Falmouth School celebrates Africa (From Falmouth Packet)

Falmouth School celebrates Africa

2:23pm Monday 6th July 2009

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Students from Falmouth School were celebrating all things African on Friday to mark their teachers’ forthcoming trips to tackle poverty.

Year eight lessons were taken over with the creation of board games, masks, awareness posters and even water filters in the Out of Africa day.

PE teacher Beth Rudge is heading to South Africa to work in an orphanage while food technology teacher Lisa Mansell is taking a group of sixth form students to Tanzania for volunteer work. She will also be climbing mount Kilamanjaro.

So they could learn more about life in Africa, the 12 and 13 year olds researched issues such as AIDs, finding drinking water and building schools and made the posters, masks and games from their research.

Miss Mansell said: “Next year I am taking a group of students who will then be in year 12 to Tanzania to do two week’s volunteer work with young people and children in an orphanage.

“I spent three months in Tanzania last year so I am going back there and taking the students with me.

“From English to Science to Religious Education, the Out of Africa day helps the students understand all aspects of life in Africa.”

Beth Rudge is going to South Africa as part of a separate project through her church, but the children have helped to raise money for the Falmouth’s Got Talent Show.

She said: “A massive thank you to all the children who helped raise money.”

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