Empty Shelves

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/edeka-german-supermarket-empty-shelves-racism-diversity-largest-chain-a7908551.html

What do you see here, where do you think it is, what do you notice about the shelves?

Do you recognise the language on the sign?

A supermarket in Hamburg, Germany, emptied shelves of all foreign-made produce.

Why do you think they did that?

What was the impact of taking out all foods not made in Germany?

They did it for a day to help people think about racism.

Why is this about racism?

Shoppers at Edeka store were able to see how many goods were made outside of Germany, and many shelves were empty. The shop put up signs saying, "This shelf is pretty boring without diversity."

Why put that sign up?

What are the shop trying to show their customers?

Is that a good way to start a conversation about racism? 

A spokesperson from Edeka said, "Edeka stands for variety and diversity. In our stores we sell numerous foods which are produced in the various regions of Germany. But only together with products from other countries is it possible to create the unique variety that our customers value."

What do you think they mean by unique variety?

How can a shop stand for variety and diversity?

- Where does the food that we buy come from? Does it all come from England?
- Why don't shops in England sell only food that is made in England, and shops in Germany sell only food that was is made in Germany?
- What does this demonstrate about different people around the world and how we live together?
- Some people think that if we have different skin or live in different places or have different faith, that we can't get along. What do we say in our school?
- What can we learn from Edeka?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

- Which British value is this about?

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Poster

 

https://www.today.com/parents/teacher-remove-everyone-is-welcome-here-sign-rcna196282?fbclid=IwY2xjawKvgRpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETA4NGRTdVA2dmo1ODh4aFE3AR51bM11ZSlgCUrHh0m_PCSZtuBxZFIWQzfG9xL2JQFJko9MlpR3A5bki_c2Qg_aem_mZjGDcMXe-i2F4VdEv93tw

What do you see here, where do you think this sign is, what do you think the story might be?

Sarah Inama is a y6 teacher in Idaho, USA. She has posters on the walls of her classroom. One is shown above, the other says, "Everyone in the classroom is welcome, important, accepted, respected, encouraged, valued and equal" Her posters have been up for the last 5 years.

Why do you think Sarah has these posters on her classroom wall?

Do you think it's ok to have these posters on a classroom wall? 

What do you think this story might be about?

At the start of the year. Sarah was visited in her classroom by the principle and vice principle. They told her she had to remove the posters.

What reason do you think they gave? 

Sarah was told that her posters were controversial and needed to be taken down.

What does controversial mean?

What reason do you think they had for calling the posters controversial?

Sarah was told there was a district council policy that said classrooms must respect the rights of people to express differing opinions and decorations are to be "content- neutral and conducive to a positive learning environment"

What do you think this means?

What do you think content neutral means?

What do you think a positive learning environment is?

Why do you think Sarah's principle believes the posters are not content- neutral or positive?

Can you see both sides to this debate?

Sarah removed the signs.

Why do you think she did that?

What would you say to Sarah?

After a weekend thinking about it, she put the signs back up on Monday and emailed her principle to tell him.

What are the two sides of this argument? (You could argue Sarah is standing up for her rights, on the other hand she has been told by her boss not to have the posters up...)

The school district had a meeting where council officials offered to buy Sarah alternative posters as long as they didn't have the same messages as her current posters.

Sarah has been given till the end of the year to remove her posters "or face further action"

What do you think further action might be?

The school district released a statement. 

What do you hope is in the statement?

"While classroom decorations can contribute to the atmosphere, a truly welcoming and supportive environment is built through meaningful relationships and positive interactions between staff and students, not posters on the wall. Our focus is on fostering kindness, respect and academic achievement, so that every student can thrive in a distraction-free learning environment."

Approved classroom decorations include the American flag, maths tables, the US constitution (like our British values), student artwork, club information and school achievements.

"The policy is designed to ensure that no one group is targeted or offended by the display of certain items."

Can you understand the point of view of the district?

Do you agree a supportive environment is built through relationships and not posters?

Can you understand Sarah's point of view?

What would you say to the district council?

What message would you give to Sarah? What do think she should do?

What do we say in our school about these kind of posters?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

Which British Value is this about?

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Pride 2025

 

 

The Mystery of the 1957 Gay Wedding Photos

What do you see in the photos? Who do you think they are and what do you think they are doing? When do you think the photos were taken?

A few years ago, a museum in Los Angeles appealed for help to identify people that were photographed in 1957. The photos show a wedding between two men. There are photos of the men cutting a cake, exchanging rings, opening gifts and dancing. 

