On 27 January 2023, Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) is observed in 46 countries, including the UK. I have put together the following resource for PSHE - it can take 30 to 60 minutes. Be mindful that the main video is 21 minutes long. I have added other tasks including extension tasks. For reference, most resources are taken from THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY TRUST’s website that works with the UK Parliament.

Presentation and posters to celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, 11 February

Presentation about World AIDS Day to use in assembly, lessons or PSHE. It prompts students to talk about HIV/AIDS and share latest knowledge.

Presentation for PSHE lesson or assembly about World Environment Day and World Oceans Day (6th and 8th June)

Introduction to World Earth Day and conversation prompted by The Guardian’s article: Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth.

Lesson to explain what freshers’ flu and meningitis are (symptoms, reasons, solutions)

LGBT History Month assembly. Focus on LGBT history in the 20th and 21st century and the importance of having symbols to gather around such as the rainbow flag or even the pink triangle. It also deals with current challenges in some countries such as Russia or the Chechen Republic.

Lesson about travel safely around the UK and abroad, as part of the new PSHE statutory guidelines.

Presentation for PSHE (RSE) to bring awareness on HIV & AIDS.

Activities prompting discussions based on the short film “Little Things are Big” exploring the internal struggles of a Black Man in the mid-1950’s.

Lesson or assembly slides to make students reflect on the importance of a flag, and the rainbow flag in the context of LGBT+ History Month. It contains questions to prompt conversations, short videos with questions to prompt reflection and discussion, information and facts.

Presentation for assembly or PSHE lesson about the Little Mermaid controversy. The presentation encourages conversations and features a couple of videos.

Lesson for PSHE about consent, particularly online consent. This lesson looks at GDPR, cookies and the right to be forgotten with short videos, prompts for conversation and a practical task in the end.

Tutor time or full lesson on the United Nations asking and answering the following questions: When and why the UN was created? What does it do? How many members does it have? Why do you think we celebrate United Nations Day? Activities to spark discussion, finishing with a quiz.

Resources for tutor time or assembly, exploring the origins of the commemoration, the different ceremonies, and wondering about the reason we should carry on remembering.

Content designed for PSHE lessons or whole-school assembly. It focuses on why we celebrate LGBT History Month, terminology, the History of LGBT in the UK, Biden’s first act for the LGBT community and Spain’s first LGBT retirement home (first in the world)

Lessons that can be done in tutor time, assembly or full lesson on the life stories of Oscar Wilde, Alan Turing and Justin Fashanu. It prompts students to reflect and debate, especially on how legislation can impact one’s life.

A tutor time or PSHE lesson on Racism in football. It focuses on Spain particularly and a bit in Italy to exemplify racism in football. Slides contains short article excerpts, prompts for discussions and reflections, videos and data.

Presentation revolving around 2 main interactive debates - one about the FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the other one about the “Don’t Say Gay” laws/anti-LGBT+ laws. It’s all very current to engage students. It contains videos and news bites, along with questions to make it more interactive.

International Men’s Day presentation for assembly, tutor time or PSHE lesson, raising essential questions to understand what are the challenges men face nowadays.