Secondary News
Together with AWARENESS, this is exactly what we want to teach our students at EIS: to bridge divides and bring people together. Secondary students have not just studied and covered their curriculum this term, but we have also been focusing on global events. Current events, like the outbreak of the Coronavirus, the eruption of the Taal volcano in The Philippines, the devastating bush fires in Australia and the recent flooding in the UK have been looked at in class. Daily updates are important to make sure our students are aware and informed and kept up to date about these events. As the epidemic spreads across neighbouring China, our students need to be reassured that they are safe from the disease and what steps they need to take to protect themselves from it.
In addition to the current events, our Year 7 students have focused on Glaciers and the impact of Global Warming on the glaciers. We looked at what we could do to help slow down the process and the eventual reversal of it in order to save our planet. Other key issues the Year 9’s focused on, are CHILD LABOUR and the exploitation of impoverished communities in order to produce some of our brand labels and electronic devices. We zoned in on the cotton industry in Uzbekistan and the mining of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Both these industries make use of child labour but is shockingly being ignored by the international community. The Year 8 students looked at World Population and the impact our ever growing population is having on our planet. This highlighted issues like pollution, over-crowded cities, the impact on our natural resources and the creation of social issues.
You cannot change something unless you know it exists. The aim of our Geography lessons at EIS is to make our students aware, so they can go out into the world and make the changes needed to bridge the divide, bring people together and make our world a better place.
