Teach children about joyful movement and introduce discussions of big subjects such as acceptance, diversity and representation in an age-appropriate way, with our Dogs Don’t Do Ballet lesson plan and activity pack.

Created by teachers, for teachers, and peer-reviewed by our team of multi-disciplinary health experts, as with all Body Happy lesson plans and learning activities, this session is mapped to Ofsted and National Curriculum requirements, but is easily adaptable for any curriculum.

This lesson is suitable for KS1 & KS2 but can also be adapted for younger children in EYFS.

We also sell a Dogs Don’t Do Ballet teaching pack and book bundle which includes a copy of the book.

NATIONAL CURRICULUM LINKS:

• PSHE - Respectful Relationships (including the importance of respecting others, even when they are very different from them Identifying stereotypes and their harmful impact).

• Citizenship (including discussion skills, identifying and respecting similarities and differences).

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Please note: in September 2024 we were announced as winners of The Fair Education Alliance Awards. As part of this win we’ve received funding and support to develop The Body Happy Schools Programme, the UK’s first whole school 360-degree programme fostering classroom cultures of body respect and help children and young people celebrate, respect and accept ALL bodies - especially their own. We’re currently developing, piloting and fundraising to scale this programme. It will roll out in September 2025, at which point our current offering will be absorbed into the programme and we’ll be reviewing many individual aspects of our provision including access many of the resources within our Teaching Hub individually, outside of the whole school programme.