Diversity at Heber
Since the Black Lives Matter protests began, staff have been engaging in lively debates surrounding the issues raised and have taken a considered approach before forming a teacher work group that can champion racial equality in our community. We would now like to share with you some of the initiatives we are planning in order to achieve that goal. As always, we openly welcome your feedback and support in striving towards a world of racial equality as we aim to drive towards racial equality for black people alongside doing better by all of our families, whatever our race.
Diverse Curriculum Content
In line with our goal to embed Black, Asian and Minority Ethic content into our curriculum, subject leads have mapped out where ethnically diverse history, places, people and events appear in our curriculum for 2020-21. This will ensure regular coverage of diverse content relevant to children growing up in London. This allows each and every one of our pupils to see themselves in our curriculum. The Diversity Curriculum map can be found here.
In addition to the above, we have recently reviewed the texts we use to teach English. Follow the links below to see the texts for each year group that feature ethnically diverse authors, protagonists or culture:
Teaching Children about Racism
It is our aim that all children have regular opportunities engage in open conversations about race, racism, and racial inequality during their time at Heber. In addition to this we aim to equip all children with the tools necessary to contribute successfully to a world where racism can be a thing of the past. Through our PSHE curriculum, children learn about tolerance, diversity, respect and prejudice. Furthermore, we directly address racism and unconscious racial bias through carefully pitched lessons designed to increase children's awareness of their role in driving towards equality for all. As a result of these aims, our PSHE lead has compiled an Anti-Racism Journey for implementation in the 2020-21 academic year, which maps children's learning about anti-racism from years 1 to 6.
To support your conversations around race at home, A Parents Guide to Black Lives Matter can be found here.
Our children have already begun to actively engage with issues of racial equality raised by the Black Lives Matter. campaign Images of some of their learning can be found around this page.
Heber School’s support of the Black Lives Matter campaign is not an endorsement of any organisation or movement with a political agenda.