NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL & GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL CASE STUDY
NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL & GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL CASE STUDY
Schools have really embraced the project, with many young people really excited about being involved. What we are seeing now is that learning being developed into a really practical approach
David Craig,
North Lanarkshire Council Quality Improvement Director
PROJECT Commenwealth Games school legacy project.
SERVICES Plan Bee worked with ten schools across a number of local authority areas including those in both North Lanarkshire and Glasgow. The remit of the project was to not only celebrate the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014, but to also mark the centenary of the start of World War One and the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn. Pupils chose one of the subjects and worked in a number of disciplines, with their individual beehives as the focus of this diverse programme.
BENEFITS The project allowed young adults across Central Scotland to develop an understanding of other cultures, both in art and literature. Pupils identified artistic styles from various Commonwealth countries and infused these into the design of their beehives, including traditional African and Aboriginal styles. Other students found empathy with teenagers of a similar age who enlisted in WWI and wrote poetry on the subject of war, while also incorporating much of what they had learned into the design of individual hives. The project not only developed a wider understanding of various cultures but also promoted an appreciation of indigenous art, music and literature. It has been widely promoted across Plan Bee’s diverse social media following.
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