Pride 2026

                                    

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/birmingham-pride-2026-live-latest-34000537

What do you see in the picture, what do you notice, what do you think this story might be about?

The pictures was taken at Birmingham Pride last weekend. 

What is Pride about? 

Pride is an event held in lots of cities around the world. It's about everyone being welcome and everyone being who they are. Some people dress up and wear colourful rainbows.

Why do you think rainbows are used at Pride? 

Lots of families go to Pride. There are lots of different familiesin the UK today. 

What is a family, how can families be different? 

There are lots of different ways to have a family. You might live with a mum or you might live with a dad. You might live with a mum and a dad. You might have two mums, two dads, some children live with brothers and sisters, some don't have brothers or sisters, some live with grandparents or carers. All families can be different.

Over 75,000 people came to the Pride parade in Birmingham.

Why did they come, what are all those people saying about families in 2026?

What kind family might the people in the photo be in? (They might be a family together, we can't tell by looking at someone what their family is like and it doesn't really matter.)

In the photo you can see Rocky the dog and one of the people is called Rachel. Rachel says, "Pride brings people together. It's so welcoming, everyone is in such a good mood and you can be yourself."

What does Rachel mean by "You can be yourself?"
Why do you think everyone is happy at a Pride event?

There is a law in the UK called The Equality Act. What do you think it's about, why is Pride a bit like the Equality Act?

(You could choose to reference protected characteristics here; children might know some of them: religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, disability, marriage and civil partnership, age, gender reassignment. Make the point the Equality Act is about everyone being different and everyone being welcome.)

What do we say in our school about difference?

Why is this about No Outsiders?

Which British value is this about?

Do you want this assembly as a power point with Oracy sentence stems? To join the free mailing list and receive these assemblies as power points every week, email me on a.moffat@excelsiormat.org

No Outsiders: We belong here by Andrew Moffat  (scheme of work for primary schools) 


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