media campaign to support food banks over Christmas, started by a member of a traveller community in Durham. Watson Harrop is a proud Gyspy living in Durham and he asked his friends to film themselves filling up their trolleys with food bank donations. Many people took up the challenge, which has now gone worldwide.

Watson says, "The concept is quite simple. People film themselves with their food bank donations and challenge friends to do the same on social media." Its irrelevant how much people spend,
"If someone buys ten tins of beans for £2 that is good enough."

Food banks around the UK are reporting a huge intake. A food bank in Darlington said the amount of donations were a miracle of Christmas; "I've never seen anything like it! I was speechless!"
Food banks in Coventry and Stratford were also stunned. Watson's local food bank has enough food to last till July.

What do you see in the picture?
What do you think is happening?

Explain the story

- What is a food bank?
- How do food banks get food?
- Why do you think so many people are giving food?
- When people give food do they know who is going to eat it? Is there a "Christian" section, a "Muslim" section? A section for people of different race, or language? Why not?
- Are the people who donate to food banks bothered about who gets to eat their donation?
- This challenge has gone viral, what does this show about people in the UK today and their attitudes towards different people and people who need help?
- Watson is from the traveller community; why didn't he set up a challenge just to help other people in the traveller community? What does this show about Watson?
- What can we learn from Watson?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in Primary Schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

racist graffiti

https://inews.co.uk/news/walthamstow-racist-sign-graffiti-transformed-diversity-local-artist/

Racist graffiti found in London this week was transformed in to a celebration of diversity by an artist. The sign originally said "Speak English" but when local artist Chris Walker saw it he added, "we" and then listed a huge range of other languages spoken in the area- Lithuanian, Panjabi (spelled incorrectly), Bulgarian, French, Turkish, Urdu, Tamil, Polish, Romanian, Cockney, French.

Chris posted the sign on twitter saying, "I can only assume our local 'artist' was spooked before he could finish his masterpiece, Allow me to finish it for you."

Chris said he wanted his altered sign to point out "The area's diversity is what makes it so great."

"I saw they'd left me quite a bit of space around their 'artwork' so I thought I'd fill in the blanks."

What do you see in the picture?
What is the sign about?
Why do you think the handwriting is different for English and the other words?

explain the story

- why do you think someone chose to write "Speak English" on a fence? (some people don't understand about No Outsiders yet; some people are scared of difference including hearing language they don't understand. Some people think their city is better with one kind of language, one kind of skin colour, one kind of faith; it's the opposite to what we know and what the artist Chris knows - our city is brilliant because of the different language, different race and different religion!)
- why do people say "Speak English" is racist?
- Why did Chris add "we"?
- Why did Chris add lots of different languages?
-Chris says "They left me quite a bit of space" and he, "filled in the blanks", "Allow me to finish it for you," what does he mean?
- Why didn't Chris just rub out the graffiti or paint over it?
- The new graffiti got lots of press attention and went viral on twitter - what does this show about people in the UK today and what they think about different language?
- What do you think the person who wrote the original words feels about the changes? How do we change attitudes towards difference when someone doesn't understand about No Outsiders?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

Refugee store

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/23/choose-love-pop-up-shop-london-customers-buy-gifts-refugees

Choose Love store has opened in Soho, London. In this store people don't shop for themselves, instead shoppers buy gifts for refugees.

The shop asks people to, "Shop your heart out and leave with nothing and feel the love." Shoppers can purchase sleeping bags, blankets and solar-powered lamps, also people can pay for legal advice, help with family reunions or mental health care.

This is the second year the shop has opened. Last year Choose Love raised £750,000 for refugees, paying for 800,000 meals and over 3000 nights of accommodation. 

What do you see in the picture?

Where are the people?

What is the shop called?

What do you think is sold in the shop?

explain the story

- What is a refugee?

- Why has the shop opened?

- Why is there a queue?

- Why does the shop say, "Leave with nothing and feel the love," why is the shop called, "Choose Love"?

- The shop raised £750,000 last year; where did that money come from?

- Do people buying gifts care about the race, religion or background of the refugees they are buying for?

- What do the people buying gifts care about?

- What does this show us about many people in the UK today and their attitude towards refugees?

-  What can we learn from the owners of this shop?

- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our schools: Teaching the equality act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

Rainbow Laces

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46330364

Rugby teams from around the world played matches this weekend and added a symbol to their kit. World champions New Zealand, and teams from Wales, France and USA wore rainbow laces in their games.

