Values for a Better Tomorrow
Learning Sequence 4
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Introduction With Gavin
Watch the video with your class and discuss the ideas explained. Talk about this week’s value and ask the children if they know what it means.
Ask questions around why it is important and how it can make our lives better.
The idea behind watching this video is to set the foundations of the weekly value and get the children talking and thinking about it as the week progresses.
This week we will read Anita Came on a Plane and learn all about the power of Acceptance.
What is Acceptance?
Acceptance is like when you understand and appreciate people for who they are, even if they’re different from you. It’s about treating people with kindness and respect, no matter what.
For example, if one of your friends looks or acts different from you, it’s important to accept them and be a good friend to them. This might mean asking them if they need any help or just being there for them when they need it.
Everyone is different, and that’s what makes the world so cool. By showing acceptance towards others, we can make sure that everyone feels included and supported. So if you see someone who is different from you, try to be accepting and kind towards them. It’ll make them feel good and it’ll make you feel good too.
Quote of the week - Read and Discuss
Each week we will start by reading a quote, talking about what it means to further understand how we can use these words as lessons to learn from.
Read the following quote and discuss it with your class. You may even want to print it out and collate the quotes over the weeks to create a wall of discussion for future research projects.
Read this week’s quote and think about what it means and what we can learn from it to make the world a better place!
You may want to note it down in your notebook and draw a nice picture next to it!
Reading Activity
Read the book alongside your class and discuss the various lessons that we can learn from each of the pages and events within the text.
The text was curated by a primary-aged child, so there may be mistakes and this is expected, but the essence of the activity is to explain to your students that these books are about the message inside. The children who wrote these books did so with the intention to teach others about important values.
Have a discussion with your class about the values they spotted inside this book!
Read the book opposite and have a conversation about each of the pages and discuss what values you think are being taught during the story.
Remember that this book was created by a child and they are hoping that, by reading it, you are going to learn something about living your life to help others feel safe, happy and accepted.
Let’s see what you learn!
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Weekly Comprehension Activity
Read through the task card instructions with your students and make sure that they are aware of all the 4 activities expected of them during this activity.
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Fill in the missing words
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Answer the comprehension questions (in full sentences)
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Define the Keywords in their books
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Plan how they will complete the follow-up activity.
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After reading the book you will now be feeling more inspired and ready to learn more about the values mentioned in this book.
Take a look at the task card opposite and read the instructions carefully. Answer the questions, fill in the missing words and define the keywords before moving on to this week’s activity below.
Values Activity (Younger Students)
During this activity, children will research their own family tree by questioning their family. This will then allow them to share the information with the rest of the class.
Once they have all shared their family heritage, it is a good idea to discuss these similarities within your classroom and prepare for the traditional Dress day.
This event will be a collective celebration of the diversity in your class. Help the children to plan a day when they can all come to school representing part of their family heritage.
Organise a Traditional Dress day
During this activity, we want you to organise a day in your class where you all wear the traditional clothes of those who have lived before you.
We all have a different pasts. Some of us have travelled from other countries or have grandparents or parents who were born in other parts of the world and today we want to celebrate that!
Your first job is to go home and do some research about your family and where they come from.
Next, we want you to come to school and share your research with the class.
Last, we want you to have a special day in your classroom where you all wear clothes from your family history.
We are all different and today we are going to celebrate those differences together!! Use the task card opposite to start your research on your family history!
Values Activity (Older Students)
To truly celebrate the cultural diversity in your community, we are going to allow your children to organise their very own cultural lunch.
During this lunch, each child will bring in a different dish, linked to the heritage of their family. The first step will be to allow your children to go home and start asking questions about their family tree.
Once they have shared these with the class, they will then plan and prepare a dish for the rest of the class to taste.
This event will be a real celebration of how different we all are whilst also allowing the children to truly understand what it means to be part of a diverse community.
Acceptance is cultivated through exposure, experience and knowledge and this week we are going to grow all three of these!
Organising a Cultural Lunch
During this activity we want to celebrate the differences in your school and in the wider community. To do this, we want you to organise an international lunch where each person in your class brings into school a different food dish linked to their cultural heritage.
What is cultural heritage? This is the cultural history of your family and it may mean investigating where your grandfather or great-grandfather was born. This will give you a clear timeline and story of your cultural heritage.
Once we have researched our cultural heritage, it is then time to plan what each person will bring, when the event will occur and who will be invited.
If you really want to make your international lunch a groundbreaking event, you may want to invite another school to attend or some local influential people or government officials.
Your Book of Values (Pages 12-14) - Acceptance is…
Over the next weeks, your children will be creating a simple but very powerful book on values.
Each week your children will revisit this task and add three pages to their book until it is complete.
Please allow your children to use the template provided to assist them with their design. The children will need to use this template as the dimensions are very specific.
Once complete your children will add their book to the Upschool library for the world to see.
Your Book of Values (Pages 12-14) – Acceptance is…
This week we are going to start our very own book on values. Each week we will ask you to add three more pages to the book. This week we will be adding the next 3 pages on acceptance.
Use the example to help you continue to create your very own book. Remember to keep it simple and keep your text away from the edges of the page!
Good luck!
Closing Video - Watch and Think
Use this video as a plenary session to help the children consolidate their knowledge and walk away with the feeling that when we look out for others and act with the intention of helping them with no reward, we feel good inside and that is what matters.
Note: The video needs to be opened in a separate window.
Watch and Think – What is Acceptance?
Watch this short animation about a dog and a fish. Think about why the dog decides to help the fish and talk about how it feels to help somebody when you see that they need it.
How will you follow in the footsteps of the fish in future?