Feed the World Showcase

Enterprise and Global Citizenship

S1 Curriculum For Excellence Project

Each year S1 pupils in Menzieshill High School are involved in a cross-curricular event.  The project is driven by the Curriculum for Excellence and the theme for 2009 is Enterprise and Global Citizenship.

Feed the World Programme

Mon 16 November - Fri 28 December December 2008.

All pupils in all classes working on topics related to Enterprise and Global Citizenship.

During the week beginning Mon 30 November, classes will prepare presentations and displays of the work they have done.  These will be set out in the hall for an S1 event on the afternoon of Friday 4 December.

Here are some planned activities:

Department	Topic
English	Range of activities involving diary extracts/  poetry
Maths	Examining the resource crisis in the world and in Scotland / Link to Save the Children
Modern Languages	Work related to Uganda project.
LRC	Supporting rest of school with displays, internet access to SEPA website, Oxfam website etc
Art
PE
Music	Examining songs that link to Feed the Workd theme. Creating music / song related to theme of Feed the World.
Sciences	Pupils to carry out experiments to find out the best ways to protect buildings against flood damage.
History	Examining the impact of disasters in past history (eruptions)
Geography	Tsunami in Menzieshill.  All first year Geography classes learned about the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. Within this case study S1 classes look at what Tsunami’s are, what causes them and how they affect people. In class pupils produce a newspaper report providing information on the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami.  A certificate will be presented for the best report in each class and there will also be a fantastic prize for the best newspaper report in S1.
Modern Studies	Examining the social impact of disasters around the world (eruptions).
RME	Examining values in relation to the Global Family.
Technical	Looking at developing emergency road infrastructure in a Third World Country.
Business Studies	Creating publicity related to Feed the World and school Christmas projects.  Brainstorming ways in which appeals are made, creating poster to appeal for help or publicise a fund raising event.
Home Economics
Computing	Creating PowerPoint presentations on how to survive a disaster
Social Education

 

Monsoon in Menzieshill

We need your help… There has been a major disaster in Menzieshill.   A cyclone has hit Charleston, Dryburgh and Lochee.   Due to global warming huge areas of Longforgan, Inchture and the Carse of Gowrie have been flooded.   The Red Cross and Oxfam are involved in providing emergency help.   Pupils in Menzieshill High School, which is above flood levels, have been asked to form an emergency team.

What would you do?

During 2007 National Enterprise week, first year pupils were busy in most of their subjects doing work related to a fictitious disaster – a major flood in Menzieshill. Here are some of the activities they were involved in:

English pupils produced a news bulletin informing the public about the disaster. Other pupils performed in a play, while another class wrote poems about how a disaster like a flood would affect ordinary people. Other pupils produced newspaper reports.

RME pupils made posters about helping each other.

Science pupils investigated how good different materials were at stopping water from entering a building.

Music pupils created music depicting a storm.

Technical pupils built models of emergency shelters.

Geography pupils drew maps of wind directions, rainfall and the effects of a monsoon.

In French pupils examined European weather patterns.

In Modern Studies, a helper from the RED CROSS came in and worked with pupils in looking at the issues affecting people in a disaster.

Business Studies pupils produced posters appealing for help.