Rainbow laces are a symbol of support for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) people and show that everyone is welcome in sport. Earlier this month a famous rugby player Gareth Thomas was attacked in his home city; Gareth is gay and his attacker chose to attack him because he felt hate towards gay people.

Many rugby players want to show their support for Gareth and show all LGBT people that they are welcome at rugby games. Captain of the Cardiff Blues, Blaine Scully, said; "Following the horrible attack on Gareth last weekend, I'm proud to stand with Gareth and the wider LGBT community against hate."

The photo shows the All Blacks team from New Zealand performing the Haka and wearing rainbow laces before their match with Italy.

What do you see in the picture?
What are they doing?
Do you notice anything different about their kit?

explain the story

- Why are rugby players wearing rainbow laces?
- what are rainbow laces for?
- why was Gareth attacked? (Gareth was not attacked "because he is gay"; lots of gay people walk around every day and are not attacked and Gareth has walked around in the week since and not been attacked. Gareth was attacked because one person didn't understand about difference and No Outsiders. Some people are afraid of difference and feel hate towards people they think are different. This person did not understand that gay people are just people who are different in one way; this person needs to visit a school where there are no outsiders so he can learn about different people and equality.)
- why does the rugby captain Blaine say he is "proud to stand with Gareth and the wider LGBT community"?
- how do you think Gareth felt when he saw lots of rugby players wearing rainbow laces?
- how do you think the person who attacked Gareth felt when he saw so many rugby players wearing rainbow laces?
- what can we learn from these rugby players?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the equality act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radial ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat 

Suffragettes

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/suffragette-hilda-burkitt-new-street-15422472

A huge portrait of a woman who lived 100 years ago has been unveiled at Birmingham New St Station. The portrait, by artist Helen Marshall, covers the floor of the station. It is an image of Hilda Burkitt, born in Wolverhampton in 1876, and formed of 3,724 selfies and pictures of women from members of the public.

Hilda was a suffragette, campaigning for women's rights and the right to vote. She was imprisoned at Winson Green Prison in Birmingham and went on hunger strike. She was force fed 292 times.

In 1909 the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith visited Birmingham for a budget meeting and women were not allowed in the building so the suffragettes disrupted the meeting, one woman climbing on the roof. As the Prime left the meeting he was surrounded by suffragettes protesting for women's rights. He boarded a train at Birmingham New St to return to London and as the train left the station, Hilda threw a stone at the train which smashed a window. Hilda was then sent to prison for two months. 

Hilda's picture now rests just metres from where she threw the stone.

What do you see in the picture?
Who do you think the person is?
Where do you think it is and why do you think it has been created?

explain the story

- What were the suffragettes protesting about?
- Why didn't women have equality 100 years ago?
- What is different today?
- What law do we have in Britain that says women and men should be equal? (The Equality Act 2010)
- What other groups of people are mentioned in the Equality Act?
- In 1909 Hilda broke the law, should we be celebrating that?
- Do you think Hilda was right to throw a stone at the train?
- Why did the artist choose to make the image from images of women today?
- How would Hilda feel if she knew 100 years after being labelled a criminal and serving time in prison, she would have her image created in New Street Station?
- What does this show about ideas and society? (they can change)
- What can we learn from Hilda Burkitt?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the equality act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

Different families

https://www.upworthy.com/this-blended-family-is-nothing-like-the-bradys-that-s-more-than-fine-with-them?c=hpstream

This is the Ahmed family; a Mum and Dad with five children living in America. Faquir Ahmed was living in an apartment with his two children when he met Chaney Jernigan, a Mum with three children.

When Ahmed and Chaney got married the two families lived together as one family with all their differences.  Ahmed is Muslim, Chaney is Christian and the family aren't all the same race.

Chaney says, "Our family is all jumbled up in a good way."

One of the children, Ojeyo says, "Our skin tones don't match but is doesn't matter. We're a family."

Chaney says, "People kinda go, 'They don't look like you!' My husband's of Bengali, Portugese and Italian descent, I was raised a Christian, Faquir was raised Muslim."

Faquir says, "We never say, 'Hey this way is the right way or that religion is the right way,' there's no wrong answers."

Chaney says, "Family means love, it's being there for each other no matter what."

