top of page
Student Workshops
Reception to Year 9
*Currently available in Dorset/BCP schools only
• All sessions follow RSE, Ofsted, Church of England, PSHE and Unicef Guidelines.
• I am a qualified primary school teacher with decades of experience.
Workshops are designed to feel positive, comfortable and safe. Children are always given the option to say nothing and no-one is ever asked a personal question or to reveal anything personal about themselves or their family.
What Do the Sessions Include?
Reception and Year 1 Assembly
This session includes:
- Story reading of 'And Tango Makes Three' - the true story of a penguin with two Dads.
- Pictures to show lots of different families including single parent, step parents, living with grandparents, adopted or fostered and same-sex parents.
- Talk about how families might look different but that they all share love.
- Singing and signing 'We are Family'.
(30 minutes)
- Story reading of 'And Tango Makes Three' - the true story of a penguin with two Dads.
- Pictures to show lots of different families including single parent, step parents, living with grandparents, adopted or fostered and same-sex parents.
- Talk about how families might look different but that they all share love.
- Singing and signing 'We are Family'.
(30 minutes)
Year 2 Assembly
This session includes:
- An introduction on 'Identity' and how we are all different.
- Story reading of 'Little Red Riding Dude' by Olly Pike
- Discussion on how there are multiple ways of being different - even for identical twins - and that we all have our own identity, which is unique to us
- Discussion: Is it good to celebrate difference?
- Poetry reading of 'There's No Such Thing as a Normal'
- Song - 'What I am is...' by Will.i.am
(25 minutes)
- An introduction on 'Identity' and how we are all different.
- Story reading of 'Little Red Riding Dude' by Olly Pike
- Discussion on how there are multiple ways of being different - even for identical twins - and that we all have our own identity, which is unique to us
- Discussion: Is it good to celebrate difference?
- Poetry reading of 'There's No Such Thing as a Normal'
- Song - 'What I am is...' by Will.i.am
(25 minutes)
Year 3/4 Assembly Prince Henry
This session includes:
- Story reading of 'Prince Henry' by Olly Pike.
- Discussion: Can two men or two women marry in the UK? Is this the same everywhere?
- Activity: The king in the book rips up the law that says a prince cannot marry a poor person. Are there any rules we would like to rip up? Show different rules to discuss eg Everyone in our school should look the same.
- Song - Stand Up
(25 minutes)
- Story reading of 'Prince Henry' by Olly Pike.
- Discussion: Can two men or two women marry in the UK? Is this the same everywhere?
- Activity: The king in the book rips up the law that says a prince cannot marry a poor person. Are there any rules we would like to rip up? Show different rules to discuss eg Everyone in our school should look the same.
- Song - Stand Up
(25 minutes)
Year 3/4 Assembly The Prince and the Frog
This session includes:
- Story reading of 'The Prince and the Frog' by Olly Pike
- Discussion: Can two men or two women marry in the UK? Is this the same everywhere?
- Game: Who says what in the story?
- Song: 'What I am is...' by Will.i.am
(25 minutes)
- Story reading of 'The Prince and the Frog' by Olly Pike
- Discussion: Can two men or two women marry in the UK? Is this the same everywhere?
- Game: Who says what in the story?
- Song: 'What I am is...' by Will.i.am
(25 minutes)
Year 2 Class Session
This session includes:
- Game identifying different jobs and discussing if men and women could both do the job.
- Discussion: Is it OK to play with whatever toys you like or wear whatever clothes you like regardless of your gender?
- Story reading of 'Gerald Wants to Wear Pink' by Becci Murray.
- Song - Be Yourself
(30 minutes)
- Game identifying different jobs and discussing if men and women could both do the job.
- Discussion: Is it OK to play with whatever toys you like or wear whatever clothes you like regardless of your gender?
- Story reading of 'Gerald Wants to Wear Pink' by Becci Murray.
- Song - Be Yourself
(30 minutes)
Year 3 Class Session
This session includes:
- Story reading of 'Are You a Boy or Are you a Girl?' by Fox Fisher.
- Discussion on our favourite clothes, food, games, etc.
- Activity: 'I am Me' worksheet where each child celebrates their unique likes and dislikes.
(30 minutes)
- Story reading of 'Are You a Boy or Are you a Girl?' by Fox Fisher.
- Discussion on our favourite clothes, food, games, etc.
- Activity: 'I am Me' worksheet where each child celebrates their unique likes and dislikes.
(30 minutes)
Year 4 Class Session
This session includes:
- A Discussion on whether some toys, clothes or hobbies are just for boys or just for girls. Is it OK if people like different things? Where do these ‘rules’ about gender come from?
- Story Reading of ‘My Shadow is Purple’ by Scott Stuart, where the main character realises there are many different ways to be and that gender doesn’t have to define you.
- Children decide what they would say to the King of Gender Rules if they didn't like the rules.
- Explanation that some people throughout history (and now) have tried to change gender stereotypes eg women choosing to wear trousers or run in marathons, men choosing to be nurses or look after babies.
(40 minutes)
- A Discussion on whether some toys, clothes or hobbies are just for boys or just for girls. Is it OK if people like different things? Where do these ‘rules’ about gender come from?
