Woodfarm pupils Sehr and Rabia attended the recent Teen Night at Giffnock library to promote the UNCRC as part of our rights respecting school journey. The aim was to ensure the whole community learns about the Convention on the Rights of the Child and that our young people, staff and parents use this shared understanding to work for global justice and sustainable living.

Pupils learning about the war had the opportunity to interview members of the Eastwood Writers’ group who have written various stories about conflict. The pupils involved read the short stories and planned their questions. Pupils benefited from discussing the personal experiences of families during WW1 and WW2. The pupils also created a poem to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War One.

The Social Subjects and RME faculty consulted with a group of S2 pupils to consider how to improve homework.  The aim was to engage and challenge pupils to improve the quality of homework and compete with the new video games and social networking sites and show pupils that homework was not boring.  It was decided that offering pupils a choice from a range of creative activities would help pupils become more confident, encourage pupils to solve real problems and to take responsibility.

Many pupils created trench warfare models, timelines and recruitment posters which involved research skills, placing events in chronological order and applying their knowledge creatively.