Why do you think the museum was interested in these wedding photos?

Where are the men getting married? Why are there only a few people, why isn't it in a church or a hall?

In 1957 being gay was illegal in the US and all over the world. So the two men in these photos were breaking the law. Everyone else at the wedding was also breaking the law and could have been arrested if the police found out it was happening.

Why do you think being gay was illegal in 1957?

Why are things different today?

If the law says you can't get married, do you think the men are doing the wrong thing here?

Taking photos was very different in 1957.

How were photos different in 1957?

How would the two men have got these photos?

You couldn’t make photos yourself in 1957; there were no phones. You had to take the photo on a camera and then take the film out of the camera and send it to a photo shop. The shop would develop the photos for you, and you would pick them up when they were ready about a week later. Each photo had to be developed individually meaning the person in charge would see them. 

What is the problem here for the two men in the photos?

What do you think happened to the photos?

The person in the shop who developed these photos would not give them back. The couple never saw their wedding photos. 

How / why could the person in the shop do that?

Imagine how you would feel to never see your wedding photos..

Why didn't the two men complain, demanding the photos were returned?

What might the person in the shop be worried about if they were seen to develop the photos and give them back?

The photos sat in the store room at the back of the shop for 50 years and were forgotten. Los Angeles museum hoped by sharing the pictures they could return the wedding photos to the couple, who will now be 80 or 90 years old. 

We don't know if the men were found. Do you think it is likely?

It's interesting that the person at the shop kept the photos and didn't throw them away - can you come up with an explanation for this?

What do you see in this photo, taken last weekend in the UK? 

Today things have changed for gay people compared to 60 years ago. Today many countries, including the UK have laws to protect LGBT people. 

What is the law in the UK protecting LGBT+ people? (the equality act 2010)

Who else is protected in that law?

The photo shows Birmingham Pride which was held on bank holiday weekend. Today, Pride events are held every year in cities all over the world.

Why do so many cities hold Pride events today, what is Pride for?

Do you think Pride is needed?

If we showed the Birmingham Pride photo to the men at the wedding in 1957, what would they think? How would you explain to the couple in 1957 what is happening in this photo, why it is happening and how has life has changed for LGBT people in 60 years?

Today there is a huge Pride event in Los Angeles every year. Do you think the two men in the photo are on the parade today? How do you think they feel about it? 

Why is this about No Outsiders? 

Which British value is this about?

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Osprey

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj42e5rrve0o

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

Three ospreys have been caught on a livestream camera on the Scottish borders nesting together. The three birds, two females and one male, are hatching four eggs together.

Why do you think people are surprised about this?

What would people normally expect to find in a nest?

Forestry and Land Scotland are monitoring the next using cameras. Previously, one of the females, who they called Mrs O, nested there, and this year she has been joined by another female.

Why do you think the other female osprey joined Mrs O?

Mrs O flies off to find food and when she returns, she shares the food with the other female. The male osprey also hunts for food and shares it with the two females when he returns.

Researchers saw Mrs O sitting on the eggs when the other female flew in and nestled beside her and offered her food from her beak.

What does that suggest about the relationship between the three birds?

How would you describe the relationship?

Researchers are watching the three birds work together to incubate the eggs.

What does incubate mean?

The nest behaviour with three birds together has not been caught on camera before now and researchers are excitedly watching to see what happens.

The eggs are expected to hatch within a few weeks.

Who do you think will look after the chicks?

Why do you think researchers are excited? Are different families exciting?

What does this suggest about people and their stereotypes around families? 

Would you be excited at our school just because someone had a different family to you?

What is a family?

What would you say to the researchers about their excitement - what are the two sides to this question?

What do we say about families at our school?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

Which British value is this about?

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Statue

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2025/mar/16/anger-male-sculptor-commissioned-statue-suffragist-edinburgh-elsie-inglis

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

Edinburgh in Scotland has many statues; monuments to famous people from history. Like this one of Adam Smith, a famous Scottish economist and philosopher who lived from 1723 to 1790. 

A group of campaigners say there is something missing from the collection of statues.

What do you think is missing?

There are no statues of women in Edinburgh.

Why do you think that is?

In 2017 a fundraiser was launched to create a statue of Scottish Suffragist Elsie Inglis. Elise was one of the first women to graduate from Edinburgh University and founded a free hospital and milk bank for Edinburgh's poorest women. During the war, she served as a medic and established a fleet of women-run hospitals. The picture at the top of this page shows the planned statue was unveiled earlier this year. But now there is disagreement about the statue because the campaigners are unhappy.

