Stephen Lawrence Day Parent and Carer Workshop PPT1 Stephen Lawrence Day School Information Booklet] The 22 April 2018 marked the 25th Anniversary of the senseless murder of Stephen Lawrence, a young man who had a bright future ahead of him. At the memorial service to celebrate his life, the Prime Minister, Teresa May, announced the Annual National Day of Remembrance and Commemoration of Stephen which is to be held on or around 22 April 2019. As a school community, we have been invited and encouraged, to use the memory of Stephen’s life and legacy as an opportunity for influencing the lives of the children and young people in our school. The theme of the day is “Live Our Best Life”. This is intended to focus on building pupils’ confidence and skills relating to emotional intelligence, resilience, respect and care so that children and young people value difference, embrace diversity, behave responsibly and make positive choices to contribute as active, healthy, engaged citizens in multicultural Britain. Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Stephen’s mother, has written a letter to every school and teacher and I’m going to pause for a few minutes so that we can read this short letter

Objectives for Workshop Understand the aims of Stephen Lawrence Day (SLD) and the activities that children have been involved in. Explore the themes of SLD and consider how our words, attitudes and actions, in relation to race and diversity, influence and shape our children’s words attitudes and actions. Discuss how best parents and the school can partner together to support children to “Live Their Best Life” Every school has received a Poster ,which has the strapline “Live Our Best Life”, and, as a headteacher [or head of year or Deputy], I would encourage you to think about how you might knit this theme into other work you will already have planned. Perhaps you will use the theme to inspire children [in your class/tutor group] to reflect on the core message of “Live Our Best Life”.  Let’s take a few minutes to discuss how we might use the Assembly and supporting resources within our classroom setting. I would also like to invite you to ask any questions you might have.

Workshop structure Background to Stephen Lawrence Day The compelling case to be involved Our Words, Attitudes and Actions Count Questions and answers

Baroness Doreen Lawrence “The lessons of fairness and respect must start early if we are to have a truly fair and civilised society, free from discrimination where we all play our part as active citizens” Some of you will be familiar, and others not so familiar, with the specifics and the importance of Stephen Lawrence’s life and legacy. One of the key impacts of Stephen’s legacy was a change in the law relating to double jeopardy. In addition, one of the 70 recommendations from the Macpherson Report resulted in a requirement that all schools provide Citizenship education. More details relating to the timeline around Stephen’s death and the fight for justice are available on the Stephen Lawrence Day website and I would encourage you to familiarise yourself with the timeline.  key concern of Baroness Lawrence was to minimise any additional workload for teachers and to this end, the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust has developed a suite of resources that can be used immediately at all school levels from Early Years to Upper Secondary

Early Years and Key Stage 1 Assembly themes: The relationships that shape our world. Working together to make a better world. Changing the narrative of our world. Finding our place in the world. Building a better world. Themed lessons: Examples include: Me and my family: Draw on parts of Stephen’s story to involve children in exploring their own histories and families, including engaging children in discussions about accepting and respecting others from different families. History and identity: Use literature to focus on children’s individual histories and identities, and to highlight how communities are changing in the UK, such as “Happy in our skin”, or “No matter what” and others on the annotated reading list. School activities: Examples include: Making children’s voices heard: Art / Craft activity related to the theme of “we are all special”, “live our best life” or other themes related to diversity and inclusion. Engaging staff in workshops around racism, diversity and inclusion. Parents, community and fundraising: Examples include: Joining together for a community project which builds cohesion and respect, e.g. building a community garden, having a community shared dinner or BBQ. Key Stage 2 Assembly themes: The relationships that shape our world. Working together to make better world. Changing the narrative of our world. Finding our place in the world. Building a better world. Literacy: Research and write a biography of someone who has inspired you to Live Your Best Life. Class and individual reading: “The Promised”, “Life doesn’t frighten me”, “What is race?”, “The Island” and other suggested titles in the annotated book list History: Explore other people who have ‘stood up for social justice and equal opportunities’, including, for example, Nelson Mandela, Marie Curie and Emmeline Pankhurst. School activities: Examples include: Leaders: examine your school’s culture and actions at every level in order to tackle racism, support diversity, inclusion and enable the success of every child. Pupils: Encourage pupils to lead assemblies on related topics and suggest ways to improve respect, diversity and inclusion in their schools. Parents community and fundraising: Examples include: Parents, staff and pupils could Run a mile for Stephen (to link with London Marathon). Fun Run for younger children. Raise money for a Charity of choice or the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust.

Workshop Activity

Finally… Feedback on group activity Three strategies to take away: Model how to value feelings Connect feelings, thoughts and behaviours Build a ‘climate’ of empathy Thank you!