- Story Reading of ‘My Shadow is Purple’ by Scott Stuart, where the main character realises there are many different ways to be and that gender doesn’t have to define you.
- Children decide what they would say to the King of Gender Rules if they didn't like the rules.
- Explanation that some people throughout history (and now) have tried to change gender stereotypes eg women choosing to wear trousers or run in marathons, men choosing to be nurses or look after babies.
(40 minutes)
Year 5 Class Session
This session includes:
- Game about gender and stereotyping, including discussion on whether your gender should restrict what you like/dislike or whether it doesn't matter - you can like/dislike things regardless of your gender.
- Story reading of 'Introducing Teddy' by Jessica Walton, where Teddy tells his friends he is a girl teddy, not a boy teddy despite his outward appearance.
- Explain that a small number of people feel this way too, that this isn't sudden, but is something people think about for a long time and isn't the most important thing about them.
- Opportunity for children to ask questions including anonymously using white boards, to clarify their understanding of the lesson. These are always answered in an age-appropriate way. Questions that would be classified as sex education are not answered and are left for the school to answer if/when appropriate.
- Basic explanation of words using the Pop'n'Olly video 'Sexual Orientation Explained for Children' eg Gay means a man who loves or is attracted to another man.
- Examples of positive LGBT+ role models.
- Discussion: What is an ally? Why is Pride important to LGBT+ people and their friends and families?
(60 minutes)
- Game about gender and stereotyping, including discussion on whether your gender should restrict what you like/dislike or whether it doesn't matter - you can like/dislike things regardless of your gender.
- Story reading of 'Introducing Teddy' by Jessica Walton, where Teddy tells his friends he is a girl teddy, not a boy teddy despite his outward appearance.
- Explain that a small number of people feel this way too, that this isn't sudden, but is something people think about for a long time and isn't the most important thing about them.
- Opportunity for children to ask questions including anonymously using white boards, to clarify their understanding of the lesson. These are always answered in an age-appropriate way. Questions that would be classified as sex education are not answered and are left for the school to answer if/when appropriate.
- Basic explanation of words using the Pop'n'Olly video 'Sexual Orientation Explained for Children' eg Gay means a man who loves or is attracted to another man.
- Examples of positive LGBT+ role models.
- Discussion: What is an ally? Why is Pride important to LGBT+ people and their friends and families?
(60 minutes)
Year 6 Class Session
This session includes:
- Discussion: Can we know about who someone is just by looking at them?
- Story reading of 'Call Me Max' by Kyle Lukoff where Max explains that he feels he is a boy, even though people thought he was a girl when he was born.
- Explain that a small number of people feel this way too, that this isn't sudden, but is something people think about for a long time and isn't the most important thing about them.
- Opportunity for children to ask questions, including anonymously using white boards, to clarify their understanding of the lesson. These are always answered in an age-appropriate way. Questions that would be classified as sex education are not answered and are left for the school to answer if/when appropriate.
- Discussion about the character Steven, who is a boy who likes wearing dresses. Clarify how this is different from Max. Steven isn't a girl just because he wears dresses - he's a boy who likes to wear dresses because that feels right for him.
- Basic explanation of words using the Pop'n'Olly video 'Sexual Orientation Explained for Children' eg Gay means a man who loves or is attracted to another man.
- Examples of positive LGBT+ role models.
- Discussion: What is an ally? Why is Pride important to LGBT+ people and their friends and families?
(60 minutes)
- Discussion: Can we know about who someone is just by looking at them?
- Story reading of 'Call Me Max' by Kyle Lukoff where Max explains that he feels he is a boy, even though people thought he was a girl when he was born.
- Explain that a small number of people feel this way too, that this isn't sudden, but is something people think about for a long time and isn't the most important thing about them.
- Opportunity for children to ask questions, including anonymously using white boards, to clarify their understanding of the lesson. These are always answered in an age-appropriate way. Questions that would be classified as sex education are not answered and are left for the school to answer if/when appropriate.
- Discussion about the character Steven, who is a boy who likes wearing dresses. Clarify how this is different from Max. Steven isn't a girl just because he wears dresses - he's a boy who likes to wear dresses because that feels right for him.
- Basic explanation of words using the Pop'n'Olly video 'Sexual Orientation Explained for Children' eg Gay means a man who loves or is attracted to another man.
- Examples of positive LGBT+ role models.
- Discussion: What is an ally? Why is Pride important to LGBT+ people and their friends and families?
(60 minutes)
Secondary Assembly
This session includes:
- Timeline of the progression of LGBT+ rights since 1533.
- Examples of LGBT+change-makers throughout history, including Oscar Wilde, Ewan Forbes, Booan Temple and Phyll Opoku-Gyimah
- An explanation of Article 12 in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which gives children the right to speak and adults the responsibility to listen.
- Timeline of the progression of LGBT+ rights since 1533.
- Examples of LGBT+change-makers throughout history, including Oscar Wilde, Ewan Forbes, Booan Temple and Phyll Opoku-Gyimah
- An explanation of Article 12 in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which gives children the right to speak and adults the responsibility to listen.
bottom of page