Can you guess what campaigners are unhappy about?

The sculpture has been named as Alexander Stoddart. Alexander is very experienced and has been commissioned to sculpt the statue. He already has 5 statues in Edinburgh including the one of Adam Smith.

Why do you think the campaigners are unhappy about Alexander creating a statue of Elise Inglis?

Natasha Phoenix is one of the campaigners and also a sculptor. She says the commission is a "cultural embarrassment" and should have been given to a woman.

What is a cultural embarrassment\?

Why do you think campaigners say a woman should have been commissioned?

What are the two sides of this debate? 

Natasha says, "It's incredibly important that women's stories are told through the female gaze."

What do you think Natasha means by "the female gaze"?

Do you agree?

The proposed statue shows Elise in a military uniform standing upright and alone on a pedestal. Natasha says this design lacks Elise's qualities - warmth, compassion and spirit. Natasha thinks Elise should be shown in a more caring stance, perhaps with another woman and a baby.

What do you think of these two ideas? Why do you think Alexander chose to put Elise in a miltary uniform?

What are statues normally wearing? Why is that?

What is your opinion, who do you agree with?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

Which British value is this about? 

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VE day

                                            

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/voices-of-war/ve-day

What do you see in this picture? What is happening, when do you think it was taken? Why are they so happy?

The photo was taken in London on 8th May 1945 which was VE day.

What is VE day about?

VE days stands for Victory in Europe day. 8th May 1945 was the end of World War 2; the end of 6 years of war that bought suffering to whole populations and countries; millions of people had their homes and families destroyed, millions died.

When news broke of the end of the war, tens of thousands of people flooded on to the streets and rejoiced.

                                                   

The photo below shows Prime Minister below addressing crowds at Whitehall, London. 

What do you notice about the sign he makes?

Winston Churchill made a radio broadcast to the nation to welcome the news that War had ended, but he also warned the people, "We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing, but let us not forget for a moment the toil and efforts that lie ahead."

Why did he say that? What did he mean?

                                                            

Consider this art work, created in 2025. What do you see in the picture? Look closely, is there a message in this piece of art, what is the artist thinking about, what are the themes?

The art is created by Cristina Daura and commissioned by the Imperial War Museum to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE day. 

Why do you think Cristina has chosen to depict seeds and flowers? Why a hand picking up a seed with V on it?

Cristina explains:

"Victory is both a strong and fragile concept."

How can something be both strong and fragile at the same time?

Cristina is showing victory at the end of conflict, " as if it were a seed that must be nurtured in order to thrive."

What does this mean? How can victory be like a seed?

"Like a flower, victory must be taken care of in order to be re-gifted to future generations."

How can you re-gift victory?

VE day happened 80 years ago and Cristina says at first she didn't think she had a close personal connection to the event, But she has changed her mind; she says today everyone has a connection.

How can we have a connection to something that happened 80 years ago?

"What we are living now is a result, in part, of that day. The Europe that we know, the way we live."

What do you think Cristina means by "The Europe that we know"?

What was Europe like at the end of WW2? How is it different today?

Some people still say that people from different countries are too different to get along, cannot help each other, cannot work together... what do you think Cristina is saying with her art?

What do you think the people celebrating VE day in 1945 would hope for the world 80 years later - what do you think they wanted the future to hold?

Can we learn lessons from history?

What do we say in our school about people who are from different countries working together and helping each other?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

Which British Value is this about?

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Bossman

 

https://www.good.is/trans-man-kebab-shop

What do you se in the picture, where are they, what do you think this story is about?

This photo went viral last week along with a comment made by the person in the photo. They said that when a customer called them "bossman" when making an order, it made their week.

When do you think people use the term bossman, what sort of person is a bossman?

Why do you think being being called "bossman" meant so much to the person in the photo?

The person in the photo who works in the kebab shop is trans.

What does trans mean?

What does the law in the UK say about being trans, what is the law called (Equality Act 2010), what is the word used for trans in the law (gender reassignment)

Who else is protected in the Equality Act? What are those different groups called? (protected characteristics)

We don't know the name of the person in the photo, but they said, "There is nothing more gender affirming than being called "bossman" in the kebab shop... getting a casual "boss" or "mate" from a random bloke is worth everything. Made my entire week"

What does gender reaffirming mean?

Why do you think this means so much to them?

Thousands of people praised the photo and added kind comments:

"A thousand mans, lads, mates, fellas and sirs to you on this blessed day. You are seen"

What is this person saying? Why do they write, "you are seen?"

