FAO Head teachers, SLT and PSHE/Citizenship Leads
You will recall we wrote to you in February outlining the support package offered to schools by the council aimed at assisting schools in meeting the Prevent duty 2015.
As part of this ongoing support, we are pleased to announce the launch of our Prevent/British Values Curriculum Resources.
The resources are a supporting toolkit to help teachers manage some difficult topics and discussions that may arise at school. They are not solely sufficient to ensure your school is dealing with the entire Prevent agenda. Instead, they are designed to complement the curriculum, promote tolerance, diversity and individual liberty. These resources will be continually updated and improved.
Please ensure you make yourself familiar with these lessons prior to teaching the unit. Only teach lessons you feel comfortable delivering and know will be beneficial to your students.
The lessons have been created using Microsoft PowerPoint. Teacher’s notes on how to manage the activities are in the comments section of the slides, as are some links to other websites and news articles where you can access more information. It is recommended to print the slides with notes so that you can refer to these during the lesson.
Some slides are hidden. If you want to show these slides to students, right click on the slide and click ‘hide slide.’ Some slides have animations. Therefore, you will only be able to see the full lesson content by viewing slides as a slideshow.
You are encouraged to edit the resources to make them more relevant to the issues facing students in your particular school. These lessons have been well received in other London schools; however, this does not mean they will be applicable to all schools.
You are welcome to utilise some activities/lessons and disregard others. Please feel free to look at the resources in the secondary folder and use/adapt any materials that you would like to cover in your classroom.
Discussion should not be limited to radicalisation and extremism. It may well include topics that range from prejudice, stereotyping, e-safety and perhaps how Britain should respond to the refugee crisis. What is essential is that young people can discuss difficult issues in a safe environment and that they are encouraged to be critical thinkers.
The Prevent/British Values Curriculum resources can be found at the Haringey Online Traded Services Portal – Prevent Extremism Guidance and Training Web Pages (external link)
As well as curriculum resources the web pages host useful links and examples of local best practice.
As this is a new resource, we would welcome feedback on both the resources impact and effectiveness. Please feedback your comments to either Leon Joseph or Jane Flynn.