Chadwick Boseman

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53957685

Adults and children around the world have been sharing how they were inspired by Chadwick Boseman following his death last week from cancer. Chadwick played T'Challa in the film Black Panther; the first high profile black Marvel superhero in a film with a primarily black cast. The film also had strong female characters.

The photo shows two children from Birmingham, UK. Their mother posted the picture on facebook with the words, "Because representation is everything. The first time we could buy a hero costume for school of a character that represented them. RIPChadwickBoseman"

Thousands of people posted similar messages on twitter; "Black panther showed so many black children that they could be the superhero"

Another wrote, "For many black children he was the first major superhero they could identify with."

Respect and thanks to Chadwick Boseman.

- what is a superhero?

- name as many superheroes from films as you can... how many are black?

- some people say, "I don't see colour." what do they mean when they say that?

- if we don't "see colour", why are all the superheroes white? 

- what does the Mum who took the photo mean by "representation is everything"?

- Black Panther was released in 2018. Why do you think it took so long to get a black superhero lead in a film?

- what does this show about how the world is changing today?

-  why is it important to have superheroes who are black?

- who else should see themselves represented in films?

- why is this story about no outsiders?

no outsiders: everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat

 

 

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-53281391

Louise Arnold and Jeniffer were first couple to get married after lock down restrictions were eased last week. They said “I do” at 00:01 AM in the grounds of Runcorn Town Hall, Cheshire on 4^th July.

There were 16 people at the event and it was live-streamed for those unable to be there. Friends in New Zealand and Australia put on their wedding outfits to watch.

 

Ms Wilson said, “It’s hard to put into words what this means to us.” They have been engaged for three years and had to cancel their previous date because of lock down.

 

“Last week the registry office rang and asked if we wanted to be the first couple in the UK to marry after lockdown and we just said yes.” They then had a week to prepare.

Ms Arnold said, “I think everyone has been excited to be able to celebrate something positive after the past few months.”

The manager of the Registration Service Andrew Lucas said he was “delighted to help Louise and Jennifer say “I do” on what we think was the first wedding after the lock down period.”

-        What is a wedding?

-        Who normally comes to a wedding?

-        Why were there only 16 people at this wedding?

-        What is a registry office?

-        Why did the registry office only give Louise and Jennifer one week’s notice?

-        Why do you think Louise and Jennifer agreed, why didn’t they say; “One week? You must be mad!”

-        Louise and Jane got married in the middle of the night! Why do you think they didn’t wait till the next day?

-        It was the middle of the night here, but what time would it have been in Australia? Why?

-        “I think everyone has been excited to be able to celebrate something positive after the past few months.” What does Louise mean?

What can we learn from Lousie and Jennifer?

why is this about no outsiders?

No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat 

football fans

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-53291325

A group of about 200 football fans from Birmingham City football club marched through Birmingham City Centre last week to “speak against racism as football supporters.”

One fan said, “It’s well known that Birmingham City is a multi-cultural club with a big multi-cultural fan base.”

“After events that have been happening in the last few weeks … we wated to show them that we’re not going to let racism take over again.”

Another fan said, “It doesn’t matter if you’re black or white, we all respect each other.”

-        First ask the children what the photo is about – what do you think the people are doing?

-        What do you notice about the people in the photo?

-        How are they similar, how are they different?

-        What brings them together?

-        What does multicultural mean?

-        “events that have been happening in the last few weeks” what do you think he means?

-        “We’re not going to let racism take over again” what time do you think he is talking about?

-        How are the fans showing they are against racism?

-        “It doesn’t matter if you’re black or white, we all respect each other.” Why is this like our school?

-        What can we learn from the football fans?

Why is this about no outsiders?

No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat

skateboard

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/skateboard-mom-cerebral-palsy-7-year-old-boy-from-brazil-skateboards-for-the-first-time-look-of-pure-joy/

Joao Vicente is a 7 year old boy living in Brazil. He has Cerebral Palsey. Joao’s Mum works with him every day and felt worried when he stated to ask about using a skateboard. Mum knew Joao would not be able to hold himself up on a skateboard and she tried to dissuade him from the idea, thinking it would be impossible; ”I tried for a long time to replace the desire for skateboarding with other tools. He rode on a tricycle but that’s not what he wanted.”

