No Room For Racism: Greatness Comes From Everywhere

Empower pupils to explore and celebrate diversity through poetry.

Summary

This lesson supports pupils in understanding and celebrating diversity, using the Premier League No Room For Racism campaign to champion inclusion.

Through literacy and writing, pupils are challenged to be creative and demonstrate how the theme 'Greatness Comes From Everywhere' can be embodied through poetry. The lesson features inspiring quotes from the Premier League and the No Room For Racism campaign as well as a range of example poetry forms.

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  • identify what diversity means
  • explore how poetry can celebrate diversity by reading and discussing different types of poems
  • plan and write a poem to celebrate diversity.

Curriculum links

England: English (Key Stage 2)

Wales: Languages, Literacy and Communication (Progression Steps 2 and 3)

Pack resources

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Diversity and Me worksheet

Pupils consider how diversity is shown and celebrated in their family / class / school or community.

Greatness Comes From Everywhere Writing Sheet

A template for pupils to use to structure and consider their No Room For Racism: Greatness Comes From Everywhere poem.

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