Tackling gender stereotypes

This week’s SMSC assembly was about tackling gender stereotypes in careers. KS1 pupils considered what a builder and a florist may look like before meeting Kimberley and her female colleagues who work in construction and then Jonathon a celebrity floral designer. In KS2 children got a peek into some familiar and unfamiliar jobs with a guessing game or two to turn gender stereotypes on their head. They also met Jackie the female tree surgeon, Sam the male early years educator, Shruthi the female subsea engineer and Mike the male mental health nurse.