Stevan Pinto is a physiotherapist and Daniel Paniagua is a psychologist; together they started the Skate Anima project adapting skateboards so that children with disabilities could enjoy the sport. Joao’s mum says their work is “very powerful and beautiful; it’s necessary.”

The video of Joao skateboarding with his mum went viral.

Mum say; “Understand that places that don’t welcome everybody are disabled, ideas are disabled, not people.”

“May Joao’s smile wake up other people. Diversity is our strength.”

-        Why does Joao want to skateboard?

-        Why did Mum try to stop Joao talking about skateboarding?

-        Why did she try to get Joao to use a tricycle instead? How do you think that made him and her feel?

-        The Skate Amina project is “very powerful and beautiful; it’s necessary.” What does Mum mean?

-        Why do you think the film of Joao skating went viral?

-        What does that show about people around the world?

-        “places that don’t welcome everybody are disabled, ideas are disabled, not people.” what does that mean?

-        “May Joao’s smile wake up other people. Diversity is our strength.”

-        What can we learn from Joao?

-        What can we learn from Joao’s mother?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat

tattoo

 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/kentucky-tattoo-parlor-offers-to-cover-up-hate-tattoos-for-free/

A Tattoo parlour in Kentucky, USA, has started to raise money so they can offer a free service to cover up racist tattoos or gang member tattoos that people are now ashamed of and want to remove.

The owners of Gallery X Art Collective, Jeremiah and Ryun, said they were inspired by the Black Lives Matters movement. They wanted to do their part to end discrimination and support those who have had the courage to leave their hateful past behind. In the first week they received 30 requests.

Jeremiah said; “A lot of people when they were younger just didn’t know any better and were left with mistakes on their bodies. We just want to make sure everybody has the chance to change.”

He says a Dad came to them with a large swastika on his chest. The Dad was so embarrassed about his tattoo today that he never took off his shirt around his children.

Their first client was a woman who had a confederate flag tattooed on her ankle. The flag is a symbol of racism as it was the flag used by soldiers in the American Civil War who wanted to keep slavery. The woman got the tattoo when she was 18. She says it was a youthful mistake and she didn’t know any better as she grew up in an all-white neighbourhood where the confederate flag was often flown with pride. It wasn’t till she moved to a new town and made new friends and got involved in campaigns to end racism that she feels her mind was opened.

“Every time I attended a group meeting or protest, I make a new friend. And I don’t want to be standing next to them with a confederate flag on my leg!”

-        What is a tattoo, why do people have tattoos?

-        Why would someone choose to have a racist tattoo?

-        why can’t they just take the tattoo off?

-        What is a swastika? Why is the Dad keeping his shirt on in front of his children?

-        If the Dad is so embarrassed, why did he have the tattoo in the first place?

-        “We just want to make sure everybody has the chance to change” – why?

-        What does this show us about ideas and how they can change? How do ideas change?

-        What made the woman with a confederate flag change her mind?

-        What does having an “open mind” mean?

-        What can we learn from this woman and from this story?

How can we make sure in our school we have open minds?

why is this about no outsiders? 

circus performer

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-53199191/the-circus-performer-whose-prosthetics-changed-her-life

Erin Ball is a circus performer who had to have her legs amputated below the knee after an accident. Erin thought her career was over but instead she relearned how to perform.

Erin says, “The most freedom that I feel is when I take my heavy legs off and get up in the air.”

“I had a really really hard time wrapping my head around like, “I have no choice and these are my ankles now”

Kristina, an artist from the UK saw footage of Erin performing and contacted her to ask if she wanted to collaborate on a project where she would design prosthetic legs for Erin to use when she performed. Kristina then worked with Erin to design prosthetics for Erin. The second picture shows the prosthetics that Krsitina made.

