Yesterday, we were joined by two police officers. Don’t panic – it was a planned visit! They came in to help us understand ‘Hate Crime‘.
The workshop started by us being split into two groups. One group was treated very differently to the other. They were given Ribena instead of water, given more praise, given Cool Class Tokens, allowed more time to speak and were spoken to in a nicer tone. The point of this was to illustrate how, sometimes, people within our community are treated differently (often, less well). The group that were ‘victimised’ became angry, upset and began to feel a sense of injustice. After we’d talked about how this could be reflected in society, we learnt about what a hate crime is and what we can do if we witness one happening.
The workshop was very informative and certainly though-provoking. We’re really lucky in our school that diversity is celebrated – let’s keep it this way!
