World War Two Fly Past

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-47323045





During World war Two in February 1944 an American aircraft named Mi Amigo was returning from a mission over Denmark, where it has been badly damaged. While flying over Sheffield the crew knew they were going to have to attempt a crash landing and the pilot searched for a large green space to try and save the lives of everyone on board. The only green space for miles was Endcliffe Park in Sheffield and the pilot began the descent towards the field.

As the pilot came in to land he saw a group of children playing on the field. At the last moment, to avoid the children, the pilot swerved away from the park and the plane crashed in a wooded area next to the field. All ten crew on the plane lost their lives and a memorial stone marks the spot today.

Tony Foulds was 7 years old when he witnessed the crash. Tony was one of the children playing on the park that day. Ever since the crash Tony has visited the memorial stone to honour the crew of Mi Amigo.

On the 75th anniversary of the crash, 12000 people gathered in Endcliffe Park to watch the US airforce stage a flypast to honour the pilots who lost their lives. The photo shows Tony attending the flypast.

There were visitors from the US, Russia and all over the UK joining the crowds to remember those who died.

What do you see in the picture?
who do you think the people are?
What do you think they might be looking at?

Explain the story

-  why did the plane have to make an emergency landing?
- why did the pilot need a green space?
- how do you think the pilot felt when he saw Endcliffe Park?
- when he saw the children playing on the park, what do you think went through the pilot's mind?
- Why didn't the pilot just land the plane anyway?
- what does that show us about the pilot?
- why has Tony attended the memorial for the last 75 years?
- why did so many people attend the fly past? (what is a fly past?)
- there were people at the flypast from lots of different countries, what does this show us about the world today?
- Tony is 82 years old and he is being called a hero by many people. What does this show us about age?
- This happened a long time ago, why do we still remember things that happened in World War Two' how can we learn from our history?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders (because different people are coming together to remember something that happened a long time ago. It demonstrates community cohesion; people in that crowd will be different race, religion, disabilities, there will be different families and also because Tony is 82 years old yet his actions have created this; age is not a barrier)

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Mosque and homeless

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/mosque-opens-doors-birmingham-homeless-15780150?fbclid=IwAR0R6aSt7znWDG3AYXav_op19q0R3Rsp0sN4Hh_HxAwZqISW4D2YAWiJuOs

https://www.greenlanemasjid.org/glmcc-opens-its-door-to-the-homeless/

As temperatures drop to below freezing in the winter months, a Mosque in Birmingham has opened its doors to homeless people at night. Green Lane Mosque and community centre has started a 'winter freeze'  project and on the first night 4 homeless people spent the night inside the building. By the third night there were 12 homeless people.

One homeless man who stayed in the mosque is a wheelchair user who describes being so cold in previous nights that he couldn't feel his feet. The mosque also serves food and warm tea to the visitors. Local takeaways and restaurants have been offering free food to support the project.

The mosque says, "Our service supports everyone regardless of race, creed or background. We do not discriminate. People are in need and it's our Islamic duty to help."

What do you see in the picture?
Where is it taken?
What do you think is happening?

- What do you think it feels like to be homeless?
- why is being homeless particularly dangerous for people who have no home?
- what is a mosque? Which religion in the UK uses a mosque?
- why is the mosque opening its doors to homeless people?
- "Our service supports everyone regardless of race, creed or background. We do not discriminate. People are in need and it's our Islamic duty to help" why do they say that? What does it mean?
- Why doesn't the mosque say, "Only Muslims can stay here tonight"?
- What does this show us about Muslims and Islam?
- local takeaways and restaurants are donating free food; what does this show us about people in the UK today?
- what can we learn from the people at this mosque?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

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

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

Cheerleaders

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-47107646?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR1iL60Nij9wzW3W_XKl0Rqapl2UFQmVwe69pAQMkob2VLRP8oJUc7PrFaY

The Superbowl is an American football tradition that has been going for 53 years. It is America's most watched TV event. During the game both teams have cheerleaders on the sidelines and at half time the cheerleaders perform a routine.For the first time in Superbowl history, last week male cheerleaders joined the group.

Fans have been supporting the move to include males in the cheerleaders. Although males have never been banned from cheerleading, this is the first time males have participated at Superbowl. A Superbowl fan told Newsbeat after the game, "The two guys are great, they've been brilliant all season. There's been no backlash or anything silly like that, it's just been embraced. It has to happen. It's 2019 now." Many fans told Newsbeat, "It's 2019 now."

One of the males, Napoloen, said, "The whole world, especially the world of entertainment, is in a place of being open. And if you can do the job, then why not?"

What do you see in the picture?
Who are they?
What do you think they do?
What do you notice about the people in the photo?

explain the story

- What is cheerleading?
- Males have never been banned from cheerleading so why do you think we never saw males join in before now?
- what has changed today?
- Lots of people were saying, "It's 2019 now," what are they saying about traditions and change?
- Some people might say cheerleading is just for girls. What would you say to them?
- The Superbowl is the most watched TV programme in America and the cheerleaders included two males what does that show about how most people in America today feel about males and females working together and joining in?
- Napoleon said the whole world is in a place of "being open"; what does he mean?
- What can we learn from Napoleon?
- What can we learn from the other 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 

snow

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zmqmrj6

This week the UK is getting lots of snow; billions of snowflakes are falling from the sky. Snow looks the same, but no two snowflakes are the same. When we look at snow falling we can't see differences but in 1885 scientist Wilson Bentley attached a microscope to a camera and realised that however many snowflakes were captured, none were exactly the same. They were all different.

The shape of a snowflake is formed as it falls through the air. Even if two snow flakes fall side by side, they will be blown through different levels of humidity and vapour; no two journeys are exactly the same so every flake is unique.

The article link above explains how snowflakes are formed.

What do you see in the picture?
How are the photos taken?
explain the story

- what is snow?
- what does unique mean?
- why are snowflakes unique?
- how is this like us? How are humans unique?
- "no two snowflake journeys are exactly the same" explain this
- "No two journeys are exactly the same" how does this apply to people? - are we all form the same place? Are we all the same race, do we all practice the same religion, have the dame families, do our bodies work in the same ways, do we all believe the same things? Do we all have the same experiences?
- If you look at snowflakes you often can't tell they are different. But if you take a closer look you can see there are lots of differences. Why is this like us in our school?
- 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