Working in schools
We are working in a number of schools in Newcastle's West End in 2012 through funding from Make Your Mark
A Living Tradition have worked with a number of schools including Ravenswood Primary School, Newcastle, High Tunstall School in Hartlepool, St Joseph’s School in South Tyneside and Charles Thorp Schol in Gateshead. It has also delivered extended workshops over a number of days in Bridgewater School and Ecelsior Academy with funding from Make Your Mark (see below).
In September 2012 a worker from a Living Tradition delivered a well-received workshop about Amnesty Intetrnational to a group of 7-9 year-olds at St Francis C of E School in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.
Here is what teachers we have worked with say:
Geordie Heritage has been a major theme for Ravenswood Primary School this year. This has included visitors, homework projects, home/school partnerships, creative workshops and many other activities. However, our projects could possibly be criticised for ignoring many lesser-known North East men and women, and events which took place in our region, in favour of more famous people, such as Grace Darling or Alan Shearer. Noble names as they are, Peter Sagar's stimulating and extremely pertinent workshop gave the children a far greater insight into the North East people, who through their selfless, visionary and humane actions left us a rich legacy for the people of the North east and beyond.
The children's hands-on participation, through role play and research activities, allowed them to develop a sense of empathy, giving them an opportunity to celebrate people's true qualities, and see beyond that of today's superficial qualities, which are often revered in today's celebrity obsessed culture.
The workshop particularly married itself with Newcastle's City for Peace initiative - an initiative which Ravenswood supports greatly - especially part 4 of the pledge 'everyone should have the same opportunities in life regardless of who they are and where they come from'.
Kenny Jamieson, Class teacher, Ravenswood Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
“Peter Sagar came in to St Joseph’s in Hebburn in July 2010 and delivered four successful morning long workshops outlining ways in which people in North-east England had developed fair, tolerant and cohesive communities. The workshops showed links between the region and the rest of the world and outlined ways in which pupils could be similarly active citizens in the future”
Jill McManus, Citizenship Co-ordinator, St Joseph’s School Hebburn, South Tyneside
Peter came to work with a lower ability and Special Needs group of approximately 30 students. We were studying a Refugee Project. Peter delivered engaging, active lessons on the topic of Burma and the North East tradition of supporting Refugees. The sessions were fun and all the students, depsite their own individual needs remained fully focused throughout the day. Staff from around the College actually came to see how focused, engaged and enthused the students
were and the students did not even notice that additional adults had entered the room they were so engaged!
The sessions were perfectly paced with kinestic, empathy sessions build in to the afternoon sessions to allow a change of venue for the students. The day was finished off with a collection of songs and a live performance from Peter which went down a storm with the students who clapped and cheered once it was completed.
I would definitely recommend Peter to any school or college and hope to have him in a number of times this year linked to projects on local history.
Lindsay Foster, High Tunstall School, Hartlepool
A Living Tradition provide a creative and inspiring approach to human rights education. Young people become passionately involved in learning and sharing the stories of the fight for the vote, working rights and the abolition of slavery in their region, while the heritage walk shows them a side of their city they may never have considered - but certainly will now. The combination of music, video and presentations kept the pupils thoroughly engaged, and the pride they showed in what they had learned was wonderful to see'
Grace Dunne, North East Regional Coordinator, Anne Frank Trust UK
A Living Tradition has also gained funding from Newcastle City Council through Make Your Mark, to work in Excelsior Academy, St Bede’s, Bridgewater and Broadwood Schools in Newcastle’s West End.
Bridgewater School, Newcastle
From April to July 2012 A Living Tradition held 9 ESOL sessions at Bridgewater School with pupils originally from a number of countries including Slovakia and the Czech Republic. These sessions concentrated on helping pupils with their English language work, including working on using techniques such as connectives and similes. The pupils also learnt about how many waves of people have come to Newcastle and how they consituted partof the latest of these waves. These sessions culminated in a successful assembly at Bridgewater School on Thursday 12th July and some very attractive display work.
Excelsior Academy, Newcastle
In July 2012, A Living Tradition worked for three days in Excelsior Academy, teaching a group of pupils about the heritage of human rights work on Tyneside. The pupils produced excellent presentations about the early struggle for democracy, the anti-slave trade movement, Emily Davison and the Suffragettes and the integration of the Yemenis in South Shields. They also took part in a succesful heritage walk around Newcastle City Centre.