There is a short video showing Erin talking about her prosthetics in the link

Erin says “I worked for a very long time to have a toe point. I worked very hard at it, I had a great toe point and then all of a sudden I didn’t. And to have that option is incredible and wonderful.

-        How does Erin use the different parts of her legs in her performances?

-        Why did the accident change everything? How do you think Erin felt?

-        Why didn’t Erin give up performing and do something else instead?

-        “The most freedom I feel is when I take my heavy legs off and get into the air” what does she mean? Why do you think getting into the air make her feel free?

-        “I had a really hard tome wrapping my head around – I have no choice and these are my ankles now” why was this so hard?

-        Why did Erin have to relearn how to perform?

-        How do you think Erin felt as she started to perform again?

-        Why did Kristina work with Erin to design the prosthetics, why didn’t she just make them on her own and give them to Erin as a surprise?

-        What can we learn from Erin?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

smile-ing boys

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/mar/18/portraits-black-teenagers-south-london-mental-health?fbclid=IwAR2dneciFLLz7d5-l3hdm6GSpo81AcWvnXF0Qk7cKC4LniMRGC1piWNePWg

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/mar/18/photographs-black-teenage-boys-prejudice-stereotypes

Kay Rufai is a photographer who has created an exhibition in London called “The Smile-ing boys project”. The exhibition shows 13 young black boys smiling., captured in moments of happiness and relaxation.

Kay developed workshops with the boys around ‘happiness’, exploring feelings such as belonging, security and sense of purpose. The boys were asked to take photos of their lives and then discussed them as a group. Kay said he wanted to challenge stereotypes and for the boys to see themselves amplified in a positive light.

Note: The second article listed above gives valuable insight into the aims of this inspirational project which is about reducing knife crime and breaking down stereotypes of young black men. Writing this assembly for young children I have simplified the message because I want the focus to be simply positive images of young black boys. However older KS2 / KS3 children should explore the aims of the project further.

-        What do you notice about the children in the photos?

-        What similarities do you have with the children?

-        What differences do you have with the children?

-        Do you think you might have things in common? Give examples?

-        What do you notice about their facial expressions?

-        Why do you think they look so happy?

-        Why do you think at this time, that this collection of photos is important?

-        Which child do you think looks the happiest?

-        Which child do you think looks most relaxed?

-        What different words can you come up with to describe the feelings shown in the photos?

-        How do you think these children feel to be part of this collection of photos?

     - why is this about no outsiders?  What can we learn from these children?

Walk

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-53138706

The picture shows Tony Hudgell from Kent. Tony had both legs amputated as a baby and finds walking difficult. He was inspired by Captain Tom Moore who raised money for the NHS at the start of lock down. Tony Hudgell wanted to raise £500 for a Children’s hospital in London and set himself a target of walking 10 km in a month by walking 300m every day. Last Saturday Tony walked 800m instead of 300m and by last Monday he was up to 8.3 km. He is hopeful to go over his 10km target. Tony has raised well over £500; he has already raised over £1 million!

Tony’s Mum says he started the project to help him walk and his walking has improved a lot, she says last week he even ran!

-        How are you similar to Tony?

-        How are you different?

-        Why does Tony find walking difficult?

-        Why doesn’t Tony just use a wheelchair instead?

-        How do you think Tony feels when he achieves his 300m every day?

-        Tony wanted to raise £500 but he has raised over £1 million; how has that happened?

-        What does that show about people today and how they feel about Tony and what he is doing?

-        What can we learn from Tony?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

Black Lives Matter

 

https://theglobalherald.com/news/pair-from-two-generations-reunite-after-photo-is-taken-during-black-lives-matter-protest-itv-news/

This photo was taken on one of the Black Lives Matters protests in London. Later the two people were reunited for an interview on ITV news.

Unfortunately, I cannot find the interview, or any information about this photo or the people, other than the fact they later reunited so we are going to have to focus on what we can learn from just the photo (which is actually in interesting exercise in itself and could be built in to the discussion).

