This week we have enjoyed a visit from the 'African Voices' team at Leeds University. Sepa and Israel visited Class 3 and 4 respectively for a fascinating range of activities themed around Africa. These photos were taken in Class 4, where Israel confronted stereotypes and misconceptions about his continent (he is from Nigeria) with a challenging 'diamond true or false game' in which there is only one solution once all answers are correct.
This group were the first to solve the puzzle correctly, which included questions such as: 'Are there snow capped mountains in Africa?'
Israel presented a range of activities throughout the day: we considered where chocolate came from and how resources are distributed to each person from workers at the cocoa plantations to the retailers at the end of the chain (and everyone in-between). This led to an interesting discussion on fair trade products.
We also had a fact finding activity about several people on the 'African Voices' team and there was an interesting question and answer session where we discovered that Israel is one of 43 children from a polygamous family.
We also enjoyed a fantastic call and response song, which the children performed really well.
Overall it was a fantastic and informative day!
It was fantastic to learn from Mika what Israel had to say. So nice to see such diversity being taught.
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