New workshops
JustDifferent is delighted to announce that, after several months of research and development JustDifferent has now added a range of new and exciting workshops to its existing Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 workshops.
We are especially pleased to say that we are now able to satisfy all of those enquiries from secondary schools with two fabulous workshops.
Key Stage 3 Workshop
• A one hour session
• Lots of audience participation and active discussion.
• Identifying different types of disability and their characteristics
• Our disabled presenter will share with the group his or her personal experiences, with particular reference to developing independence and the challenges of secondary education.
Key Stage 4 Workshop
• A two hour session
• Group discussion and encouraging the group to ask those ‘uncomfortable’ questions.
• The disability movement and its influence in the UK
• Disability ‘etiquette’
• Our disabled presenter will share with the group his or her personal experiences, with particular reference to choosing a career and seeking employment.
Both of the above satisfy the requirements of the PSHE and Citizenship parts of the National Curriculum. Additionally we have been asked on several occasions to support mentoring programmes in schools and we are now able to offer a modular mentoring programme aimed at students in Key Stage 4.
Have Your Say
A visit to Headington Preparatory School in Oxford has gone a long way in opening the pupils minds to disability. Ross Smith, our Hampshire based Workshop Presenter performed three workshops on disability and difference to pupils in Key Stage 2. Headteacher, Andrea Bartlett wrote:
“Thank you so much for arranging our visit with Ross today, he was absolutely fantastic. The girls loved meeting him and I think that they all feel more informed and confident now in their approach to disability. I am sure that we will be asking him to come again in the summer term to see the groups he didn’t see today”.
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‘This has definitely opened my eyes’- ‘The interactive session was really good. You know it had a serious message but it was fun all the same!’
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Have Your Say
There is nothing like actually confronting the issues! I think I speak for a lot of teachers when I say that with little personal experience of disability, it is difficult to talk to the children with real meaning and understanding.
The workshop was a real learning experience for me, and I know that experiences like this are the best way to learn and gain an understanding for children and adults.
The photos and commentary were excellent as it really showed the children that Toby can do the things that they can and enjoys lots of the same things. The photos challenged their ideas on what a disabled person can and cannot do. This fitted in very well and would enrich the learning experience for this aspect of the curriculum.
Thank you so much. I was certainly challenged today and I know the children were too. I admire what you are doing and hope it really takes off as this is a perfect way to introduce children to the issues of disability.
Very good! Well-structured, with opportunities for the children to interact, a varied presentation style to keep children focused.
I think it is a very important issue which does not always get enough coverage, and this workshop is a very good way of teaching these areas.
Thank you very much! I think it is very important for the children to have the experiences of working with learning from all different kinds of people and they certainly enjoyed the workshop.