What do you see in the picture
How do you think the people know each other?

explain the picture

- What is a family?
- What makes this family different?
- What does this picture show us about family life in the world today?
- Faquir is Muslim and Chaney is Christian; how does that work? What does that show us about families and religion today?
- Why does Faquir say about faith, "We don't say this way is the right way or that religion is the right way; there are no wrong answers" What does he mean?
- What can we learn from this family?
-Why is story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the equality act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

Armistice day sand portraits

 
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/remembrance-day-2018-stunning-images-show-sand-portraits-of-casualties-who-fought-in-world-war-one-a3986991.html

32 beaches around Britain had sand portraits of World War One soldiers to commemorate 100 years since the end of the war on 11/11/2018.

'Pages of the sea' was a project organised by Danny Boyle and groups of people gathered on Sunday morning to create an image of a different person who fought in the war. The portraits included Second Lieutenant Walter Tull who was the first black officer in the British army, and Imperial Military Nurse Rachel Ferguson.

Danny Boyle said he wanted to provide a community-based opportunity to commemorate armistice day. He said the beaches are, "amazing democratic places, everybody is equal so we wanted to create an artwork."

"When the tide goes out the volunteers come together and make an imprint like a photograph of the people who served. Then we'll stand back as the tide returns and it will wash these faces away for the last time. Let's fill the beaches around the UK and stand together. It would be a final goodbye, a final salute to those who gave their lives"

What's happening in the picture?
What is it for?

explain the story

- What is armistice day?
- Why do people wear poppies?
- Why do we say we should never forget those who died in the war?
- Why do we hold a silence at 11:00 every year on armistice day?
- Why do you think Danny Boyle included a black soldier and women in the list of portraits?
- Danny says he wanted to use beaches because they are "democratic places" and "everybody is equal" what does he mean?
- What is symbolic about the tide coming in and washing away the faces?
- How do you think the people in the communities felt as they came together and made the portraits?
- The portraits are now washed away, but what do you think  their impact has been?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the equality act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain 

Interfaith community

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/muslim-groups-raises-150000-to-cover-funeral-costs-for-all-pittsburgh-victims-in-just-48-hours-a3976986.html

Two Muslim groups have raised money to help Jewish families affected by the tragedy in a Synagogue in Pittsburgh, USA where 11 people were killed.

The picture shows a vigil held outside the Synagogue in the days after the shooting, where more than 1000 people came to pay their respects and show support for the community.

The two Muslim groups raised their target of $25,000 just six hours after launching the appeal. In 48 hours $150,000 was raised. The money will pay for the funerals of the people who died and will go to the families affected.

John Sayles, director of the Jewish Federation's community relations council said, "Pittsburgh is such a tight knit community, and the Islamic centre of Pittsburgh are true friends of the Jewish community here. They have stepped up for us in countless ways. There's a few things keeping us going  right now but this is at the top of the list."

What do you see in the picture?
What are they doing?
What do you notice about the people, how are they similar and different?

Say the photo was taken in Pittsburgh, USA following an attack on a Jewish Synagogue where 11 people died.

- Why did someone choose to attack a Synagogue? (This person didn't understand about difference; he is afraid of people who are different to him because he hasn't learned yet that it's ok to be different. Explain that some people think we all have to be the same - same skin, same religion, same kind of people; it's the opposite view to us, we know it's good to have different skin, different religions and be friends with different kinds of people, but this man hadn't learned that yet; he hadn't heard of No Outsiders. It's why we have to tell everyone about our brilliant school where we are all different but we get along, and everyone is welcome, so that this doesn't happen again.)
- What do you notice about the people attending the vigil, all they all the same gender or age? Do they all have the same skin colour, do you think they are all Jewish? What does the picture show about the people of Pittsburgh and how they feel about people of different faith?
- why are people from one faith community raising money to pay for the funerals of people from a different faith?
- What does this show about people of different faith in the world today?
- The groups achieved their target in just 6 hours and raised far more than they expected after two days; what does this show about how the Islamic community in Pittsburgh feels about people of different faith?
- Why does John Sayles say, "the Islamic centre are true friends of the Jewish community"?
- What can we learn from the Islamic community of Pittsburgh?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the equality act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

bookshop community

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/29/southampton-bookshop-october-books-enlists-human-chain-to-move-to-new-store?fbclid=IwAR3rBnVJwORIgsQex1UppYr14d9Z3EkK_W9Gd3cyXwdNSlSWnqmbUMNu1s0

A community bookshop in Southampton had to move because the rent went up and they could not afford to stay. They managed to raise funds to buy an old building 150 metres away but had to find a way of moving their 2000 books.

