Pupils from S2 at Cleveden have taken part in their first session of the Amnesty International project Words That Burn. After an introduction to the work of Amnesty International and a discussion around what human rights meant to them, the pupils attempted the Make a Difference in a Minute challenge: Creating a poem that can be performed in a minute or under in response to the theme of human rights.

Invoking their right to freedom of expression, the pupils performed in a brief poetry slam with spoken word pieces (and a full-on rap!!!) focussing on women’s rights, education inequality and bearing witness. It was refreshing to see an awareness of major issues and even better to hear a willingness to use creative solidarity to protest and speak truth to human rights violations.