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Most years we have a small number of Romany Gypsy families in our school. For the last year, one of them was in my Year R class. When Claire Barker from EMTAS came in to deliver training after school one day, I was very surprised by how little I knew about Romany Gypsy families. Over the years I have always included multicultural festivals into the Early Years curriculum but have never thought about teaching the class about Romany Gypsies. Claire had told us about the range of resources that can be lent to schools, and I arranged for these to be delivered to school.I planned an entire day of activities for the children to take part in, to help them understand more about the Romany Gypsy culture. The mum of the child in my class was very supportive and was keen to help as much as she could, she provided us with an album of photos of her family and more information about the language and way of life. The older brother of the child in my class was in the Junior School next door and he was able to come over in his break time to teach the class some Romany Gypsy language.
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The Role Play Area became a Bender Tent for the day, complete with a Romany Gypsy Flag. The children were fascinated with the flag and what the symbolism of the colours and picture were.Loading...
