Did you know Did you know it’s Okay to be it’s Okay to be an individual ?an individual ?

By year 4

Let our class explain.Let our class explain.

We believe that we are all important We believe that we are all important and that we all have special gifts.and that we all have special gifts.

We know through our assemblies and We know through our assemblies and PSHE lessons that we should respect PSHE lessons that we should respect each other and we understand that each other and we understand that some times what we say can hurt some times what we say can hurt

others.others.

As part of our topic on As part of our topic on relationships we had a story relationships we had a story about a group of story life about a group of story life

forms. This group were called forms. This group were called the Huey’s. the Huey’s.

All the Huey’s dressed the same and All the Huey’s dressed the same and acted the same until one day… One of acted the same until one day… One of the Huey’s decided that he wanted to the Huey’s decided that he wanted to be different and he knit a jumper that be different and he knit a jumper that was green. Everyone laughed at him. was green. Everyone laughed at him. (I thought that was a cruel thing to (I thought that was a cruel thing to do)do)

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When asked what he was doing he said he didn’t When asked what he was doing he said he didn’t feel like everyone else. As a class we chatted feel like everyone else. As a class we chatted about this to try and decide what he meant. We about this to try and decide what he meant. We had ideas that he was different because he just had ideas that he was different because he just wanted to stand out from the crowd as some wanted to stand out from the crowd as some children do when they don’t wear their uniform children do when they don’t wear their uniform properly.properly.

Some children commented that it would be Some children commented that it would be boring if we all looked and acted the same boring if we all looked and acted the same as each other. We would become like as each other. We would become like machinesmachines..

We spent a lot of time We spent a lot of time talking to our friends and talking to our friends and we decided that Huey was we decided that Huey was

ok to be different as long as ok to be different as long as he was happy.he was happy.

We were happy to find that Huey wasn’t alone and he had a friend he could share his feelings with. We know we have friends and adults in school who we can talk to .

We looked at different families in We looked at different families in our class and how our families did our class and how our families did

different things.different things.

We found out that not everyone had a mummy and We found out that not everyone had a mummy and

daddy and brothers and sistersdaddy and brothers and sisters..

But we did find out that we were all loved and respected.

Huey’s jumper competitionHuey’s jumper competition

We had a class competition to design a jumper We had a class competition to design a jumper with a message to Huey about what we had with a message to Huey about what we had learnt. learnt.

Hope you enjoy our Hope you enjoy our jumpers?jumpers?

We also wrote a poem. We also wrote a poem. What do you think?What do you think?

We enjoyed our competition We enjoyed our competition and we enjoyed learning and we enjoyed learning

about differences in about differences in families.families.

We learnt that the most We learnt that the most important thing is to be important thing is to be loved and give and have loved and give and have respect for each other.respect for each other.

Respect and love are very Respect and love are very important and we hope that important and we hope that

you have enjoyed our you have enjoyed our presentation.presentation.

By year Four.By year Four.