Earlier today four students from year 9 met the international jazz musician Soweto Kinch at a conference of people who work for Creative Partnerships. It was part of the podcast project we’d been working on last week. We played some of our podcasts to Soweto and listened to some of his music from his album about Birmingham “B19″. Then we recorded an interview with him where he encouraged us to be creative and told us we don’t have to leave either Frankley or Birmingham to be succesful.
Year Nine Students at Frankley Community High, Aaron Averall and Paige Moorhouse, are the first presenters of a new news programme for the Frankley Talk podcast. “The Estate We’re In” explores the stories and issues which matter to the people who live in Frankley in Birmingham. This programme asks “Has Frankley Gone Gang Crazy”:
This is the first Podcast from Frankley Community High School. It’s a short radio drama which tells about one boys determination to avoid getting his “tenth pink slip”. What is a pink slip you ask? It’s the form the police give you when you are young and in trouble. Ten of them means you get a day in court. This was produced, composed and performed by students from year nine with help from Stans Cafe Theatre company.
This is the final edit for the story of the missing child. Where are they? Why are they missing. Will they be found? Who cares? This picture was made by Year 6 pupils after having heard the ‘Missing’ story.
These are some of the Island pictures made by Year 6 to go with the ‘Runaway’ story. This is the Year 6’s visual response to ‘The Beast’ story.
This image was made by Year 6 pupils after hearing the ‘Wendy Scattergood’ story. It shows local people and the Queen at the street party to celebrate the re-naming of the road. To listen to the podcast about Wendy please go here. A girl lives on Hayling Close in Frankley, she wonders where Hayling Island really is, she dreams about a blue sea, clear sky, a new bedroom all to herself and peace from her noisy brothers. She decides to runaway. Here is the story of the street party we staged to name an imaginary street after Wendy Scattergood. We had a great time and even the Queen came to visit us. Please enjoy |
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