Small Heath Leadership Academy hosted its first ever Culture Week to celebrate diversity, advocate equality and champion inclusion. The week-long programme of activities shone a spotlight on the school community’s rich, diverse and unique identities.
Organised by the Student Wellbeing team, pupils staged a series of events across the week’s tutorial sessions, which included interesting quizzes, informative presentations and inspiring debates about the definition and importance of culture in society.
The week culminated with ‘Culture Day’ where pupils dressed in clothing to represent their own identity and heritage. With traditional clothing from Somalia, Bangladesh, South America and numerous European nations on display, the colours, cultures and eccentricities of communities around the world presented an opportunity for pupils to learn more about their peers’ cultures and to celebrate the school’s rich diversity.