It was a catwalk show with a difference, designed to highlight the damage done by climate change. Pupils at Newland School for Girls donned costumes showing how endangered animals are under threat in their natural habitats.And who lead this? The Arts Teacher? The Drama Teacher? The Home Economics Teacher? Well….no:
Science teacher Terasa Scutt said: "We have been working on this since last November and have had lunchtime meetings every week about it.
"We have also had full days working on it during school holidays, when the pupils came in and everyone was allocated little sewing jobs and craft jobs to put the costumes together."There are no words.
The catwalk was watched by girls in Years 7 and 8 who used it as a lesson to learn about climate change.Ah. OK, there are words after all. But this is a family blog…
Mrs Scutt said: "It seemed to go down really well, the girls had some lovely comments. "The girls taking part in the catwalk loved it. They have said they now understand what we set out to help them to do.
"They were really taken by the effect on the animals and have more of an inclination to do something about it."How nice for you! I love it when a
And no, it isn't just this school:
Schools from all over the country have been taking part in the project which included workshops in London, York, Manchester and Bristol. It is now in its third and final year.
Previously, pupils have created climate change themed art and taken part in a journalism project.
This year, they we/re asked to spread the word about climate change through face-to-face communication.Of course! Once you've created your little army of acolytes, what else but expect them to proselytise? You might want to watch out for the radical feminists, though:
Being an all-girls school, an obvious choice was fashion and the Endangered Catwalk Show was created.Ooooh, they won't like that!
Part of a three-year project run by the Science Museum
ReplyDeletePrince Albert would weep. One of history's good guys, Albert did his very best, often succeeding, in dragging the brain-fangled Brits in to the year of the fruitbat.
His patronage of trade, recognizing commerce as a foundation of wealth, did an enormous amount to put in place the resources which allowed physical social progress, such as the provision of universal basic education.
For example, it was the surplus from the fantastically successful Great Exhibition which was used to found the museums.
Despite differing opinions about the Freemasons, it is clear from the archive at Beamish that one of the objectives for Albert was the founding of a system of honours and clubs for the mercantile classes. A cynic sees this as binding them to the Crown but I think a little better of Albert; he could see they were locked out of the aristocracy so he simply encouraged them to set up their own mock-historic club and lent the support of the monarchy in order to sprinkle a little of oofle-dust on it.
Maybe he wouldn't have been as upset as I thought. He was a great one for getting on and doing projects and would possibly have thought that it was better to have them putting on shows and making clothes than doing nothing at all.
Sings "I shake my little tush on the catwalk, on the catwalk....
ReplyDeleteLook at my tush, look at my tush, don't look around my tush, look at my tush...3..2..1...you're under.
I'm telling you now that animals, yes fluffy cute adorable adorable animals,like Lolcats but different are dying, yes they're dying, slowly and horribly and it's all your fault because you left your laptops and mobile phone on charge all night and the only thing you can do to stop animals dying horribly and slowly is get straight on Facebook and Twitter and forums and blogs and tell all your mates about it whenever and wherever you can so that they'll know what truly awful horrible murderers they are and get them to stop charging up their laptops and mobile phones all night...
3...2...1...*snap*...and you're back in the room.
Bunny
ReplyDeleteInteresting how the 'global warming/climate change' lobby treat it all as established fact. Now a three year project to look at how the data has been manipulated and enable children to make up their own minds on the subject would be start.
Now that school is a very good advertisment for Homeschooling. At least with Homeschooling you can choose which lefty bollocks your child sees.
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ReplyDeleteScience Museum? Pikers the lot of them, have a look at what The Royal Society is up to - and then weep.
@ Tatty
ReplyDeleteClever, true and funny comment.
Thanks.
Paul
This is science - no wonder the schools are producing unemployable young adults.
ReplyDelete@Paul - thankya...it's only surreality that keeps me sane ;)
ReplyDelete"Maybe he wouldn't have been as upset as I thought. He was a great one for getting on and doing projects ..."
ReplyDeleteMaybe, but then, surely not at the expense of learning to read, write and critically challenge dogma?
"...and it's all your fault because you left your laptops and mobile phone on charge all night..."
Or even buying those mobile phones in the first place!
"Now a three year project to look at how the data has been manipulated and enable children to make up their own minds on the subject would be start."
Wouldn't it just!
"Now that school is a very good advertisment for Homeschooling."
And we can see why the State is so against homeschooling, can't we?
"...have a look at what The Royal Society is up to - and then weep."
ReplyDeleteI think I have no more tears left!
"... no wonder the schools are producing unemployable young adults."
And show no signs of changing.