Noughts and Crosses

Ideas for using film extracts of the book ‘Noughts and Crosses’ by Majorie Blackman by the Royal Shakespeare Company.  This resource encourages users to think critically about the hurtful impact words can have and discusses how we can make a difference to others.

Voices in the Park

Ideas for using the book Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne to think critically about how we all live together.
KS2 | 30 Mins | Group

Working Together

Using the picture book ‘What Friends Do Best’ by Jonathan Emmett and Nathan Reed to explore how working together is sometimes the only way to get things done.
KS1 | 30 Mins | Teacher led

What’s in it for Me?

A KS1 activity that uses two stories to explore the ideas of sharing, helping each other, and understanding that we are all linked.
KS1 | 30 Mins | Teacher led

Silence Seeker – Exploring the Words We Choose

A series of activities using the book Silence Seeker by Ben Morley to explore the nature of our local place and how we live together.
KS2 | 60 Mins | Teacher led

A series of activities using the book Silence Seeker by Ben Morley to explore the nature of our local place and how we live together.
KS2 | 60 Mins | Teacher led

The Lost Thing

A picture book that raises questions about ‘fitting in’, and the way we support or ignore people who join us.
KS2 | 60 Mins | Teacher led

People Equal

A fantastic poem to help learners explore equality and difference, through reflecting on people’s different and sometimes opposite personalities.
KS2 | 60 Mins | Teacher led

Helping Hands

An activity that explores the ways that people support and help us in different parts of our lives.
KS2 | 30 Mins | Teacher led

Sharing Common Goals

An activity that uses the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to explore the idea of common goals, shared ideals and the ways in which we can help each other to achieve these.
KS3 | 60 Mins | Teacher led

Dream City

A visioning activity that asks pupils to imagine how they would like to live together in their ‘dream city’.
KS3 | 60 Mins | Group

We Are All Born Free

This picture book illustrating the 30 rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a great way to think about how we all live together, and should respect each others’ rights.
KS2 | 60 Mins | Group

Global Connections

How are we connected to people/places/cultures in other parts of the world.
KS2 | 60 Mins | Teacher led

Voices in the Park

Ideas for using the book Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne to think critically about how we all live together.
KS2 | 30 Mins | Teacher led

Playing Sports Together

A discussion activity to think about both the friendly and competitive ways in which we play games and sports together.
KS2 | 30 Mins | Teacher led

Connected Communities

A simple mapping activity that looks at how two communities are connected, and the different routeways and pathways they share.
KS2 | 60 Mins | Teacher led

Starfish Story

The starfish story can be a helpful way to help learners understand active citizenship and encourage them that it is worth taking action to make a difference.
KS2 | 15 Mins | Teacher led

It Goes Without Saying

An activity that explores the hidden or unwritten rules that help us all to live together.
KS2 | 60 Mins | Teacher led

Where Do We Live Together?

An activity that looks at the spaces around us and how some are shared by all of us and some are our own
KS3 | 60 Mins | Teacher led

The Island

Using The Island by Armin Greder to explore concepts of anger, fear and hostility.
KS3 | 60 Mins | Teacher led