Black History Month is an important time to celebrate the contributions of Black people in the United Kingdom.

Every year at St Peter’s we celebrate Black History Month and our diversity team kick started this by leading our whole school assemblies. This year, our assemblies was based around the UK Black History Month theme:  Saluting our Sisters.

The theme of ‘Saluting our Sisters’ highlights the crucial role that black women have played in shaping history, inspiring change, and building communities.

Here are some of the activities that St Peter’s carried out this month for BHM 2023:

• Seminars and workshops
• A trip to Whitworth art gallery
• 51 pupils visited the Slavery Museum in Liverpool
• 80 pupils went and watched Hamilton at Manchester’s Palace Theatre.
• The diversity team delivered two assemblies on the topic of BHM to all year groups.
• In every subject, pupils completed a variety of activities to celebrate Black History Month. Here are a few of the thing’s pupils looked at in different curriculum areas:

• In English, pupils entered the official Black History Month Poetry Competition.
• In Maths, pupils learnt about inspirational black mathematicians and their work.
• In Food Technology, pupils prepared a variety of international dishes including Jollof Rice, Jerk Chicken, Caribbean Curry.
• In Music, pupils listened to a variety of famous BAME musicians.
• In History, pupils learnt about what life was like for Black people in Britain throughout different time periods.