-        What do you see in the photo?

-        Where do you think they are?

-        How are the two people similar?

-        How are they different?

-        What do you think the Tshirt says?

-        The other person isn’t wearing a Black Lives Matter Tshirt; they are wearing a suit and tie. Do you think that suggests the two people do not agree on this issue?

-        What is written on the sign around the suited person’s neck? What does that mean? What is a virus?

-        How can “we” be the cure? Who is “we”?

-        The two people in this photo are not smiling; what do you think they are talking about? Are they arguing?

-        Look at their body language; how would you describe it?

-        Who is speaking? What do you think they are saying? What might be the reply?

-        What do you think might be in the bag?

-        One has an umbrella; why doesn’t the other have an umbrella?

-        What can we learn from this photo about people in the UK today?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

Dance

 

https://www.inspiremore.com/anae-romyns-dance-videos/

Anae Romyns is a 9 year old girl from Belgium. She has a passion for dance and particularly Afro-House dance. Afro House originated in South Africa and then became very popular in Angola.

This video shows Anae and her teacher Jenny Bonsenge; they have become famous for their dancing and their videos have gone viral all over the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db3Zp_8Xfro

Anae and Jenny are being praised for showing that dance is a universal language that everyone can enjoy. Jenny says, “People think our videos are nice because of the diversity.”

“Afro dance is a very cultural thing, but I open it to everyone. People with African roots, but also Moroccan people, Belgians, Italians and Asians follow my class. I love the mix.”

Jenny and Anae appeared on the Ellen Show in the US and with the money she received she donated to Dance4kids which helps children in Kinshasa and Portugal.

-        What is everyone in the photo doing?

-        How are they feeling? How do you know?

-        What do you notice about the people in the photo, are the all the same?

-        How are the people in the photo similar?

-        How are the people in the photo different?

-        How do you think videos of Jenny and Anae show diversity?

-        “I open it to everyone.. I love the mix” what does Jenny mean?

-        Jenny’s dance classes use dancing that originated in South Africa and Angola; what does this show about dance being a universal language?

-        Some people might say Anae should stick to dancing that is from Belgium because that is where she comes from. What do you think Anae would say?

-        What can we learn from Anae and Jenny?

Why is this about No Outsiders? 

www.no-outsiders.com

No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat

Cushions

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-derbyshire-52914934/brothers-make-cushions-for-tired-key-workers

Ronnie and Reggie are brothers; Ronnie is 10 and Reggie is younger. They have been making cushions for tired NHS workers and supermarket staff. Ronnie says, “They are saving lost of lives and when Reggie was being born, they saved his life as well. So we want to say ‘thank you’ for it.”

Reggie was born with cerebral palsey, which means he moves in a different way to others. Reggie finds it difficult to hold a needle and thread and sew but he wanted to help and he asked Ronnie to help him. Now they have made 100 cushions and they are also raising money for charity by selling them. Watching the video you can hear how Ronnie helps his brother by encouraging him.

-        Why do you think Ronnie and Reggie wanted to make cushions?

-        Why are nurses and supermarket staff tired?

-        What is cerebral palsey?

-        Why do you think Reggie wanted to help his brother make cushions?

-        Why didn’t Ronnie say to his brother, “No, you can’t sew, you can watch me instead”?

-        Why doesn’t Ronnie just take the needle and thread and do it for his brother?

-        What sort of things does Ronnie say to encourage his brother? How does this help?

-        How do you think Reggie felt when he finished his first cushion?

-        How do you think Ronnie felt?

-        In the video we see Mum crying; why do you think Mum is crying?

-        What can we learn from Reggie?

-        What can we learn from Ronnie?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

www.no-outsiders.com

No Outsiders: Everyone different, Everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat

Marcus Rashford

 

poetry / sign language film: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/51747432

growing up interview: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/53047796

Letter sent to MPs: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jun/15/protect-the-vulnerable-marcus-rashfords-emotional-letter-to-mps

Marcus Rashford has become very famous this week in the UK because he wrote to the Prime Minister and all MPs in Parliament, asking them to reconsider providing free school meals for children over the summer holidays. The Prime Minister listened to Marcus and changed his mind; children who need them will be provided with free school meals during summer.

