GRT History Month by NCC Partnerships, Schools and Communities team

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See best practice ideas and resources from other schools across Norfolk!

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Use these ideas and resources to better capture CYP voice in relation to GRT History Month

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Use these resources and guidance to support staff awareness, confidence and skills.

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Use this guidance, information and resources to develop a whole school approach to embedding GRT History Month throughout your school ethos and environment.

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Use these quick curriculum activities to engage pupils with GRT History Month

GRTHM 2024

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Try these resources to help your planning for GRT History Month

Friends Families & Travellers

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Every year Friends, Families and Travellers create Education and Resource packs with activities and information to use during History Month

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Use this guidance to ensure leaders and school governors know everything they need to know about GRT History Month

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Use this whole-school approach audit tool to identify areas of good practice and identify areas for improvement. The action plan will provide you with guidance and resources for every area to ensure you achieve a measurable impact. If you require any support, please call 0333 313 7165 to get in touch with one of our advisers. This phone line is open on weekdays, from 9am to 5pm.

If your query relates to training, please email sendandinclusiontraining@norfolk.gov.uk

Audit tool

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Action plan

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GRT History Month

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Mantle of the Expert

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If you have Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Showmen and/or Boater young people in your setting ask them to talk about their lives with their friends and peers. They are the experts!

Use artefacts

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Norfolk County Council have artefacts that we can loan to schools to initiate discussions. Children and families may be happy to bring things in from home to share with their class.

Book Loan Boxes

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We have 5 book loan boxes (3 primary and 2 secondary) that schools can borrow to explore with classes or to inspire them to add books into school libraries. Please contact Claire Tattersall at: claire.tattersall@norfolk.gov.uk for more information.

Photos

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We have photographs of Fairs (Appleby), Homes, Life that can be used on displays or within lessons.

GRT Cultural Resources Padlet

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We have a GRT Cultural Padlet full of resources for you to use within your curriculum lessons.

Cultural Reflective Training

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We offer the training: Raising Cultural Awareness, Inclusion and Achievement of GRT Pupils in Primary School

Primary Networks

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We run 3 Primary Networks a year where schools can discuss best practice, share experiences and get support from us as well as from other schools.

Bespoke Training

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The GRT Service also offer Bespoke GRT Cultural Awareness training for schools, early years settings, higher education and other providers working with GRT families and children.

Bespoke training for schools is aimed at whole school staff including administration, lunchtime supervisors and governors as well as teaching staff, and teaching and learning support assistants, many of whom may have little or no knowledge about GRT culture and aims to help schools and settings to develop consistent, confident practice.

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Twinkl Assembly

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Youth Travellers Times

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Youth Travellers' Times is the part of Travellers’ Times made BY young Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people FOR young Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people.

We challenge stereotypes and celebrate the talents of young people from these communities.

Planning

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Involve GRT CYP & families in your planning process. Talk with them about their history and culture as each family is different and the term 'GRT' covers many communities.

Communities within the GRT Banner

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Personalised Vardo

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Mixing traditional history with the interest of the child (Super Mario) we explored homes from traditional Gypsy families.

Birds

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Birds are often kept and looked after by children as one of their jobs at home. Exploring how to look after them and offering the child a chance to be the expert within the group.

Travelling Patterns

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The children identified the places they have travelled to and why they are important to them. Achtin' Tans (Stopping Places) are personal to each family.

Scrap Metal

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Learning the trade with Dads is a key part of growing up for many boys. Offering them a space to share their knowledge and show us what they've been learning outside of school.

Pride in their Heritage

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Offering the pupils a chance to share their culture with their friends and peers - giving them a space to proudly show their culture and heritage.

Crown Derby Competition

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Friends, Families & Travellers run a competition each year. Blending Culture with the Mental Health & Wellbeing work we do enables pupils to share their core values with friends and peers.

Weaving

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Weaving is a traditional method to earn a living. Weaving journeys, stories of lives into their baskets to share their experiences with their peers.

Displays

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Proudly displaying and sharing their culture and history with the school.

Artefacts

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Adding artefacts to displays engages CYP, offering them conversation starters, linking home and school together.

Display

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Sharing the pride across the school makes children feel seen and valued.

Crown Derby Designs

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CYP of all ages take part in shared activities across the country, bringing people together across the miles.

Key Talking Points

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What do we already know?
What are the facts we need to share?
What are the key words we need to use? (Prejudice, Discrimination, Ethnic Minority, Stereotypes)
How can we tackle these issues?
What barriers need breaking down?
What/How can we celebrate these cultures?

Travellers' Times Assembly

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Showmen & Circus Padlet

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Resources specifically linked to Showmen - Fairground & Circus Travellers.

World War II Padlet

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A Padlet with resources linked to the Roma Holocaust - The Forgotten Victims.

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GRT History Month Resources and Activities

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How can we adopt a whole-school approach to ensuring our GRT CYP feel included and have a sense of belonging?

Traveller Movement Video

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The Traveller Movement have created this short video which explains the importance of celebrating GRTHM - and the different histories and cultures of the different children and young people we support from GRT communities.

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust GRTHM

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Historians estimate that between 200,000 and 500,000 Roma and Sinti people were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators, find out more from HMDT.