P7 enjoyed a visit from Nil By Mouth today, an anti-sectarian Charity. The children looked at definitions of prejudice, discrimination, sectarianism and racism, had group discussions, and looked at famous celebrities and their religious backgrounds. They were then shown messages that had been posted on social media and had to rate these on a 1-10 scale, with 1 being “just banter” and 10 being “offensive”. There were lots of different opinions and children had to decide which they thought would be against the law to post. Children learned lots about social media such as “if you wouldn’t say it, don’t post it”.

Thank you so much to Nil By Mouth for doing this marvellous workshop with us.