As the term draws to a close this week, we made the decision to spend the remainder of our time thinking and celebrating our differences.
Even at this very young age, children can show that they understand how they are different, and celebrate these differences. We would hope that children could see that our differences make us unique and special.
Diversity is about celebrating and valuing how different we all are. This is strongly linked with promoting human rights and freedoms, based on principles such as dignity and respect. Diversity is something that applies to everyone, and should be part of everything we do. It is an important part of our work and not just a side issue. It requires everyone to play a full part. It is important to recognise that none of us fit neatly into separate ‘packages’ which can be neatly labelled or discriminated against.
This next week we have spent time discussing this and talking with children about how unique we all are and how children can celebrate this with each other.
We asked parent to helps us, this week, by talking about how they as a family, can share other peoples similarities and celebrate how everyone is different. They were asked to talk about how they can be tolerant and respectful and how children should never use people’s differences as a tool against them. This will really help us, to help our children, make the world a better place.
This citizenship theme is really important in starting to understand global citizenship. A global citizen is someone who is aware of and understands the wider world – and their place in it. They take an active role in their community, and work with others to make our planet more equal, fair and sustainable.
The beginnings of climate change understanding…
World Art by a Year 1 child learning about the impact of climate change on our world.