Today we continued with our PSE lessons.

We talked about how, in our whole school assembly last week, Mr Roberts showed us a video of Susan Boyle auditioning for Britain's Got Talent. We were reminded of how we all pre-judged her because of her appearance.

This afternoon we discussed how sometimes difference can be a barrier to friendship.

We also thought about how we sometimes pre-judge people and make assumptions about them before we really get to know them.

We also tried to think about how it might feel to be excluded or treated badly because of being different in some way.

We worked in groups to produce a Diamond 9 to order the issues and differences that may form a barrier to friendship.

Here are one groups' ideas.

Colour of skin.
Physical disability.
Cultural differences.
Jealousy.
Wealth, or lack of it.
How people dress.
Hobbies/interests.
Peer pressure.
Sporting/academic ability.

We talked about how we often assume that, if someone is different from us in one way (maybe how they dress, or what foods they like), they will be different in other ways too....and we can get this very wrong.



We ended the lesson by discussing 'prejudice.' We talked about how, if we are prejudiced against groups of people, we limit our potential friendships and miss out on the opportunity to enrich our lives by finding out about how we are all similar, and how we differ.