Year 9 Diversity Day
Thursday 27th June 2024
We have the pleasure of bringing our fourth Diversity Day to Year 9 students as a Celebration of Equality and Inclusion.
Aims of Diversity Day
To celebrate diversity, demonstrate respect and champion equality to ensure that it lies at the heart of the school’s vision and ethos.
Diversity Day is a step on our journey towards ensuring that we foster a respectful and inclusive culture at school, reflecting our rich and cohesive community where there are no ‘by-standers’ and everyone can be proud of who they are.
Diversity Day promotes equality and embraces many forms of diversity through a carousel of different workshops covering a rich range of different themes and introducing students to a wide range of experiences.
This year students in Year 9 will have a day experiencing activities in a carousel of workshops throughout the day:
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Workshop |
Description |
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Wellbeing |
A workshop on Mindfulness Meditation - a way of relaxing and focusing on your breathing. This workshop will help you to be ‘really in the moment’ and ‘achieve calm.’ |
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Sign Language |
A workshop showcasing the wonderful world of sign language that will help you communicate with the deaf community and give you an insight into why it is so important. |
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LGBTQ+ |
An interactive look into the History of LGBTQ+ rights and the understanding of key facts, to help further our work as a school on tackling all types of LGBTQ bullying and support our LGBTQ+ community both within and outside of school. |
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World Religions |
All 6 world religions will come together to give you an insight into how their religion works and their beliefs. Representatives from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Muslim and Sikhism will give talks and answer any questions you may have. |
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Origami & Japanese Art |
An introduction into the Japanese art of origami with all it’s wonderful colours and shapes and the art of bending paper! |
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African Drumming |
An exciting explosion of sounds from African drums and percussion that you will be able to play. You will also gain an understanding of the significance of these drums in African Celebrations and Tribal Rituals. |
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World Dance |
This workshop will introduce you to various world dances with roots in Indian, Arabic and African Culture. Get your body moving and get ready for feet stomping and rhythmic body popping. Be prepared to dance your heart out! |
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Art Workshop |
In art you'll be making a monoprint that celebrates what makes you, you! Collectively everyone's work will form part of a huge collaborative piece of art over three metres in size! |
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Guide Dogs |
An introduction into how Guide Dogs are trained for the blind and partially sighted people. You will even get the opportunity to meet some of the dogs in training! |
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Gender Equality |
A look at how we can all play a part in ensuring that people are treated equally and respected regardless of gender |
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Neurodiversity |
In this workshop you are invited to engage with immersive knowledge building activities which will leave you with a deeper insight into, and understanding of, neurodiverse people. |
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RESPECT: Anti-bullying |
An investigation into the different forms of bullying and how the Anti-bullying team are working to reduce bullying by advocating a ‘no bystanders’ approach and offering advice on how to become an ‘upstander’. |
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