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10 School Diversity Week

Celebrating Diversity
the week beginning Monday, 21 June was certainly a
busy one at the College with bake sales, knitting
displays and enrichment activities. For example P.e.
inclusion games like seated volleyball and blind
football.
there was also a more thoughtful side to our
delivery of the message of equality. Within tutor
time and forensic reading, students from Years 7
to 10 participated in discussing themes on
gender, identity, disability and race.
each subject specialism prepared carefully
crafted lessons in order to develop students’ language and
perception on ideas. For example, in Modern Foreign Ivybridge Comm
language lessons the students looked at what language has
to do with diversity? In their geography lessons students delighted to a
located different groups of people and saw how people
identify differently around the world. In Religious Studies, £690.00 was raise
students looked at inspirational figures from different religions
that fought for social change. during School
During Music lessons, students took part in a variety of
activities to celebrate and raise the profile of Diversity week,
ranging from learning the West African percussive dance
‘Juba’, to playing examples of orchestral and pop music.
highlighting the phenomenal music by black female
composer, Florence B. Price and Rock N Roll artist,
Sister Rosetta tharpe, together with artists from the lgBt
community, such as David Bowie, Freddy Mercury and elton John. the focus was to
challenge stereotyping and raise awareness about use of
appropriate language.
A Year 10 student said, “You don’t always realise how many challenges people have had to overcome. It
makes you grateful that they paved the way for those who followed afterwards.”.
“I have been absolutely delighted to join schools and colleges across the U.K. in championing Diversity here at
the College. Although the week has been created with the main aim of empowering students from all areas of
life, this also focused on lgBt+ equality within the College. overall, I believe the work staff and students alike
have done, in order to celebrate and discuss the themes of Diversity, truly empower the future of our
understanding of the world.” Rachel long equality and Diversity lead.

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