The local community came to the rescue, forming a human chain from the old bookshop to the new bookshop and passing books along the chain to their new home.

Jani Franck, who joined the human chain said, "It's amazing. The power of community coming together and achieving something like this."

What do you see in the picture?
What do you notice about the people - how are they similar, how are they different?
What do you think they are doing?

explain the story

- What are bookshops for?
- Why do the people in this town want to help their bookshop stay open?
- How does a human chain work? Why did people give up their time to pass books along a chain?
- What do you notice about the people? Are they all the same? What does this show about who the bookshop is for?
- How do you think the people in the chain felt as they passed the books? In the photo lots of the people are smiling, why?
- What does Jani mean by "the power of community"?
- What does this story and photo tell us about people living in the UK today?
- What can we learn from the people in the photo?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching about the Equality Act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

disability bus ride

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/paris-bus-driver-hailed-for-kicking-all-passengers-off-after-they-refused-to-make-room-for-a3977531.html?fbclid=IwAR3BvDCNz7aUX5pULIHsMObA5l3hIdG2-ExHPHf_vXYXd6zPffJE2gVEjtI

Francois Le Berre was waiting for a bus in Paris and when the bus came he tried to get on. Francois has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair. There is a place on each bus where wheelchairs can sit, but there were people standing in the space and no-one offered to move.

The bus driver noticed Francois struggling to find a space and he stopped the bus. He stood up and shouted, "Terminating! Everybody off!" asking everyone to leave the bus. The driver then allowed Francois back on the bus, telling the other passengers, "You wait for the next one," and drove off with Francois as the only passenger.

A twitter page called "Accessible pour TOUS" tweeted the story which has gone viral. One person wrote, "Bravo to the bus driver, shame on the passengers."

What do you see in the picture?

Where do you think the person is?

What do you think the story might be?

explain the story

- Why do buses have spaces for disabled passengers?

- Why were people standing in the space for disabled passengers?

- When Francois tried to get on the bus, what could the other passengers have done?

- Why did the bus driver shout "Terminating!"

- Why did the driver then allow Francois back on the bus?

- What was the driver trying to show the other passengers?

- Francois could have waited for the next bus, why didn't the driver ask him to wait?

- What does this show us about the driver and his attitude towards difference and diversity?

- Why has this story gone viral? What does this show us about people around the world and their attitudes towards disability?

- Why has someone tweeted, "Shame on the passengers!"

- What else could the passengers have done?

- The twitter feed translates as "accessible for all" what does this mean?

- What can we learn from the driver?

- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

Gas station help

https://www.indy100.com/article/two-men-act-of-kindness-money-change-petrol-carlos-davis-8603376

Two men noticed a woman was paying for her petrol using pennies. They stepped in and offered to help her out by paying the bill for her, giving her a handful of cash to make life a little easier.

The woman then broke down in tears and told the men her husband died only a week ago and she was finding it hard to cope. She thanked the men and one replied, "It's only right, we've got to stick together."

The woman says, "How can I repay you?" and the man replied,
"You don't have to replay me, that's for you." His friend also says, "Pay it forward."

A clip of the story has gone viral and the man has been identified as American comedian Carlos Davis. People on twitter have been praising the actions of the two men, one said, "We've got to take care of each other. That's what America needs right now."

What do you see in the picture?
What do you think might be happening?
What do you notice about the people in the picture- how are they similar, how are they different?

explain the story

- Why do you think the woman was paying for petrol using pennies?
- Why did the two men stop her and give her cash?
- How do you think the woman felt when the men gave her cash?
- Did the men know the woman's husband had died?
- What did the man mean by, "We've got to stick together"?
- Why don't the men give the women their address so she can send money to them later?
- The woman offers to repay the men and one says, "Pay it forward," what does he mean?
- Why do you think this clip has gone viral? What does this show about people around the world today?
- How do you think this incident will affect the woman in future?
- What can we learn from the men in this story?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

Equality and equity

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kid-helps-his-little-sister-play-basketball-video_uk_5bc9b582e4b0d38b58771366?p5a&utm_hp_ref=uk-homepage

A 30 second video showing a boy teaching his sister to play basketball has gone viral around the world.

In the clip, the girl is seen trying to get the ball in to the basket, but it rolls back and drops on to her face. The girl cries and her brother steps forward to hug and kiss her, saying, "It's OK, you're strong!"

The brother then offers to carry his sister, giving her the ball and lifting her to reach the basket, before clapping when the ball hits the target.

