NEWS SCHOOLS
Space crusaders win NASA award
Live link-up at Bolton School with a Maasai
tribe in Tanzania
Maasai in the classroom
CROSSING CULTURES
When it came to studying the impact of tourism on the Maasai tribe in a geography class, Year 9 girls at Bolton School cut to the chase and asked them direct. Through a Skype link-up, 50 girls were given the chance to talk directly to Maasai tribespeople living on the Tanzanian plains. The two settings could not have been more different. The Maasai viewed the girls on a laptop resting on a bucket of water outside a boma – a traditional Maasai home – while the excited Year 9 pupils interacted with the East Africans with the help of a large screen in their classroom. During the 40-minute
question and answer session, the groups learned about each others’ cultures. For example, the pupils learned that the Maasai did not feel that tourism was detrimental to their lives and were happy to have their photographs taken – as long as they were asked fi rst. The girls also wanted to know what they wore and ate. The Maasai asked why European tourists always visited Africa through organised tour companies rather than going directly to villages, and asked how tourists had the money to travel to Africa. “Seeing the Maasai village
and the surroundings meant so much more than reading about it
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in a book or looking at photos,” said Maddie Bewlay, 13. “It was a unique experience.” The link-up came about through the school’s connection with LivLife, a charity set up by two old boys of the school, Max Griffi ths and Sam Yates, to organise free education centres in Tanzanian villages. The LivLife Centres provide sustainable, locally-run, free education for the whole community.
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LITERATURE
Off ering author inspiration
Caro King, author of the magical tale of the Seven Sorcerers, captivated pupils during a visit to Amberfi eld School. She delighted the girls with stories of her own creative writing lessons at school (which she loved) and maths (which she didn’t).
The author, who has recently
begun her third book, invited pupils to exercise their own imaginative powers by inventing magic eff ects for The Drift, the mystical land where her stories are set. Grass that pulls you to the ground, fruit that transports you
to the land where it was grown and a mask that helps you see the truth were all proposed. “These are wonderful suggestions, any of which could be encountered by the characters in my books,” enthused Caro.
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Young scientists from Ardingly College were special guests at the House of Commons after winning top awards for space research. Mary Reader, 14, and Charles Board, 16, won the prestigious Cassini Scientist for a Day competition, organised by space experts NASA and leading UK research organisations.
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Winchester holds fi rst international symposium
Winchester College hosted its fi rst International Symposium in March, inviting pupils and teachers from seven visiting schools across four diff erent continents. Schools from South Africa, the USA, the Czech Republic, Pakistan and Japan debated the problems posed by current economic global instability. The challenge of the
Pupils and teachers gather at Winchester for the symposium
symposium, set as a question to the next generation of leaders, was: what practical steps can our countries take over the next 30 years to help build a global economy based on justice and solidarity, rather than self interest and greed? A number of school heads also attended the fi ve-day event.
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college.co.uk
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SUMMER 2010 FIRST ELEVEN 9
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