Someone else wrote, "One of us. One of us!"

What kind of person wrote that? What are they saying, how are they trying to make the person in the photo feel?

Someone wrote about a time they were in Manchester and accidentally bumping in to someone: 

"I instinctively said, "Sorry lad, you alright?" and he responded with, 'did you just call me lad?'

Me being confused and thinking he was about to start something, I just defensively said, 'Uh yeah, I'm sorry mate. I really didn't mean to bump in to you."

He then got quite emotional and thanked me. He was a trans man and people calling him lad or mate was something he wasn't used to but loved it when it happened."

What do you think about this story?

What do we say at our school about being trans? (we follow British law- what does the Equality Act say?)

Why is this about No Outsiders?

Which British value is this about?

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Wallet

https://www.upworthy.com/people-are-kinder-than-we-think

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

A recent study aimed to find out how kind and honest people are so some researchers did a test. 

Looking at the picture, what do you think the test was? 

A simple wallet experiment was carried out. The test was - if people find a lost wallet in the street, will they keep it and the money in it, or will they return the wallet?

What do you think the researchers expected to happen? 

What do you think the results showed?

Are most people today in the world kind and honest or not?

The results of the experiment were that people are twice as likely to return the wallet than keep it.

The results also showed if the wallet had money in, people were even more likely to return it.

Are you surprised?

Why do you think that is?

Researchers say, "People are far too pessimistic about the benevolence of others."

What is pessimism?

What does benevolence mean?

What does this sentence mean?

"In other words, people are much better people than we think."

The researchers link happiness levels to levels of pessimism; "The most social trust we have- believing that people will generally do the decent thing - the higher our happiness level."

Why do you think that is?

"We could all be happier if we knew we could trust people more."

The researchers say believing others are trust-worthy has more effect on a person's individual happiness and mental health than having more money."

Why do you think that is?

What can we learn from this study?

Why is this about No Outsiders? (Think about how a person feels if they have no hope in other people or feel isolated and pessimistic all the time) 

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Fish

 

‘I just want to be equal’: female angler takes on elite men-only flyfishing club | Women | The Guardian

What do you see in the photo? What do you think the story is about?

Marina Gibson loves flyfishing and wants to be part of Britain's leading flyfishing club that already has 600 members, but she is not accepted. 

What is flyfishing?

Can you guess why she is not accepted?

The club is 140 years old, King Charles III is patron. Yet the club has a rule that it is for men only.

When Marina asked to join, lots of the members offered her advice.

What advice you you think they offered?

- set up your own club for women

- join a different club for a different sport where women are allowed

- Visit the club in the evening (women are allowed in the evening, but not in the day)

Some were confused and asked why she wanted to join the club in the first place.

How would you respond to each of those suggestions?

Marina said, "I don't want to have to start up a women's only flyfishing club because they won't let us in to their one."

Why not? Wouldn't that be an easy solution?

Marina said, "I don't want to be called a fisherwoman. I don't want to be part of a women's-only fishing club. I just want to be equal."

If not a fisherwoman, what do you think Marina wants to be called? (Marina?)

Since the 1970s women have asked for the rules to be changed at the club but the rules never have been. 

Women are asking why the rule exists; is it because long ago there was an idea that men can take the weekend off for leisure activities but women are expected to stay at home doing housework? 

Is that idea still around today?

When the club president was asked to comment he said.... 

what would you like hear to him say, what do you expect to hear him say?

"The matter is under consideration by the general committee. No decision has been taken. Women can come for any event which is open."

What does he mean? Do you think that's good enough?

What message would you give to the chairman?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

Which British Value is this about?

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Rugby

 

What do you see in the photo? Where do you think it was taken? What is the game? Do you recognise the shirts/ teams?

This photo was taken after the Six Nations Wales v England rugby match last weekend. The photo went viral - why do you think that is?

The photo was shared by Thomas Hal Robson-Kanu who is a former premier league footballer (scoring 30 goals for his club between 2012 and 2016).

Why do you think Thomas shared the photo, what do you think he commented about?

Thomas said, "What a picture! A Welsh win over England would have been great but it's images like this that show the character of rugby."

What does Thomas mean by "the character" of a game?

What do you think is the stereotypical image of a rugby player?

What does masculine mean? Is it ok to be masculine?

Thomas goes on to describe rugby - what words could he use to describe the game?

"Heavy tackles, scrums and intense competition for possession"

What do those words mean in a rugby context?