The clip has been viewed over 14 million times in 6 days and the boy has been called "Brother of the year" on twitter.

What do you see in the picture?
What is happening?
What do you think the story is?

- Why did the girl find basketball difficult? Because of her gender of because of her age?
- Why is the boy better at basketball? (age and height)
- When the girl fails, why doesn't the boy laugh at her?
- The boy could have said, "Basketball is for boys!" why doesn't he say that?
- Why does the boy say, "It's OK, you're strong!"
- When the boy tells his sister she is strong, she stops crying - why?
- Why does he pick her up rather than encouraging her to try again on her own?
- Why has this clip gone viral?
- Why has the boy been called "Brother of the year"?
- What can we learn from the boy?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders? (Because the girl felt like an outsider when she couldn't do it. She needed a bit of extra help because of her age and ability and the brother made sure he gave her the right support. he made sure she no longer felt like an outsider)

In upper KS2/3 add this question:
This is a good example of equality and equity. What is the difference?
- equality is where everyone is treated the same, equity is when everyone is treated fairly.
- the two children have different needs to get the basketball in the net; if they are both treated the same, one will find more difficulty because of age and height.
- sometimes different people need different strategies to achieve the same outcome
- in order to make the game fair, the girl needs more help; the boy is making sure her needs are met.

Penguins - different families

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/12/same-sex-penguin-couple-fosters-egg-sydney-aquarium/

Magic and Sphen are two male penguins at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, Australia. The gentoo penguins were observed forming a bond earlier this year and they were often seen bowing to each other. Penguin Supervisor Tish Nannan says, "Bowing is a gentoo way of saying they love each other." Sphen then gave  Magic a stone, which the penguin staff understood to be a token of affection like a proposal, before the couple built a nest together.

Staff decided to give Sphen and Magic a fake egg to practise their parenting skills and then they were given a real egg. Tish says penguins parents can only raise one chick at a time and the original parents of the egg didn't even notice it was missing. When they were given the egg Magic and Steph, "immediately knew exactly what it was and started incubating it and we're really really happy."

Magic and Steph are the first same sex penguins in Australia to be given a foster egg to raise. but there are other stories of penguins around the world who have raised chicks in different families. Roy and Silo in New York City zoo became famous and they had a book written about them (And Tango makes three). At Wingham Wildlife Park in Kent, UK, a same sex pair raised a chick that had been abandoned by its parents. The park owner Tony Biskin says, "These two have so far proven to be two of the best penguin parents we have had yet."

What do you see in the picture?
What do you think the story might be?

explain the story

- How did the zoo keepers know Sphen and Magic were a couple?
- Why did they decide to give the penguins a fake egg?
- Why did the zoo keepers decide to give the penguins a real egg?
- Why does Tish say, "We're really happy"?
- What does this story show about different families?
- What is the name for two males who are in a couple? (gay), what is the name for two females in a couple? (lesbian)
- The story has been celebrated and gone viral around the world; why?
- What does this show about people around the around the world and their attitudes toward different families?
- What can we learn from the penguins Spen and Magic?
- What can we learn from the zoo keepers at Sydney Sea Life?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

"No outsiders in our school: Teaching the equality act in primary schools" by Andrew Moffat

"Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain" by Andrew Moffat 

Dr Who - identity

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45763549

The new series of Dr Who has aired with the Dr as a female for the first time. During the episode the Dr was told she was a woman and she replied, "Am I? Does it suit me? Oh yeah I remember. Half an hour ago I was a white-haired Scotsman." Later she built her own sonic screwdriver from scratch using impressive engineering skills. 

The Doctor said; "We are all capable of the most incredible change. We can evolve while still saying true to who we are. We can honour who we've been and choose who we want to be next."

What do you see in the picture?
Who is this?

Explain the story

- Why do you think Dr Who has always been a male character up till now? (tradition, "That's the way it's always been", some people might think Dr Who cannot be female)
- Dr Who is now female; what does this show us about ideas ideas and traditions?
- What would you say to someone who says "The Dr should be a man!"
- Read the quote about 'incredible change' - what does the Dr mean?
- What is identity?
- What is the Dr saying about identity in this quote?
- What can we learn from the Dr?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the equality act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

Breaking down barriers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-45550555

Sannah Hussain is a boxer from Scotland, currently in training for "Judgement Night", a boxing tournament in Glasgow. She is also Muslim and she is visually impaired.

