Looking for some ideas to celebrate International Women’s Day with your classroom? We’ve put together a selection of teaching ideas to get children involved, learn and get creative.
1. Teach children about the history of International Women’s Day
Understanding why we celebrate International Women’s Day is an important first step in introducing children to this brilliant day. Learning about the history of International Women’s Day will give your children a richer understanding of women’s struggle for equality. Guide children through the history of the Suffragette movement and emancipation to develop their knowledge of these important topics.
2. Create a wonderful International Women’s Day classroom display
Decorate your classroom with inspiring posters and resources all about International Women’s Day to get everyone involved in this wonderful event. A colourful International Women’s Day display will not only brighten up your classroom, but keep children learning too.
Children can complete work to include on your display, such as drawing a picture and writing about an inspiring woman in their lives. This could be their mother, carer, sister, friend, teacher or another woman who has inspired them. Adding a personal touch to your International Women’s Day celebrations will help children engage in this topic and feel appreciation for the wonderful women in their lives.
3. Deliver an amazing assembly all about the history of women’s rights
An assembly is a great way to give information to lots of children at the same time and can be a perfect opportunity to open up a discussion about gender equality.
It’s a great idea to dive deeper into exploring the achievements of women, the struggles women have faced historically and what more we can do in terms of gender equality on International Women’s Day. This discussion doesn’t need to be just on International Women’s Day, though; it’s an important one for all year round!
4. Celebrate inspiring women!
Whether in person or through online content, such as videos, photos and online articles, introducing children to some examples of inspiring women is a brilliant idea for International Women’s Day! You can tell children about inspiring women who have achieved amazing things or helped others throughout the years.
5. Ask for children’s ideas for how to celebrate the women in their lives on International Women’s Day
You can ask children what they would like to do to celebrate the women in their lives. They might have some lovely, creative ideas for showing appreciation to the women in their lives or learning more about International Women’s Day. These could include writing a letter to a special woman in their lives to say how much they appreciate them, or learning about women who have excelled in their favourite subject, like maths or art. Asking children for their International Women’s Day ideas will cultivate enthusiasm in your pupils and help them feel involved because, after all, gender equality affects every one of us!