Mini police - positively different for year 5 and 6 - Stay Safe Partnership

Outcomes

This workshop will enable students to:

  • understand what hate crime is and who it can effect
  • to have an understanding of the laws relating to hate crime offenses and identify different types of hate crime
  • to know where to get support and who to report it to
Service Description

Within this workshop, students will be able to identify:

  • what the protected characteristics are, and
  • what hate is

This session then explores hate crime. This will enable the children to understand:

  • why it is a crime
  • who it targets
  • how to report it

It is important to recognise that some primary children will encounter some form of hate crime within their school years. Imagine a young person witnessing or being a victim of a hate crime offense. How is it going to make them feel? What would we want that pupil to know, understand and be able to do in order to make sense of the situation?

Talking to young people about protective characteristics and being ‘positively different’ helps them to understand why we should:

  • be kind
  • be accepting
  • celebrate other peoples differences

This in turn helps to prevent ‘small hate leading to big hate’.

During the workshops, students will undertake tasks in small groups as well as engage in whole group discussion. Sessions will be delivered by experienced trainers from Lincolnshire Police youth engagement team in an age appropriate, fair and inclusive manner.

Availability

This workshop is available to all year 5 and 6 students across Lincolnshire.

Benefits

Sessions have been created to cover some or all of the following areas within the PSHE framework:

H25: about personal identity; what contributes to who we are, for example: 

  • ethnicity
  • family
  • gender
  • faith
  • culture
  • hobbies
  • likes and dislikes

H26: for some people gender identity does not correspond with their biological sex.

H27: to recognise their individuality and personal qualities.

R2: that people may be attracted to someone emotionally, romantically and sexually; that people may be attracted to someone of the same sex or different sex to them; that gender identity and sexual orientation are different.

R11: that the same principles apply to online friendships as to face-to-face relationships; what constitutes a positive healthy friendship, for example:

  • mutual respect
  • trust
  • truthfulness
  • loyalty
  • kindness
  • generosity
  • sharing interests and experiences
  • support with problems and difficulties

R19: about the impact of bullying, including offline and online, and the consequences of hurtful behaviour.

R20: how to report concerns and get support; strategies to respond to hurtful behaviour experienced or witnessed, offline and online. This includes: 

  • teasing
  • name-calling
  • bullying
  • trolling
  • harassment or the deliberate excluding of others

R21: about discrimination: what it means and how to challenge it.

L8: about diversity: what it means; the benefits of living in a diverse community; about valuing diversity within communities.

L10: about prejudice; how to recognise behaviours and actions which discriminate against others; ways of responding to it if witnessed or experienced.

Cost

Free

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