October Newsletter
With Autumn half term quickly approaching, The Rap Project team plans to spend time expanding its talks on sexual assault and consent to younger students. A groundbreaking Panorama documentary aired this week, reporting on the high instances of peer on peer sexual abuse in schools. As a result, Deana was invited onto BBC’s Woman’s Hour to discuss teaching consent to students. Presenter Jane Garvey and fellow guest Rachel Fitzsimmons, an SRE educator, held a lively, informative discussion on the importance of clearly explaining the law and its practice to young people. Whether we are presenting our various Raps in London, Liverpool, Manchester or beyond, students clearly struggle with understanding of what the concept of ‘consent’ actually means. You can listen to the podcast here. Allison spoke at the HMC Autumn Conference in Belfast. The heads of schools gathered to share ideas, listen to various workshops and support each other. It was an enlightening experience, all…
