Thank you to everyone who took part in the World's Biggest Lesson on 23rd April 2008. We've got lots of stories about the event that have been sent in - they'll be up online shortly, so watch this space!
For now you can read about what happened in 2007.
- 1 million of you JOINED UP to make human chains
- Over 480,000 joined the online chain
- 15 million have joined the global campaign over the last 5 years
Every pupil at Penglais School JOINED UP in April 2007 and together they made a line in the shape of the outline of the World, which was recorded by aerial photograph. The total length was 560m.
Their Assistant Headteacher, Matthew Brown reported back on the event,
“The difficult task of marking out the outline of the World was done by Gareth Dennis, a Sixth Form student and small team of helpers. As you can see he did a fantastic job… It could have been a very difficult task to ask 1400 young people to stand in this formation for over half an hour but in fact the students showed great patience, calmness and a maturity that ensured that the final pictures are superb."
Thanks to the people at RCAHMW Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales who took the aerial photograph.
A whole school assembly in Global Action Week was held using the stories of the children featured on the posters to launch the campaign in our school. Every class in the school spent time making sections of a long paper chain. The children used different templates to make the chain and the older children wrote messages on the back to show their support for the cause.
On Friday morning the whole school went onto the school field and joined our paper chain to demonstrate our support. The local paper came to take photographs. The paper chain was then parcelled up and sent to Germany in time for the G8 summit. We all hope that our efforts will help make a difference to some of the children around the world who are unable to go to school.
Alison Wheelhouse
PSHE Co-ordinator
Pupils from Ingram School enjoyed a double whammy of Red Nose Day 2007 fun and JOIN UP! action. On Friday 16th March, Hilary Benn MP went to their school to collect their paper chains.
"He is an important person. He had fun and spoke to us about how we can all make a difference, "said Year 6 students Aeron Glendon and Lucinede Ventura.
"We made this paper chain because it was something we could all do together. We worked hard to design our paper chain models. I think the paper chain is a good idea because it will help 80 million children who do not go to school get an education like we do. Most children in Africa and other places must work or look after their families when their parents have died, rather than go to school. We are very lucky."
We hope these stories from 2007 have inspired you. Don't forget to get in touch and let us know what you get up to in 2008.
Email us with your pictures and stories and we'll include them on this page!