A Living Tradition have worked with a number of schools including Ravenswood Primary School, Newcastle, High Tunstall School in Hartlepool, St Joseph’s School in South Tyneside and Charles Thorp Schol in Gateshead. It has also delivered extended workshops over a number of days in Bridgewater School and Ecelsior Academy with funding from Make Your Mark (see below).
In September 2012 a worker from a Living Tradition delivered a well-received workshop about Amnesty Intetrnational to a group of 7-9 year-olds at St Francis C of E School in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.
Here is what teachers we have worked with say:
Geordie Heritage has been a major theme for Ravenswood Primary School this year. This has included visitors, homework projects, home/school partnerships, creative workshops and many other activities. However, our projects could possibly be criticised for ignoring many lesser-known North East men and women, and events which took place in our region, in favour of more famous people, such as Grace Darling or Alan Shearer. Noble names as they are, Peter Sagar's stimulating and extremely pertinent workshop gave the children a far greater insight into the North East people, who through their selfless, visionary and humane actions left us a rich legacy for the people of the North east and beyond.
The children's hands-on participation, through role play and research activities, allowed them to develop a sense of empathy, giving them an opportunity to celebrate people's true qualities, and see beyond that of today's superficial qualities, which are often revered in today's celebrity obsessed culture.
The workshop particularly married itself with Newcastle's City for Peace initiative - an initiative which Ravenswood supports greatly - especially part 4 of the pledge 'everyone should have the same opportunities in life regardless of who they are and where they come from'.
Kenny Jamieson, Class teacher, Ravenswood Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
“Peter Sagar came in to St Joseph’s in Hebburn in July 2010 and delivered four successful morning long workshops outlining ways in which people in North-east England had developed fair, tolerant and cohesive communities. The workshops showed links between the region and the rest of the world and outlined ways in which pupils could be similarly active citizens in the future”
Jill McManus, Citizenship Co-ordinator, St Joseph’s School Hebburn, South Tyneside
Peter came to work with a lower ability and Special Needs group of approximately 30 students. We were studying a Refugee Project. Peter delivered engaging, active lessons on the topic of Burma and the North East tradition of supporting Refugees. The sessions were fun and all the students, depsite their own individual needs remained fully focused throughout the day. Staff from around the College actually came to see how focused, engaged and enthused the students
were and the students did not even notice that additional adults had entered the room they were so engaged!
The sessions were perfectly paced with kinestic, empathy sessions build in to the afternoon sessions to allow a change of venue for the students. The day was finished off with a collection of songs and a live performance from Peter which went down a storm with the students who clapped and cheered once it was completed.
I would definitely recommend Peter to any school or college and hope to have him in a number of times this year linked to projects on local history.
Lindsay Foster, High Tunstall School, Hartlepool
A Living Tradition provide a creative and inspiring approach to human rights education. Young people become passionately involved in learning and sharing the stories of the fight for the vote, working rights and the abolition of slavery in their region, while the heritage walk shows them a side of their city they may never have considered - but certainly will now. The combination of music, video and presentations kept the pupils thoroughly engaged, and the pride they showed in what they had learned was wonderful to see'
Grace Dunne, North East Regional Coordinator, Anne Frank Trust UK
A Living Tradition has also gained funding from Newcastle City Council through Make Your Mark, to work in Excelsior Academy, St Bede’s, Bridgewater and Broadwood Schools in Newcastle’s West End.
Bridgewater School, Newcastle
From April to July 2012 A Living Tradition held 9 ESOL sessions at Bridgewater School with pupils originally from a number of countries including Slovakia and the Czech Republic. These sessions concentrated on helping pupils with their English language work, including working on using techniques such as connectives and similes. The pupils also learnt about how many waves of people have come to Newcastle and how they consituted partof the latest of these waves. These sessions culminated in a successful assembly at Bridgewater School on Thursday 12th July and some very attractive display work.
Excelsior Academy, Newcastle
In July 2012, A Living Tradition worked for three days in Excelsior Academy, teaching a group of pupils about the heritage of human rights work on Tyneside. The pupils produced excellent presentations about the early struggle for democracy, the anti-slave trade movement, Emily Davison and the Suffragettes and the integration of the Yemenis in South Shields. They also took part in a succesful heritage walk around Newcastle City Centre.
Examples of school work by A Living Tradition
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