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'This Is Where I Live' is a citizenship project produced by The Runnymede Trust. Runnymede is an independent and voluntary funded organisation promoting a successful multi-ethnic Britain.
Last year Runnymede launched a teaching resource to support teachers in giving young people a chance to express their views on heritage, belonging, prejudice, discrimination and the future. A CD Rom is included with the teacher guidance notes.
The CD Rom shows young people describing arts projects they have been involved in. They explain how taking part helped them develop a sense of purpose and community.
Teachers' notes suggest learning intentions, activities and key messages supporting five themes:
The CD Rom and teaching resource pack can be used with 'Complementing Teachers: A Practical Guide to Promoting Race Equality in Schools', also produced by Runnymede.
Liz Day teaches a year 6 literacy group at Dulwich Hamlet Junior School in Southwark, South London.
Liz adapted the suggestions and materials from the resource pack to develop a project for her students. They worked through the first three themes, developing their own creative responses. Some of the students produced their own video resources describing how their life experiences have made them who they are.
Liz translated the school management team’s commitment to inclusion into practice. As deputy head teacher she demonstrated this commitment through her own teaching. She provided direction for other staff through the development of the project. In addition, the project has shown the school’s commitment to inclusion to the students and their parents.
Liz supported the children in developing their understanding of themselves, their goals, values and beliefs, their sense of belonging to a community and their role in society. The children had opportunities to extend their understanding and awareness of the diversity of heritage. They reflected on their own experiences, using them as starting points to identify parallels with each other and with other members of their community. The CD Rom helped them to empathise with the experiences of other young people, experiences quite different to their own.
By working through each theme the children developed their understanding of citizenship. Below are some of their comments:
I have learned that your background, religion and where you live affects you. Your life experiences change you forever. Your ambitions, goals and values help decide what you do in life.
MattThe video from Runnymede made me think I could do something similar, that’s why I made a video myself. The work we did gave me an insight into other people’s lives.
EleanorI feel I know myself much better after doing our project. It helped me explore and find out who I am and what my goals are. Sophie
I think it is an excellent idea for other children to work on a project like this. We learned what is important to other people and how where you live or your religion really make you who you are. Heritage and identity is very important and powerful and the project helped us to see things from other people’s point of view.
Liberty
