Featured video: Be the bridge
Hear how people from diverse cultural backgrounds work together to bridge differences.
Diversity and inclusion
A supportive, welcoming and inclusive school culture fosters connectedness and a sense of belonging.
Students feel safe in a community where all members are active participants in building a welcoming school culture that values diversity.
Schools can help everyone to feel a sense of belonging and connectedness by recognising and responding to the needs of specific groups in the school community.
Diversity exists in various ways including race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religious belief, ability and political allegiance.
We can all learn from one another and the first step is understanding and respecting diversity.
- Teach and model respect for diversity in the school community
- Collaboratively develop strategies with families and the community to build a cohesive and culturally safe school
- Embed strategies for building and maintaining positive, caring and respectful relationships across the school community
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Video resources
Inclusion: a critical component of wellbeing
Professor Dorothy Espelage discusses the importance of supporting and including marginalised students and groups of students who may be the target of bullying.
Cultural diversity in the classroom
Listen to students from diverse backgrounds discussing what is important to them in terms of sexuality/relationship education.
Cultural diversity in the classroom: teacher strategies
Explore strategies for effective delivery of sexuality education to students of culturally diverse backgrounds.
Student identity
The importance of celebrating diversity for students exploring their identity and connection to the wider school community.
A welcoming school culture for students with disability
Professor Neil Humphrey talks about how schools can build an inclusive environment for students with disability.
Student support through quality relationships
A video clip about the importance of good quality relationships between all members of the school community.
Resources
Information and advice from around the web
Sports ability
Find activity cards that assist teachers in the delivery of sports-based activities for all abilities.
Diversity on Harmony Day
This lesson plan aims to encourage students to explore the diverse backgrounds and experiences of class members.
Inclusion: Getting to know your students
Learn about your students' backgrounds so you can better support them in the classroom.
All My Friends and Me toolkit
This toolkit explores cultural diversity and dealing with prejudice in early childhood contexts.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages: Illustrations of practice
The Australian Curriculum illustrates how indigenous languages are supported across the curriculum.
Media Madness
Activities for investigating media stereotyping.
Invisible Discriminator: Racism
The impact of racism and discrimination on mental health.
Stereotypes
This role-play lesson plan explores the concept of stereotypes and their underlying assumptions.
Racism. No way!
This national anti-racism site provides guidance and sector-specific resources for all Australian schools.
Tackling racism in Australia
Use this learning sequence to explore the impact of racism, of discrimination and actions that students can take to be active against racism.
