Changing me

Shared ‘The jigsaw charter’ with the children to reinforce how we work together.

Calm me

At the beginning of every jigsaw lesson we help our minds calm down so that we are ready to learn.

Carrying on from last week in groups of just boys and just boys , asked children to design a duvet cover/pillow case for children of the opposite sex, e.g. girls design a duvet cover for boys and boys design a duvet cover for girls. Children then had to present their designs – the girls presented to the boys and the boys presented to the girls.

I then asked the children to think about why/how they chose to design their pillow/duvet case as they did. Did they think their design is stereotypical or not?

Asked them to complete the sentence; ‘our design is not stereotyping because…’