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International News
In England there is a middle school called Baden Powell and St. Peter’s. All through the week they have been doing activities to help them to understand more about the world’s issues and how they can be resolved. The aim is to try and make the children see open-mindedly about their earth, and that they share it will other people and other creatures.Hopefully this will help the future generation to stop using so much greenhouse gasses and fossil fuels that pollute the atmosphere.
There are many activities going on in the school. Let us give you a taste of some of them.
The Art Activity
The Art project was cloth printing which will be used in the Caribbean and African dance during the school fete on Friday. Plain fabric was magically transformed into skirts, bandannas and sashes by using a number of creative fabric designs and paints.
The Art project was cloth printing which will be used in the Caribbean and African dance during the school fete on Friday. Plain fabric was magically transformed into skirts, bandannas and sashes by using a number of creative fabric designs and paints.
Maddi in year seven said, “It was really fun, I really enjoyed it because we got to get mucky!” Carl was asked what his most challenging activity was: “the one I’m doing now, printing!” Daniel in year seven was asked about his easiest activity, “printing on skirts and bandanas was easy but it was also very good fun”.Rosie said that she thought the cloth printing was going to be really hard but when she got into it, it was really easy, relaxing and good fun.
Angus was asked whether he enjoyed the activity, replying with a big loud cheer, “Yes, because it is really fun to prepare for the fete and I enjoyed learning and designing new colourful patterns”.
James from Ethiopia said that he had thoroughly enjoyed the cloth printing and that he had learnt how to print patterns onto a piece of cloth and it was quite funny because we ran out of paint!
History Activity
There were two groups doing history: Libya and Somalia. The two teachers at the helm were Miss Jordan and Miss Chopping. All the children had to bring in a photo of them abroad or on a day out because the children had to write a recount of their holiday. Also they dressed up in Victorian clothing to see what it felt like to be a Victorian (these pictures will be shown during a presentation on Friday). The groups also had to write about 21st century travels and 19th century travels.
One pupil said, “We’ve been making diaries of ourselves on holiday. I enjoyed it because it was a break from normal lessons”. Holly said, “The easiest part was probably the dressing up.”
Tabby agreed that the dressing up was fun. “We had to bring in a picture of ourselves on holiday somewhere and write a diary about it!” Lauren explained, “ The hardest part was the dressing up because it was really embarrassing and I looked really weird.” She also said that her favourite activity so far has been the drumming because there was a guy from Cameroon and we got to play the African drums!
Tabby agreed that the dressing up was fun. “We had to bring in a picture of ourselves on holiday somewhere and write a diary about it!” Lauren explained, “ The hardest part was the dressing up because it was really embarrassing and I looked really weird.” She also said that her favourite activity so far has been the drumming because there was a guy from Cameroon and we got to play the African drums!
Theo was asked what his favourite part of the activity was and he replied with: “Well, I kind of enjoyed writing about my holiday because it brought back a lot of good memories!” Another pupil said, “ My Favourite part was dressing up, because it was really fun!”
Global week proved to be a winner with the pupils, Sam from Year Six said, “Global week is much better then normal lessons”.Interviews from Morgan revealed that, “Kids are keeping their sprits high even though there is no Maths”.
Despite being only day two of this global venture, children were keen to share their most interesting and fun experiences, “We’ve been making sculptures out of cellophane and willow sticks”, (Kiery in Year 6). When Theo in Year 5 was asked what his favourite activity had been so far he replied, “The filtering of the dirty chemical mixed water.
It was really fun and it involved teamwork and it was really interesting.” “Probably writing about our holiday,” said Charlotte, Year 5.
There’s still much, much more to come, tomorrow Hot Off the Press team will be reporting about stories and statistics!!!!
Local News
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