Activities for Primary Schools
Ideas for celebrating Schools’ Pride Week that you can tailor to your school!
Common Ground Activity
An interactive classrom game for tamariki that explores all the things we have in common, rather than focusing on our differences. The goal of this game is to open up a kōrero and facilitate tamariki thinking about how we behave and how we can all be better at including others.
Check out the facilitation guide for this game at sparklers.org.nz
Make a Mural
Make a pride-themed mural somewhere in your school. You could paint on paper, or an outside wall, or make a collage for your classroom. You could even use chalk on a concrete wall or path if it is a fine day!
Get Crafty
Make age-appropriate rainbow themed crafts together as a class.
Here are some great ideas!
Rainbow Reading!
Ask if your school or local library is participating in the Out on the Shelves rainbow reading campaign and get them to sign up if they aren’t! Pick a rainbow book title from our primary school age rainbow reading list to check out or read together in class.
Dance Party
Have a dance party featuring rainbow artists and anthems.
Check out out Pride Week Playlist
Shared Kai
Have a rainbow themed shared lunch or morning tea. Bring a plate that represents your culture or home cuisine or make a snack together as a class (eg. rainbow fruit kebabs)
Self Portrait
Make a self portrait art project. Things to ask your students to incorporate: Who are you? What is your culture? What are you proud of about yourself? What is unique about you?
Wordfinds and Colouring In
Click here for some great age-appropriate pride-themed wordfind and colouring pages.
Breaking the Norms is a wonderful inclusive colouring book that explores historical moments, figures and the flags of the rainbow community.
Create a Display
Create a display in your library for Out on the Shelves or put together a display case in a hallway to celebrate rainbow people, whānau and communities
Chalk it up!
Head outside with some rainbow chalk and write positive and affirming messages on the footpaths and concrete. Writing positive messages promotes positivity and spreads joy within the community.
Eg: “You are loved” “Kindness is magic” “You are Taonga” “Proud”