It’s been an intense half term and it’s finally the holidays so I celebrated by waking up at 6am and eating chocolate hot cross buns in bed. I spent yesterday teaching the kids about Harvey Milk for LGBT History Month, we finished an amazing piece of writing about refugees and then we had a fab workshop with @wemovement Thanks to Trae, who worked with my class, they are now planning their own fundraisers, marches and ‘Raise Your Voice Day’ to help raise money and awareness for homelessness, pollution and food bank usage. I was absolutely gutted that I hadn’t remembered about the climate change walk out as my class would have LOVED to have taken part and I would have fully supported them but I know that they learnt so much yesterday so I hope they forgive me 🤞#lgbthistory #lgbthistorymonth #harveymilk #milk #weday #wemovement #teacher #teaching #feministblogger #feminist #feminism #feministteacher #teachlikeagirl #feminismintheclassroom
Teachers, want to cover autism, the decriminalisation of homosexuality, betrayal, nazis, iPhones, Hedy Lamar and the importance of science in 45 minutes? Teach your kids about Alan Turing this LGBT History Month and show them Chris Packham’s Greatest Icons of the 20th Century speech on Turing’s enduring legacy. #lgbthistory #lgbthistorymonth #lgbt #alanturing #imitationgame #chrispackham #diversityintheclassroom #teacher #teachersofinstagram #feministblogger #feminist #feminism #feministteacher #teachlikeagirl #feminismintheclassroom
Eight years ago, I picked up this furry little rascal from Heathrow Airport. I had found him 8 months previously as an abandoned, half starved, flea ridden, 9 week old puppy who couldn’t cope with any human touch. Everyone who meets him falls in love immediately and I love him more every single day. He has taught me about patience, forgiveness, unconditional love, living in the moment and how to do everything one handed so that I can meet his never ending demands for constant affection. He will always be my first baby. Happy Gotcha Day Ben! #benthedog #adoptdontshop #rescuedog #rescuepup #cypriotrescue #cypriotrescuedog #happygotchaday #gotchaday
On the second day of our LGBT+ History Month celebrations, my class learned about Emma Gonzalez and the March For Our Lives. When they learned that they don’t need to wait for adulthood to start their activism and that I would fully applaud a walk out if their rights were not being met by me, the duty bearer, they were full of questions. This led onto the subject of marching, protesting and striking as legitimate forms of activism which set the mood perfectly as this afternoon, I taught them about the hunger strikes by the Suffragettes as non-violent protest in prison. We watched clips from Suffragette and Call the Midwife and read letters detailing the atrocities endured by these women. Alongside our learning about refugees inspired by Francesca Sanna’s beautiful children’s book The Journey, today has been a political, emotional and incredibly affirming day. 📷: @wearemitu #lgbthistorymonth #lgbthistory #emmagonzales #neveragain #marchforourlives #kidswhodaretobedifferent #francescasanna #thejourney #suffragette #votesforwomen #deedsnotwords #feministblogger #feminist #feminism #feministteacher #teachlikeagirl #feminismintheclassroom
