Today, during class assembly, Class JA were inspired by the life and work of Dr Mae Jemison (the first black woman astronaut) as part of our learning during Black History Month. We considered a world without racism and how we must be hopeful for the future. The story of the loaves and fishes from the Bible was shared and afterwards, the children reflected how Jesus did not choose who could eat the food- everybody in the story was treated equally and sat and ate together. As part of our assembly we explored Dr Jemison's life and work and watched a short film where she chatted about her life and how much she enjoyed science and exploring space. The class prayed together by saying the Lord's prayer and this was chosen because there is a strong message about treating others how we would like to be treated.
In our topic lesson, we developed our assembly theme and did some fantastic learning about Dr Mae Jemison and another black astronaut called Guion Bluford who is an inspirational scientist and astronaut. He was born in 1942 and is still working today.The children were inspired by how much both astronauts have achieved in their lives to date.
" Mae Jemison has really encouraged me"
"She just wanted to be an astronaut and applied to NASA without thinking that she would not even get considered"
"Guion Bluford has inspired me because he was the first African American astronaut".
