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Assembly idea: What's my job?

Aims:
To challenge stereotyped ideas and offer an alternative view.

What to do:
Invite one or two visitors who have unusual jobs into the school. Ensure they understand their role. Introduce the visitors by name, and allow three guesses from the pupils as to what job each person does. Then encourage the pupils to ask the visitors questions about their job, to which they can only answer 'yes' or 'no'. After a period of questions, or if the correct job is guessed, ask the speakers to describe their work. Classroom follow-up could focus on the difference between the initial guesses and why they might have been suggested, discussing the dangers of stereotyping and the actual job each person did. (You could ask a couple of friends to role-play this exercise if necessary.)

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