From 4-8 March, we've been celebrating a whole-school ‘One Planet
Week’, looking at many aspects of Global Citizenship. There have been relevant
learning experiences across many departments and a fantastic ‘One Planet
Marketplace’ in the Assembly hall this lunchtime.
Pupils learnt about International Women’s Day (8 March) in
RME, wrote letters in Modern
Languages to pupils in our partner school in Chogoria, Kenya and learnt how to reduce food waste and make tasty Bubble & Squeak out of
leftovers from home in Health & Food Technology.
The school canteen did themed dishes from a different
country each day of the week, and all S1 and S2 pupils had an assembly from the
Refugee Survival Trust about the life of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland.
S1
pupils in Art designed a ‘One World’ badge, and Lauren Flint’s winning design
was made into badges and sold to raise money for the pupils we sponsor in
Chogoria.
The lunchtime marketplace was really buzzing, with stalls
and activities from pupil groups and external organisations. On stage, pupils performed drama skits
relating to human rights, and the school choir did a fantastic rendition of
Gary Barlow’s ‘Rule the World’.
The Amnesty International group organised a fun quiz on the
right to education and a giant visual petition for the ‘Enough Food for
Everyone IF’ campaign made up of our finger prints.
Hospitality pupils served tasters of food from around
the world, and others organised games based on geographical knowledge of
countries.
Joe Hind from the Soil
Association had an interactive stall raising awareness of our Food for Life project in the
canteen and attracted lots of attention dressed as a huge carrot (it’s a
seasonal vegetable!).
Other organisations providing stalls and activities included LGBT Youth,
Transition Edinburgh Pentlands and Breadshare the community-supported
bakery.
Many pupils and staff participated in the CCHS ‘Fair Trade
Bake Off’ as part of our Fair Trade Fortnight festivities. Judges were wowed by
the inventiveness and artistic nature of many of the entries. Sophia Purcell in
S4 won first prize with her extraordinary chocolate cake, and Mrs Mulvey won
the wooden spoon prize for the least edible entry! All the cakes are being sold to raise money for Comic Relief. The
Fair Trade group also ran a tombola, a human slot machine and their normal
weekly tuckshop.
A huge thanks to all the pupils and staff involved in making
One Planet Week such a success. Watch this space for more great photos of the marketplace.
