Laura Rathbone

This week, our school is proud to have taken part in Neurodiversity Celebration Week, an international movement that encourages people to recognise, understand and value the different ways we all think, learn and experience the world. The aim of the week is to challenge misconceptions, promote acceptance, and highlight the strengths that neurodivergent individuals bring to our community.

Throughout the week, staff have been delivering assemblies that introduce pupils to the idea of neurodiversity—helping them understand that every brain is unique, and that differences such as ADHD, autism (ASD), dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia are simply part of the natural diversity of human minds. These assemblies are designed to build empathy, reduce stigma and encourage pupils to celebrate what makes each person special.

Children have also took part in a range of classroom activities tailored to their age group. These include learning about how different people learn best, exploring real-life experiences of neurodivergent children and adults, and discussing practical ways to support one another. Pupils will be encouraged to think about what inclusion looks like in everyday school life—whether that’s being patient, showing understanding, or recognising when a classmate might need a different approach or bit of extra help.

By taking part in Neurodiversity Celebration Week, we hope to strengthen our school’s commitment to being an inclusive, welcoming place where every child feels understood, valued and able to thrive. We’re looking forward to a week of learning, empathy, and celebration as we recognise the many strengths and talents within our school community.

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For more information please see https://www.neurodiversityweek.com/

Reception: NEURODIVERSITY CELEBRATION WEEK

Reception enjoyed sharing a story called “We are all welcome.” We then discussed how we are all special and different.

Year 1: NEURODIVERSITY CELEBRATION WEEK

In Year 1 we asked ourselves What is autism?

The children discovered that some children with autism are not able to speak, do not like bright lights, noise or certain smells. We also learned that children with autism are clever and may behave differently to what we are used to. We then produced a poster to show our learning.

Year 2: NEURODIVERSITY CELEBRATION WEEK

In Year 2 we asked ourselves, ‘What might someone with Autism find difficult and what help could we give them?’

After watching a video to help raise awareness for autism, we recognised that children with autism might find it difficult to tell someone how they feel, might not like loud noises, may find it difficult to make friends and find learning hard.

We spoke about the help we can give. We decided we could try to be quieter in class, speak in quieter voices, offer help to them if they are finding work difficult, ask them to play games with us, say hello to them, ask them to be our friends, use emotion cards and most importantly accept them!

We made posters to show what we had learnt.

Year 3: NEURODIVERSITY CELEBRATION WEEK

For neurodiversity week, year 3 learnt all about ADHD. We read a special story, ‘My brain is magic’, and spoke about all the great things someone with ADHD can do and what they may find tricky.

We then created posters about ADHD to inform others around us.

Year 4: NEURODIVERSITY CELEBRATION WEEK

This week, we celebrated Neurodiversity Celebration Week and the children in Year 4 found out all about ADHD.

We discovered that people with ADHD often struggle to focus, remember things and organise themselves however, they are also often creative, imaginative, and enthusiastic people.

We thought about what we could do to help people with ADHD and also researched famous people who have ADHD. Did you know, Adam Peaty, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Lewis Hamilton and Simone Biles have all been diagnosed with ADHD?

Take a look at some of our posters!

Year 5: NEURODIVERSITY CELEBRATION WEEK

Year 5 researched Neurodiversity and created a poster to show facts about ADHD, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia and Dyscalculia. Our motto from the lesson we learnt was ‘Everyone learns differently and that is a strength’

Year 6: NEURODIVERSITY CELEBRATION WEEK

Neurodiversity Celebration Week aims to bring about worldwide neurodiversity acceptance, equality and inclusion in schools and workplaces. In Y6, we spoke about what people who have neurodiversity may find difficult. We also talked about how best to support children in our classroom. We discussed how all our brains are different and we all have strengths, things we find more difficult and preferences to learning.