Yesterday the children were asked to complete stem sentences and disabilities. This made the children appreciate what disabled people have to go through.

They were then shown a clip about twin brothers who both have cerebral palsy. The children the reflected on how theoretical disability affected their daily lives. The children were then asked to write a list of questions regarding their disability.

Yesterday the children were told a scenario about a girl moving to a new school. She doesn’t really have any friends and another group of girls are being horrible to her. The girl then starts to receive nasty text messages and starts to feel lonely and sad.

In groups of two, the children are asked whether or not they feel she is being bullied or not? And why? We emphasised that bullying is not just physical but can also be verbal. It can happen online and in person.

We started today’s jigsaw lesson with the Calm Me exercise to prepare ourselves to learn.

Then we sat in a circle and played a game called ‘Switch’. A statement was read out which applied to more than one child in the circle. Those children then switched places with each other allowing them to see what they have in common with each other.

During the Open My Mind section, we showed pictures of children’s duvet covers. We then labelled second of the classroom as Boys, Girls and Both. The children had to move the label they think the duvet belongs to.

Last Thursday we started our jigsaw lesson with the Calm Me exercise to prepare ourselves to learn.

We then played the corner game. In one corner of the class we wrote Yes and in the other class we wrote No. A statement was read out such as “I like pizza”, and then children then went to either side of the room. This showed the number of differences between children.

The children were shown two pictures that had similarities. This allowed the children to focus on what is the same rather than focusing on differences.

Everyone, including the adults took part the Calm me activity to help make sure we’re ready to learn.

We then shared an optical illusion with the children (young /old lady). The children were to look at the picture them describe what they see.

We then took part in Tell me or show me. The children were shown a picture of a dog. The chosen them wore down two words to describe their reaction to the picture. We discussed how everyone has a different reaction.

Everyone, including the adults took part the Calm me activity to help make sure we’re ready to learn.

The children then played the letters game. The groups of children each had a letter which they had to replicate using each member of the group. The letters spelt out family.

For Open my mind, a PowerPoint slide was shown of a family conflict. The children were asked to explain what they saw in the picture. It was explained that conflict in families is normal but everyone had the right to feel safe in their family.

We started today’s jigsaw lesson with the Calm Me exercise to prepare ourselves to learn.

Sitting in a circle, the teacher squeezed the hand of the child on her right. The child then passed the squeeze onto the next child. Then they were asked to close their eyes and pass on the squeeze. The children were asked how they felt doing it with their eyes closed.

The children were then asked to complete a sentence in their Jigsaw Journals: Being normal is……. The children then had to write their definition of what they felt was normal.

Everyone, including the adults took part the Calm me activity to help make sure we’re ready to learn.

The children played a game called ‘cool’ or ‘not cool’. The teacher went around the circle saying which child is not cool and which child is cool. The criterion for this was something simple eg let’s folded our arms crossed. The children were then asked how they would feel if they were the only one who was not ‘cool’.

For Let me learn the children went on a website canned ribbon template. In pairs the children came up with a ribbon to help fight against racism.

We started today’s jigsaw lesson with the Calm Me exercise to prepare ourselves to learn.

Then we sat in a circle and played a game called ‘Switch’. A statement was read out which applied to more than one child in the circle. Those children then switched places with each other amusing them to see what they have in common with each other.

During the Open My Mind section, a washing line was fastened across one side of the class to the other. At one end we attached ‘Agree’, the other we attached ‘Disagree’ and in the middle we attached ‘Not sure’. A list of statements were read out and the children moved to the appropriate answer on the washing line.

We started today’s jigsaw lesson with the Calm Me exercise to prepare ourselves to learn.

Then we sat in a circle and played a game called ‘Switch’. A statement was read out which applied to more than one child in the circle. Those children then switched places with each other amusing them to see what they have in common with each other.

The children then were shown two pictures that had similarities. This allowed the children to focus on what is the same rather than focusing on differences.

The let me learn section of the lesson involved the children sitting pairs and identifying 3 similarities with their partner. They then used Jigsaw Jack to share these in the circle.