Today Marcus is a professional footballer, playing for Manchester United and in the England Team. As a child Marcus lived in a single parent family and he says Mum worked every day to feed five children in the house and she often struggled to put food on the table. Marcus had free school meals as a child. He describes his family shopping at pound world when he was a child and counting out food to make it last for the whole week.

In his letter, Marcus says, “Can we not all agree that no child should be going to bed hungry?”

The photo shows Marcus judging a poetry competition on World Book Day in March 2020. Realising that some of the entrants were deaf, Marcus learned sign language to reveal the winners. Marcus says he wants children to express themselves and develop creative minds. He says people don’t know that he enjoys reading and he posted a photo on twitter of him reading a book.

-        Why did Marcus want to learn sign language?

-        Why didn’t he ask someone who knew sign language to stand next to him and sign so that he could just talk when he announced the winners (the children who were deaf would be able to understand by watching the other person)

-        Why do you think Marcus posted a photo of him reading a book?

-        Why do you think people think Marcus doesn’t like reading?

-        Why does Marcus like reading?

-        In the video Marcus gets the signing wrong. What is his response? Why doesn’t he give up?

-        Why do you think Marcus wrote to the Prime Minister?

-        Why do you think the Prime Minister changed his mind?

-        What does this demonstrate about the importance of speaking up?

-        Do you think when Marcus was a child, he ever thought he would be writing to the Prime Minister and getting him to change his mind about government policy?

-        This month we have been talking about Black Lives Matter. Marcus’s actions will change the lives of 1.3 million children registered for free school meals in the UK. Are all those children white? Are they all black? What can we learn from this story? 

If you could send a message to Marcus, what would you say?

Why is this story about No Outsiders?

www.no-outsiders.com

No Outsiders in our school: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat

food parcels

 

https://scoop.upworthy.com/school-overwhelming-response-food-drive-feed-families-in-looted-communities?fbclid=IwAR2CwZo050HmJshZtqD_3PnzkyK_6BDmn2j9s2JUvdc1tZcqaAOWTqU0vBI

A school in Minneapolis, USE, put out a call for donations of food for families that lived in the town after grocery stores were burned down in protests following the death of George Floyd in May 2020. The school aimed to raise enough to give out 80 bags of food to children who went to their school because it was difficult for families to find groceries. But within a few days the school received 25,000 bags of groceries. So much that the food filled their car park and grass and they had to use a neighbouring park to store the bags. The school soon realised that there were people who didn’t go to their school who also needed food, and so they opened up the donations to anyone who needed them.  Volunteers helped to distribute the bags of food. One of the volunteers, Lauren, said, “I’m really emotional right now. I’m so thankful our neighbours are coming together. It’s the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. One of the grocery shop owners who lost his store said, “It does make the situation better to make me feel like people really do have a heart, people really do care” 

- Why did the school ask for food donations, who were the donations for? 

- Why did they only ask for 80 bags? 

- Why did they end up with 25,000 bags? 

- What does that show about people in Minneapolis? 

- Do you think when people drooped off the food they said, “This food is for black people”, or “This food is for white people”? why not? Who was the food for? 

- The school could have kept the food just for their own families, why did they allow anyone to take it? 

- “I’m so thankful our neighbours are coming together” “people really do have a heart “what do they mean? 

- What can we learn from the people of Minneapolis? 

- why is this story about No Outsiders?

www.no-outsiders.com

No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone equal by Andrew Moffat

 

Face mask

 

https://scoop.upworthy.com/deaf-mom-invents-face-mask-with-plastic-window-so-others-like-her-can-continue-lip-reading

Justine Bate is a mother who has a ten year old daughter. Both Justine and her daughter are deaf. Lip reading is one way people who are deaf communicate and Justine was worried about her daughter being able to join in at school if people wore masks. So Justine invented a new mask to help her and her daughter and since she posted this photo on social media, she has been inundated with requests for masks from others.  

