Raise the Colours Tutor Time Response

This ready-to-use 7-slide PowerPoint is perfect for form time or PSHE lessons and provides a clear, pupil-friendly response to the worrying far-right “Raise the Colours” campaign in the UK.

The resource presents the campaign in an objective and informative way, helping pupils understand the different meanings behind national symbols such as the St George’s Cross and the Union Jack, and how they can be used positively or negatively. The slides encourage critical thinking and discussion, exploring how flags can be used to exclude or threaten certain groups, particularly immigrants and ethnic minorities.

What’s Included:
• 7-slide PowerPoint covering the campaign, its context, and key discussion points
• Embedded YouTube clip illustrating the campaign
• Thought-provoking discussion questions:
o What message do you think the video is trying to send?
o Who might feel included, and who might feel excluded by it?
o How can national symbols like flags be used in a positive, inclusive way?
• Think-Pair-Share activity to engage pupils in reflection:
o How can we tell the difference between healthy pride in a country and harmful nationalism?
o Who might feel uncomfortable if a national flag is used in a racist way?
• Links to British values and the school’s commitment to celebrating diversity and promoting inclusion

Why You’ll Love This Resource:
• Ready to use in 10-15 minutes for form time or PSHE lessons
• Encourages respectful discussion, critical thinking, and pupil reflection
• Helps pupils understand the real-world impact of far-right campaigns in the UK
• Supports schools in teaching mutual respect, tolerance, and inclusivity in line with British values
• Fully editable PowerPoint so you can adapt discussion questions or examples to suit your students

Ideal For:
• Form time sessions
• PSHE lessons on national identity, racism, inclusion, and British values
• Assemblies or tutor group discussions on diversity, extremism, and civic responsibility
This resource provides a safe and structured way to explore a sensitive current affairs topic with pupils, helping them think critically, discuss respectfully, and reflect on how national symbols can unite rather than divide.