Secondary schools face a particular kind of pressure when it comes to anything that sits outside traditional subject teaching. The timetable is full. Every slot is accounted for. And yet the questions young people are actually living with (e.g. about identity, belonging, fairness, the digital world they're growing up in, and what their place is in a wider, interconnected world) don't always fit inside a single subject boundary. A growing number of secondary schools have found that Lyfta's global, human-story-led approach offers something useful in that space. Four of them, in Rochdale, Oldham, London and Slough, show just how varied the routes in can be, and what happens when young people are given consistent space and time to encounter lives very different from their own.

Learning through real human stories - a Lyfta impact case study in collaboration with Oasis Academy Woodview Primary and Oasis Academy Leesbrook Secondary

Meet Chinese-Indonesian elder Chen Fung Yin, known as Indriati for most of her life. In Lyfta’s new storyworld ‘My Name Is…’ learn what it means to lose your name and how our names are important parts of our identity. Discover naming traditions around the world and explore the folklore associated with the mythical phoenix, a magical part of Chen Fung Yin’s story.

Lyfta are delighted to be partnering with A Day of Welcome for 2024 and to offer schools free access to all our immersive storyworlds and resources between 10th and 23rd June to mark A Day of Welcome and Refugee Week.

In this blog post, we’ll unpack the term DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging), explore the reasons why schools should engage with DEIB initiatives and look at the ways in which Lyfta can support schools in their DEIB journeys

Educators play a vital role in creating a future which thrives on inclusivity and compassion. We must strive to create an environment where every student flourishes and feels a deep sense of belonging. We can go some way towards this aim by actively celebrating all forms of diversity in the classroom - a simple way to build empathy and understanding.

2023 marked the 25th anniversary of Refugee Week which took place from 19th to 25th June. This annual event, celebrated worldwide, is aimed at raising awareness of the resilience, strength, and contributions of refugees. It provides a valuable opportunity for schools to educate students on this important topic. Read on for 5 powerful free resources to explore with your class.

On the 17th and 18th of May 2023, 304 classes, from schools across the UK and beyond, students joined us for our latest Lyfta live lesson: Celebrating Cultural Diversity, in celebration of World Day for Cultural Diversity.

Meet Aci, a disability activist in Indonesia. After facing sudden physical disability, she initiates a disability community project, working with disabled people and campaigning for their rights. Students will learn about intersectionality and disability activism in this storyworld.

Read about how Shaw Primary Academy in Essex are using the Lyfta platform to support and respond to the diversity needs of the school, to build a stronger sense of different ways of living and succeeding in the world.

The importance of using a wide range of diverse human stories in our classrooms cannot be underestimated. In this blog, we'll explore the importance of using diverse human stories, how this can be done and the potential impact it can have for your students.

In 2022 we launched our first ever CPD course on diversity, equity and inclusion for Lyfta users. In this blog, Anna Szpakowska discusses how the course was put together and the impact it had on the teachers who participated.

Lyfta's virtual immersive environments decrease learners' anxiety about meeting people from different backgrounds, and help them form empathetic connections, according to an exciting study led by researchers from the University of Tampere, Finland.

Belonging, faith and identity are complex themes that can be challenging to tackle. Lyfta's Becoming Me series gives teachers an immersive and impactful teaching resources to introduce these sensitive topics in class and highlight the diverse ways in which people can express their identities and worldviews.

As part of our series of blogs looking at impact in Lyfta global education schools, we hear from Cradle Hill Community Primary School about how they have used Lyfta to bring diversity into the classroom.

We were delighted to be part of the DiverseEd Big Virtual Conversation recently and part of a panel of amazing speakers. Rahul Karavadra from Lyfta talked about bringing a diverse curriculum to life through human stories. The key themes of Rahul's session, are outlined in this blog.

We had the pleasure of taking part in the inaugural Big Virtual Conversation as part of the series of #DiverseEd events organised by Diverse Educators. The event was a chance for us to hear from a range of amazing speakers in the diverse education sphere.