Mel's Classroom Workshops

 

Mel is Space's Education Volunteer! She is a fully qualified teacher with over 20 years of experience, devoted to bringing LGBT+ inclusivity
into the classroom. She offers workshops for education professionals on how to start that conversation with students. 

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With KS1children, Mel uses picture books to talk about the fact that families can be different but still share the same love.
 

She gets lower KS2 children thinking about gender stereotyping and whether some clothes, toys and activities are just for girls or just for boys. With upper KS2 children, Mel uses age-appropriate picture books to show that being LGBT+ is just another way to be a human. 

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Mel leads whole-school assemblies helping children recognise that we are all unique and that we can respect, accept and value our differences. 

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Mel also runs staff training in primary and secondary schools on LGBT+ inclusion and gender stereotyping. 

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