Justine says she is not only receiving requests from deaf people; there have been requests from people with small children who are afraid of people in masks. These masks help children to be less frightened. 

Justine’s husband Carl says, “The amount of people who have come up to her and asked for these masks is quite overwhelming. She’s loving the fact that she’s helping others make a better quality of life in this situation.” 

- What does being deaf mean? 

- What is lip reading? 

- Lip reading is only one way deaf people can communicate, what is another way? 

- How is coronavirus affecting Justine’s daughter joining in at school? 

- Why do you think she has been inundated with requests for masks? 

- Who do you think wears the masks at Justine’s daughter’s school? Why?  

- If you are not deaf, and you are in Justine’s daughter’s class, why should you wear a mask?  

- Who could feel like an outsider in Justine’s daughter’s class? Why? 

- How do the masks make sure no none feels like an outsider? 

- What can we learn from Justine? 

- What can we learn from the people in Justine’s daughter’s class? 

www.no-outsiders.com

No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat

tinned food

https://igvofficial.com/aldi-manager-saw-customer-87-only-buying-tinned-food-so-decided-to-ask/?fbclid=IwAR10ys8-eVzNvAjhNiYJO5XTTFBygyvg9U1UpqtPf_3_x0dMYAp3lcX6mgA

Richard Allen works at Aldi in Cornwall and he noticed an elderly woman shopping every week during lock down, but only buying one or two tins of food. She never bought fresh vegetables or any other food. After a few weeks he asked her if she wanted help getting fresh food and she told him she lived alone with no oven, only a microwave. She had no family that could help her out. Richard immediately arranged for a local café to send her a hot meal every day, offering to pay for the meals. When the café heard the story, they insisted on giving the woman meals with no charge. Richard also fixed her doorbell. The story went viral on social media; one person wrote, “There really are some lovely people out there with a good heart”. 

- Why was the woman only buying tinned food? 

- Is it good for us to live only on tinned food? Why do we need fresh vegetables? 

- Richard must have been very busy working in the shop, he could have just got on with his job and not spoken to her; how would that have changed this story? 

- Why did he arrange for meals to be sent to her every day? 

- Why do you think Richard fixed her doorbell? 

- Why did the café say they would not charge for the meals?  

- What does this show about people during lockdown today? (people are helping each other) 

- Who may have felt like an outsider at the start of this story? Why? 

- Who made sure the woman no longer felt like an outsider? 

- What can we learn from Richard and from the café?

www.no-outsiders.com

No Outsiders: Everyone different everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat

Car park

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-52759511

During lock down people who follow Islam celebrated the end of their holy month of Ramadam. Usually people join in a closing prayer together but social distancing because of coronavirus made this impossible in 2020.  Kadir Terzi, the chairman of Wetzlar Mosque in Frankfurt, Germany, had an idea. He asked the local Ikea store if they would allow their car park to be used for the closing prayer. Kadir thought Ikea would say no, but they immediately said yes – they opened up their car park for the prayer. This meant 800 Muslims were able to pray together while keeping safe. Lots of people commented on social media. A journalist from Canada said, “Wow.This is the love and kindness the world needs now. Eid Mubarak to all celebrating.” Another wrote, “A true sign of hope in these difficult times.” Another wrote, “This is what finding solutions together and staying by each other through this crisis can look like!” 

- What is Eid? - Why do people pray together? 

-Why couldn’t everyone just pray in their home? 

- Why do you think Kadir thought Ikea would say no? 

- Why do you think Ikea said yes? 

- “the love and kindness the world needs now” why does the world need love and kindness now? 

- “finding solutions together and staying by each other” what does this mean?

- What can we learn from Kadir? - What can we learn from Ikea? 

- Why is this about No Outsiders? 

www.no-outsiders.com

No Outsiders: Everyone different everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat