This week, we returned to a school we visited back in 2007 with our Free For All project to work again with the 50 or so children on our new project, World To Rights.
The children had recently studied Victorian life and were able to give examples of chimney sweeps and children working in factories. A great place to start exploring the horrors of the mill houses, life on the streets of London and of course the Victorian circus.
We also gained the expertise of Nick, a school Governor who was visiting the school for a day who enthusiastically took on the role of the mill foreman. He admitted that he had been involved in a number of church performances, and brought this experience to the role with gusto!
A good sized audience came to watch the final performance which both entertained and challenged them to engage with the whole issue of child rights both in our history, but also around the world today, and even in the UK where children are still put at risk and face dangerous situations daily.
For more pictures of our day in Burton, click here.
A good sized audience came to watch the final performance which both entertained and challenged them to engage with the whole issue of child rights both in our history, but also around the world today, and even in the UK where children are still put at risk and face dangerous situations daily.
For more pictures of our day in Burton, click here.
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