“What I have enjoyed about Jigsaw so far is looking at differences and learning about different cultures.”

Carmen – Year 4

“My favourite lesson in Jigsaw was learning about differences.  Having another friend in the class who is different to myself as she is from Africa.  So I have learnt a lot about her background and that she can speak different languages.”

Selah – Year 5

“When I am using a computer and looking at the internet.  I have learnt that I should not share personal information online.”

Selah – Year 5

“I can show someone I care for them by listening to them when they speak to me.”

Mia – Year 2

“I’m enjoying Jigsaw lessons because we learn about different things.  I really like the chime when we can relax and clam down before doing our work”

Azaan – Year 2

“To be a good friend you have to say kind words to them and look after them when they fall over and hurt themselves.  And always remember to share things with them”

Amelia – Year 1

“PHSE helps the children in our school by helping us to learn about other important things outside of school.  In Jigsaw I have enjoyed learning about different cultures and that everyone is unique and that we get to learn about their cultures.”

Dhakiyah – Year 6

“I enjoy learning about different things.  And knowing our rights, which I found out in my first lesson of Jigsaw.  One of our rights is to get an education, which I didn’t know before.   I also learnt about our responsibilities within school.”

Abdullah – Year 3

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.

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.

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

The children worked through their culture wheel and then compared their wheel with the other wheels in the class. This helped them to understand what cultural differences and similarities they shared.

For ‘Tell Me or Show Me’, the class was divided into 6 groups. Each were given a blank culture wheel and a picture of a child. They then completed the culture wheel as if they were the child in the picture. Every group shared their wheel and were then told that all the children in the picture lived in the UK and were British citizens.