Year 3 What Is Equality Equality is understanding

Year 3

What Is Equality? Equality is: • understanding that everyone is different but that we are all people; • knowing that everyone has the right to be treated fairly; • treating others with respect.

What Things Make Us Different and The Same? we are all people eye colour hair colour we all have thoughts we all have likes our personalities skin colour where we live we all have feelings we all have needs Can you think of anything else that makes us different?

Let’s watch this video https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=o. M 3 Des. Xftr. Q Watch this video! Have a think: How does Rigoberto feel at the beginning of the story? Why does he feel like that? What about at the end?

Diversity Rigoberto and Angelina are able to SHARE their culture, their experiences and their lives with the children at school. They embraced their differences. They learnt to love themselves and the things that make them unique. By everyone opening up, it allowed the children to see that there are many things that are the SAME as each other. Despite all these differences, everyone has the same feeling that they want to be treated with respect and love.

“ “ When I see you through my eyes, I think that we are different. ” ” When I see you through my heart, I know we are the same. Doe Zantama is an author and illustrator. What do you think she is telling us with this quote? Have a think about your friends. What is different? What is the same? Discuss

Activity I would like you to draw you and your best friend. What is the same? What is different? How can you treat your friend with respect even though they have some differences?