Living and Learning: protected characteristics

Friday 04 October 2024

In Living and Learning, we looked at how we respect others. We discussed discrimination, protected characteristics and the Equality Act 2010.

Discrimination is defined as “the unfair treatment of people because of who they are or because they have a certain characteristic.”

We remember the protected characteristics by using:

DR S GRAMPS

Disability

Race

Sex

Gender reassignment

Religion or beliefs

Age

Marriage or civil partnership

Pregnancy and/or maternity leave

Sexual orientation

We looked at different scenarios (both made up and real-life cases), where people were treated unfairly and tried to find a solution to the problem. Everyone is the class believes everyone should be treated fairly.

We now have a greater understanding that individual characteristics make everyone in the world unique and we can respect people in several different ways.

Help at home: Name the protected characteristics without looking.