The brilliant imaginings of students who are free to create

 

This is just a short entry to showcase the work of a Year 9 student.  We have been looking at the film Invictus during the past few weeks, and I asked my students to fill in the gaps for us - teach us about things we may not know about.  I provided a list of topics, but told them this was a starting point only and if there was any other topic they wished to teach us about, that would most likely be fine.

I told the students they could present this in any way they saw fit - they were restricted only by their imaginations.

One student made this: an apartheid fence.  He asked the class to write their opinions on what they thought it would feel like to be black during apartheid, and also, white.

He then asked the class to tie their thoughts to the 'apartheid fence'- black on one side, and white on the other.

This was an amazingly thought-provoking and cleverly thought-out idea.  Gone are the days of speeches being the only form of presenting work.