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Protected Characteristics
No form of discrimination is tolerated at Grazeley, but it is particularly important that children are taught about these protected characteristic groups and the importance of showing respect to people within these groups.
Protected Characteristics at Grazeley Primary School
No form of discrimination is tolerated at Grazeley, but it is particularly important that children are taught about these protected characteristic groups and the importance of showing respect to people within these groups. We only talk about the protected characteristics that are relevant to the age of our children and do so in an age appropriate way at all times.
Age | Race | Gender | Religion | Relationship | Disability | Present yourself | Who you choose to love | To have a baby |
The Equality Act 2010 aims to prevent discrimination. It is illegal to discriminate against people based on these protected characteristics and wee address this in a number of ways, for example through our collective worship, where we think about respect and tolerance; through our curriculum that is planned and delivered in order that children learn about these protected characteristics in an age-appropriate manner; in PSHE lessons where teaching and learning about protected characteristics is fully integrated into SCARF, through age-appropriate content across the SCARF spiral curriculum, and we have recently invested in an extensive range of diversity, inclusivity and equality books for our school library.
The UK government recognises how important it is that “All children gain an understanding of the world they are growing up in, and learn how to live alongside, and show respect for, a diverse range of people. When we inspect schools, we assess how well they equip children to do this.” (Ofsted guidance: Inspecting teaching of the protected characteristics in schools, UK Gov. 2021).
Teaching and learning about protected characteristics is fully integrated into SCARF (our PSHE Curriculum), through age-appropriate content across the SCARF spiral curriculum, and threads through the vast majority of SCARF lesson plans.
However, some protected characteristics benefit from the in-depth coverage that will give children time to explore the knowledge and attitudes that develop their appreciation of them. We’ve mapped the SCARF lessons that provide this greater depth to the relevant protected characteristics below.
PSHE
(SCARF curriculum headings) | Age (age) | Race (race) | Gender (sex) | Religion (religion or belief) | Relationships (marriage and civil partnership) | Disability (disability) | Present yourself (gender reassignment) | Who you choose to love (sexual orientation) | To have a baby (pregnancy and maternity) |
Reception | Life stages- plant, animal, human | Me and my body- girls and boys | Same and different families All about me | Who will I be? | Same and different families Where do babies come from? | Who will I be? Where do babies come from? | |||
Year 1 | Who are our special people? | ||||||||
Year 2 | What makes us who we are? | My body, your body | What makes us who we are? | ||||||
Year 3 | Our friends and neighbours | Our friends and neighbours Zeb | Let’s celebrate our differences Zeb I am fantastic | Our friends and neighbours Let’s celebrate our differences | Let’s celebrate our differences Zeb I am fantastic | I am fantastic | Our friends and neighbours Zeb Family and friends | ||
Year 4 | Together | The people we share our world with | Together | Together The people we share our world with | Together | Together | |||
Year 5 | Happy being me | The land of the red people Happy being me | Stop, start, stereotypes Growing up and changing bodies The land of the red people Happy being me | The land of the red people Happy being me | Is it true? Stop, start, stereotypes | ||||
Year 6 | We have more in common than not Democracy in Britain-elections and how laws are made Don’t force me Think before you click To share or not to share | We have more in common than not Tolerance and respect for others | We have more in common than not Don’t force me Media manipulation Making babies Tolerance and respect for others Is this normal? Acting appropriately | We have more in common than not Don’t force me Is this normal? Acting appropriately | Don’t force me | We have more in common than not Media manipulation | Media manipulation | We have more in common than not Don’t force me Media manipulation |
Foundation Curriculum
Year 1 | Childhood | Bright lights, big city | School days |
Age To have a baby Gender | Gender Race | ||
Year 2 | Movers and Shakers | Magnificent Monarchs | Coastlines |
Gender Race | Age Gender Who you choose to love | ||
Year 3 | Through the ages | Rocks, relics and rumbles | Emperors and Empires |
Religion | Religion Age Gender Who you choose to love | ||
Year 4 | Invasion | Misty Mountain, Winding River | Ancient Civilisations |
Year 5 | Dynamic Dynasties | Groundbreaking Greeks | Sew, Grow, Farm |
Religion Age Gender Who you choose to love | Religion Age Gender Who you choose to love To have a baby | ||
Year 6 | Maafa | Frozen Kingdoms | Britain at War |
Race Religion Gender |
Whole school events/days
Autumn | Spring | Summer |
Friday 11th November – Armistice Day October – Black History Month November – Anti-bullying Week | February – Safer Internet Day February – International Women in Science Day February – Random Acts of Kindness Day March – Women’s History Month March – British Science Week April – World Autism Awareness Day | June – PRIDE Month June- World Wellbeing Week July-International Women in Engineering Day |