Multicultural Events
Addressing and
recognising multicultural issues are an important element of our work
here at Lee Mount. We are a school that welcomes and celebrates
difference and through our teaching and learning we aim to prepare our
children to live in a multicultural society with tolerance and
understanding.
Our PSHCE curriculum encourages children to learn
about different cultures and we organise numerous opportunities for
multi-cultural experiences. Some ways which we have done this recently
have been:
Each year we hold two ‘One World’ weeks - one in the
Autumn term and one in the Summer term. During these each class studies
and celebrates a different country and culture. This is an opportunity
for classes to do some cross-curricular work, including geography, art,
music, drama, languages, cooking and drama. During One World weeks we
welcome visiting artists, dancers and musicians in to school to both
perform for us and work with the children in workshops. In July we
welcomed a band of musicians from Chile to school.
Developing
links with Beech Hill Junior School. We have a very different ethnic mix
to Beech Hill and our respective school councillors have presented
assemblies in the other school. Beech Hill children have visited to tell
us about their Muslim faith and helped out during One world week.
Asian
dancing. We have had professional dance tutors in school to teach both
traditional and ‘Bollywood’ style dancing, before presenting a
performance to parents and other children in school. Through such fun
events we believe that cultural barriers can be broken down.