Sannah is raising money for a children's charity and says; "It's really helped break that barrier that women can't do this or women of this community cant do this, because they certainly can."

Sannah wears her hijab in the ring; "If I'm going to wear my sports hijab, they'll let me do that because they understand from speaking to me how important this is to show other people there's no limits, there's always a way round something."

"Like everything in life it's just about finding a way around things that are challenging."

Sannah finds reading small writing challenging and is often unable to read detail but she did not let that stop her working hard and achieving a degree. She talks about overcoming challenges; "When you overcome that barrier it makes you realise there is so much more you can probably do that you didn't realise and you want to discover those things."

What do you see in the picture

Where are they? What are they doing?

What do you notice about the person in the picture?

explain the story

- Why is Sannah unusual?

- What is a stereotype? Why is this story about stereotypes?

- What is Sannah doing to breral down stereotypes?

-Sannah talks about breaking down barriers, what does she mean?

- What is a hijab? Why does Sannah want to wear a hijab in the ring?

- If Hijab's are not allowed in the ring, what does Sannah do? (she talks to people and then they understand) What does this show about the importance of dialogue?

- Sannah says "It's about finding a way around things that are challenging." what does she mean?

- What can we learn from Sannah?

- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in Primary Schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

Refugee mural

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/refugee-creates-stunning-mural-to-encourage-the-nation-to-choose-love_uk_5b292041e4b0f0b9e9a5928f?utm_hp_ref=uk-humankind

Majid Adin is an artist from Iran. He was forced to leave Iran in 2016 and became an refugee in the UK.

Majid has created a huge mural in London with the support of two charities to celebrate the kindness he received when he came to Britain.  He has been helped by local primary school children and local asylum seekers and refugees and says that he wants the art to bring people together.

Majid says, "Arriving and living in a new country with a different language and culture can be incredibly isolating. But ever since I arrived I have been shown great kindness and love. At first I struggled with my English but people were there to help me."

"I know some people in the UK are against refugees and we hear a lot about that in the news. But for me the British public have been incredibly welcoming."

"I wanted to work with Help Refugees (charity) to create a piece of art that represented the love that people have shown me throughout my journey."

"I want to bring together a community to celebrate our common humanity. To show people it doesn't matter what age, faith, sexuality or nationality you are, when we work together and show compassion and kindness toward each other we can do brilliant things."

What do you see in the picture?

What do you think the art is about?

Who do you think created it?

explain the story

- What is a refugee?

- How does someone become a refugee?

- How did Majid feel when he first came to the UK? What does isolating mean?

- Why do you think people helped Majid?

- What does this show us about many people in the UK today and their attitude toward people who are different?

- Why do you think Majid chose to create this art?

- Majid says he wants to bring together a community; how does this art help him to do that?

- Why does Majid say "it doesn't matter what age, faith, sexuality, nationality you are"?

- What do you think Majid would think about our No Outsiders ethos?

- What can we learn from Majid?

- what can we learn from the people Majid met when he first came to Britain?

- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in Primary Schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

Diving

http://www.funcage.com/blog/british-artist-sue-austin-scuba-diving-while-sitting-in-a-wheelchair-12-photos/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/21/underwater-wheelchair-flying-diving

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/clip/522427fc-f6fc-4fb8-8427-91e8d54b7904

Sue Austin is a British diver and artist. She is also a wheelchair user so when she dives, she does it in a different way to others. Sue says diving in her chair gives her the most incredible sense of freedom.

Sue says "Acquiring a disability has led to doing things I would have never even dreamed of."

When Sue first started using s wheelchair (aged 31) she felt people saw her differently; "It seemed like people were seeing me not as myself anymore, but from the perspective of what they assumed it must be like to be in a wheelchair."

"Because those stereotypes around disability are so powerful, people can get lost in them."

Sue has been asked to visit NASA to explore wheelchair use in space, and has recently achieved a flex wings pilots licence so wants to design a flying wheelchair. Sue says this feels like only just the beginning.

Sue says that people are realising that, "viewing the world from different perspectives enables them to have new experiences and breaks down boundaries for us all."

What do you see in the picture?
What is the person doing?
What is different about the way the person is diving?

