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QUICK LINKS v British Council Canada v British Council Germany v Dancing on Thin Ice v Creative Partnerships v Working with schools v Sept voyage schedule v Insurance and safety v Feedback appreciated |
A lot has been happening on the Cape Farewell Education front so this bulletin is to keep you all posted with some of the developments. Please pass it on to others who might find it of interest. Participating schools will soon be able to post their own material on the Cape Farewell web site, but meanwhile... |
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Martin Rose, British Council
Pupils at Chesterfield Inlet
Teachers and pupils at Chesterfield Inlet |
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We went on a day trip to Hamburg and with Patrick Hart and Herbert Grieshop from the British Council, Germany we met Martin Speck and Gabriele Hatting from the Hamburg Senate of Education and Sport. We discussed the possibility of finding two schools in Hamburg and two students to represent Germany on the September Voyage. We hope to go back at the end of March to work with the two schools chosen and this will coincide with the opening of the Cape Farewell Art exhibition in Hamburg. British Council, Germany » |
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Subathra Subramaniam dances aboard the Nooderlicht, 2003. |
 The Dancing on Thin Ice Dance, Music and Media project on Climate Change at Villiers High School in Southall London is aiming towards a final dance and music performance around the theme of climate change on March 29th at the school. A short accompanying documentary is being shot by the pupils which will be shown as part of the discussion, presented by BBC Radio4 science journalist Quentin Cooper, that follows the performance. Made possible by Carole Morrison at Creative Partnerships London West, Dancing on Thin Ice continues to move forward. The 25, Year 8 pupils participating have now split into three groups, Dance (Suba – Choreographer), Music (John Brown – Composer ) and Media ( Colin – TV Director ) Pupils are also working with Climate Change expert Professor Mark Maslin from University College London. Villiers High School is one of the participating schools for the September Voyage and we hope that pupils and staff from other schools participating in the September Voyage will be able to come to the final performance of Dancing on Thin Ice. Please contact us or Dai Jones, deputy Head of Villiers High School for more information. JS029@villers.ealing.sch.uk » |
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We are working with other local Creative Partnerships offices to find two further schools to participate in the September Voyage. We recently met Rehana Mughal and representatives from Creative Partnerships Cumbria, East Lancs and Northumberland. We’re looking forward to hearing from them all soon. www.creative-partnerships.com » |
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Subathra Subramaniam Dance artist, choreographer, science teacher and Cape Farewell Education coordinator |
 We have established an outline procedure for working with participating schools. We want all schools to work with the possibilities that the Cape Farewell project offers, to introduce learning about Climate Change into the life of the school and its community. Each school will want to bring its own take to this, but here is what we think! We hope to be able to create a Toolkit/ Blueprint which brings together all the different ways the 12 schools have worked on this project so that other schools can use these experiences as a model for development in 2008. Meet senior management and staff to introduce the project Discuss the selection process and possible school events to support the widest possible participation before, during and after the project. Every school may wish to tackle selection slightly differently, but we imagine each school should identify approximately 20 young hopefuls from whom a shortlist of 5/6 will prepare a presentation and an idea for a project, including a question they would like to answer. Hold workshops with 20 potential participants and key staff The workshop with the 20 students consists of initial warm up activities followed by separate dance and media workshops. For this, we need two largish spaces. We then get back together to discuss with staff and students two possible school projects on Climate Change. Identify final 5/6 students We imagine a small group of committed participants will research and prepare possible creative / scientific project ideas and present them to us. One of this smaller group will eventually be selected by Cape Farewell to take part in the September Voyage. This group will also form a core team who will take part in school projects, liaise with local schools and build links with other participating schools. |
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 The Noorderlicht |
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Naturally the safety of our participants is absolutely paramount. We are currently compiling the basic information about Insurance and Health and Safety during the voyage. We will be preparing comprehensive risk assessments as we pin down the exact nature of projects etc. |
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