Through our topic ‘Extraordinary Humans’, the boys and girls have been finding out about people who have overcame obstacles in their lives to become successful.
This week we learned about gender stereotypes and explored the different ways that people can face obstacles in their life simply because they are a boy or a girl. When people use gender stereotypes, they make assumptions about people because of their gender.
The boys and girls believe that a gender stereotype is not a good thing because it encourages us to believe that boys can do things that girls can’t and girls can do things that boys can’t. We decided to make posters to show the different things that boys and girls can do regardless of their gender stereotype.
We were also lucky enough to have a visit from a female footballer this week. Miss Walkingshaw talked about the obstacles she faced as a female footballer and how she overcame those obstacles by not giving up. She gave a positive message to the that children you shouldn’t let gender stereotypes stop you from being who you want to be! Check out our football squad!