Explain the story

- Why do you think people saw Sue differently when she first started using a chair?
- What does Sue mean by "stereotypes around disability"?
- How is Sue breaking down disability stereotypes?
- In what way is Sue encouraging people to view the world "from different perspectives"?
- Why does Sue want us to see things differently?
- What other groups of people can suffer from stereotypes?
- How does looking at things differently 'break down barriers for us all'?
- What can we learn from Sue?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

"No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in primary schools" by Andrew Moffat

"Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: preparing young children for life in modern Britain" by Andrew Moffat

Painting differently

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/disability-45501265/how-a-son-s-plea-launched-his-disabled-father-s-new-career

Seok Chang-woo is a painter. Thirty years ago he was an engineer but after an accident at work he had to have both arms and two toes amputated. One day Seok's son asked him to draw something, so Seok drew a bird. People saw the bird and told Seok he had talent. Seok decided he wanted to become an artist.

When Seok first went to art school the teacher said he had never taught anyone with no arms and advised him to go home and find another hobby, but Soek was determined.

Seok is now a famous painter. He uses his whole body to paint and often performs for audiences. He says if someone offered him his arms back he would refuse; "I like the way I am now."

What do you see in the picture?
What is the person doing?
What is different about the person?

Explain the story

- How do you think Seok felt when his son asked him to draw a picture?
- Why didn't Seok say to his son, "I can't"?
- How do you think Seok felt when he found a different way to draw?
- Why did the art teacher turn Seok away?
- Why did Seok refuse to leave art school?
- What British law says you should not face discrimination because of disability? (Equality Act)
- Who else is included in the law?
- What can we learn from Seok?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

Year 7 Bus home

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/liverpool-schoolboys-crying-bus-taxi-praise-world-a8528921.html

On the first day of secondary school at the end of the day a year 7 boy in Liverpool realised he had got on the wrong bus. He had no phone, no money and didn't know how to get home. 

The three older boys in the photo noticed the younger boy getting upset and helped him; they got off the bus at the next stop with him, phoned a taxi for him and gave him £10 to get home. They then waited with him till the cab arrived. When the taxi driver realised what had happened, he refused to charge the boy for the trip, taking him home free of charge.

The Head Teacher of the school has said this "sets the tone" for the year, "He has set a great example in front of a whole bus of year sevens, who all have that worry and anxiety about the bigger kids. It is a brilliant example of the older kids looking after them."

What do you see in the photo?

Explain this story is about being kind - ask the children to suggest what might have happened

explain the story

- How do year 7s feel as they start secondary school?

- Why do you think the boy got on the wrong bus?

- How did he feel as he sat alone and realised he was going the wrong way?

- When the older boys saw him getting upset, what options did they have?

- Why did they choose to help him?

- why does the Head Teacher say the boy set an example?

- Why did the taxi driver take the boy home free of charge?

- What does this show about people in our communities today?

- What can we learn from the boys in the photo?

- Why is this story about No Outsiders? (the younger boy felt like an outsider as a new starter at the school; the older boys made sure he felt welcome)

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat 

Female Muslim boxer

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/meet-ramla-ali-the-first-british-female-muslim-boxing-champion_uk_5af46a7ee4b0859d11d132bf

Ramala Ali is the first British female Muslim boxing champion. She has won every boxing title there is to win in Britain and now wants to represent Somalia in the 2020 Olympics.

Ramala came to the UK from Somalia when she was a child. She started boxing as a teenager but she knew her parents would disapprove and so she didn't tell them about her passion. They found out when Ramla's brother saw her boxing in a match on television. Ramla's mother was very angry and told her to quit. Ramla says, "I've been so worried about what my family would think that I'd stop for a bit to make them happy. Then I'd go back when the bug would hit." Ramla says today she regrets the times she stopped.

Then Ramla was interviewed recently on Somali TV about her boxing and her uncle saw it. Ramla says, "He called me and told me how proud he was and how it broke his heart that I had to hide it so long. My Mum was worried about what her brothers might think but her family being OK with it made her much more OK with it and more supportive."

Ramla says after her last fight in Denmark, which she won, her Mum called her to say she was so happy; "I could never have pictured that we'd ever have a conversation like that."

Ramla talks about whether to represent GB or Somalia at the Olympics; "Some people have said, 'You're British.' I've lived here close enough to all my life and I love this country. But I was born in Somalia so for me to represent my homeland - it's something no one else has ever done... to wear Somalia kit just once would be amazing!" 

Ramla' is inspiring other athletes to follow their dreams.

- what do you see in the picture?

- how would you describe the boxers in the photo.

explain the story

- why is this story news? What's different about Ramla Ali?

- Why did Ramla feel she had to keep her sport hidden form her family?

- What was Ramla's Mum worried about?