"Would you believe that's what these players were doing moments before this photo? Rivalries drive competition but at the end of the day, the ability to switch off is just as crucial."

Why does Thomas use the word rivalries for this photo? (you can see by the shirts that the players are on opposing teams)

What does Thomas mean by "the ability to switch off"?

Why does he say that- do you agree? 

Thomas ends by saying "We're all human"

Why does he say that?

We are not told the story behind the photo- what do you think the story is? 

Why do you think the photo went viral? What does it show about men today?

Thomas is from Wales so he would have felt disappointed after the game - why didn't he comment about the way his team played in the match instead?

What can we learn from this photo?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

Which British value is this about?

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Football v homophobia

 

https://faw.cymru/news/football-v-homophobia-month-of-action-202/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/footballvhomophobia-month-man-utd-arsenal-32041056

https://www.footballvhomophobia.com/leeds-united-among-winners-at-fvh-awards-in-glasgow/

What do you see in the photo? Do you recognise the language? Can you translate? What are the other clues on the shirt?

February was "Football v homophobia" month.

The picture shows a Welsh T shirt. The Football Association of Wales (FAW) supports Football v Homophobia.

What is homophobia?

What do you think Football versus homophobia is about?

Football v Homophobia works to "Make existing football structures safe, welcoming and inclusive" for LGBT+ people. 

What does this mean?

Do you think football is a welcoming, safe and inclusive place?

Can you name any male gay premier league football players in 2025?

Jake Daniels (Blackpool) is the only premier league footballer currently to speak out and say he is gay. Do you think he is the only one? What's going on here?

February is Football v Homophobia month and last week in Glasgow at an awards ceremony Leeds United won an award for their inclusive work.

Southampton goalie Aaron Ramsdale won an award for allyship.

What do you think allyship is?

Aaron has a gay brother and is very proud of him. Aaron often wears rainbow laces and arm bands to show support for the LGBT+ community. You can see Aaron speak in a video here https://onefootball.com/en/news/aaron-ramsdale-speaks-about-lgbtq-allyship-in-brilliant-video-40372298

Aaron says; "It would be amazing if we could get to a pace where everyone could just relax and be their own self."

What does he mean by that?

"It's important for me to speak up. I think it just came to a point where if I felt something was said that I didn't agree with, rather than just sitting back I wanted to be more like him and have the bravery to say something."

Why is it brave to say something?

"Having a brother who has come out as gay doesn't mean I'm the only one who has to speak out."

What do you think Aaron is asking for here?

Do you think we need Football v homophobia? You could argue football has nothing to do with LGBT... what do you think? What are the different arguments here?

What do we say at our school about LGBT+ people and different families?

Which British law is this about?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

Which British value is this about?

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Adaptive clothing

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c079zmml2l8o

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vdmq253lqo

What do you see in the pictures, who do you think this person is and what are they doing, what do you think this story is about?

Elliot Caswell is a model from Newcastle. He has been trying to make it as a model for 5 years but without success and was about to give up.

Why do you think Elliot was not being chosen by modelling agencies for work?

Elliot has cerebral palsey and uses a wheelchair. Five years ago, Elliot was very shy and didn't feel confident enough to speak to strangers. Today an art director who photographed Elliot for this shoot said he lit up the room with his smile and humour; "When someone has a lot of character, it's instantly easy to photograph because that can come across on set."

What does the art director mean by "Elliot lit up the room?"

Elliot's first modelling job is for Primark and their adaptive clothing range which is for people with disabilities.

What does adaptive mean? How do you think clothing can be adaptive? 

Elliot's mum says when he was young she had to adapt his clothes herself and Elliot says he always had to have help from family, friends and carers to put on his clothes. He says this new range of clothes is life changing.

How do you think this clothing range is different? 

Primark have developed clothing with magnetic zips, poppers, loops that are easy to hold, trousers that have zips on the legs, clothes that are stretchier and easier to get on. 

The second link above has a short film where you can see Elliot talking about the clothes. The designer Victoria Jenkins is wearing a dress with a zip on the side so if you have a stoma, you can empty the stoma bag without taking your clothes off.  Victoria says this is about dignity and modesty. 

What is a stoma bag? 

Why is the zip magnetic, how is  zip life changing?

Why poppers not buttons?

Victoria hopes more clothing brands will make adaptive clothing in the future; "Everyone needs choice, everyone dresses differently, everyone has the right to self expression and that's been denied to many of us for too long."

What does "Everyone has the right to self expression" mean?

Why does Victoria say self expression is denied to some people? Do you agree?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

Which British Value is this about?

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