- Ramla's Mum is proud of her daughter today - why do you think Mum changed her mind?

- What does this show us about people and ideas? (ideas can change and people can change)

- Why does Ramla want to box for Somalia in the Olympics rather than team GB?

- What does this show us about the UK today? (It shows us the UK is home to different people of different nationalities. We all have different identities but we can be proud of where we came from and and we all belong.)

- what can we learn from Ramla?

- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the equality act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

Male cheerleader

https://www.metro.us/sports/nfl-male-cheerleaders-rams-saints

https://www.queerty.com/nfls-first-male-cheerleader-totally-slays-debut-performance-met-cheers-jeers-20180820

The American football season has started and this year for the first time there will be male cheerleaders performing during the NFL games.

Napoleon Jinnies, Quinton Peron and Jesse Hernandez are the first males to join a traditionally all female event. Napoleon tweeted, "Everyone's love and support has been insane! Thank you and GO RAMS!"

One American commentator said, "A new normal has dawned."

Show the top picture first
- What do you see?
- Who are they? What job do you think they might have?
- Do you notice any differences?

show the second picture to show what the people in the photo do
- what are they called?
- why has this photo made the news?

explain the story

- what is a cheerleader?
- why does Napoleon say "Go RAMS!"
- why do you think traditionally cheerleaders have been all-female?
- what is different today?
- what does this show us about traditions and ideas? (they can change)
- what does this show us about gender equality in 2018?
- what does the commentator mean by "a new normal"?
- what can we learn from Napoleon, Jesse and Quinton?
- what can we learn from the NFL cheerleaders?
- why is this story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the equality act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat

Going back to school assembly

Photograph: Jason Peters/AP

On 31st July 2015 164 members of the international skydiving team broke the world record for skydiving formation, over Illinois USA. This was their 13th attempt to build a shape resembling a giant flower. The previous record was 138.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2015/jul/31/world-record-skydiving-formation-in-pictures

-What is happening in this picture?
- The skydiving team are an "International" team, what does that mean?
- How did the team make this happen?
- Do you think anyone on the team said, "I'm not holding his hand because we are a different religion," or, "I'm not holding your hand because we are from a different country". Did anyone say, "We have skin that is a different colour so we can't hold hands"?
- What was the consequence when everyone worked together?
- How do you think the team felt when they were working together and skydiving?
-You can see one skydiver is apart from the group and has not made the formation. What do you think the others are shouting to that skydiver? Do you think someone let the skydiver in?
- What are we going to do in school this year to make sure we can work together like this?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

"No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the equality act in primary schools" by Andrew Moffat

"Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain" by Andrew Moffat

Aretha Franklin Respect

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/08/14/how-aretha-franklins-respect-became-an-anthem-for-civil-rights-and-feminism/?utm_term=.c1c3abd32b3b

Aretha Franklin is known as the Queen of Soul; she was a singer born in Memphis, America in 1942 who died on August 16th 2018. One of Aretha's most famous songs is called "Respect" and she recorded it in 1967 at the height of the civil rights movement in America. The song became an anthem for civil rights, race equality and gender equality.

Aretha sings: "R E S P E C T, find out what it means to me". The song was No1 in America for 12 weeks. At the time in America black people did not have equality; only ten years previously America was segregated meaning black and white people were not allowed to mix and in many places this continued. Aretha's Dad was a preacher and was famous for the line; "Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud!".Aretha's song "Respect" became an anthem for human rights across the world.

In the 1960s Aretha Franklin went on tour with Martin Luther King, singing at his rallies as he called for non-violence in the civil rights movement. She also sang at Martin Luther King's funeral in 1968. Aretha's funeral on August 31st was attended by ex-presidents, artists and over 1000 members of the public; it was televised across America and the world.

Aretha Franklin said, "We all want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right."

Play Respect as children come in to the assembly

What do you see in the photo?
Who is it?
What do we know about this person by looking at the photo?

explain the picture

- Why do you think Respect became such a famous song?
- What do you think Aretha learned from her Dad?
- Why is Aretha's Dad saying he's proud to be black?
- Is the song only about Respect for black people?
- Why does Aretha say man or woman as well as black or white? Who else could she include if she said that today?
- Aretha says respect is a basic human right; what does she mean?
- What law in Britain talks about equality? Who is the law for? Who is included?
- What can we learn from Aretha Franklin?
- Why is this song and story about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

Reclaiming radical ideas in schools: Preparing young children for life in modern Britain by Andrew Moffat