Year 7 pupils at Greenhill have been involved in the recent celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights.
They have taken part in a global project, and are one of only two schools in Wales to do so.
The students spent time discussing the importance of human rights, and of raising awareness surrounding human rights issues.
With help from TEAM, the National Theatre Wales group, they created a short film celebrating this important milestone.
Their celebrations were aided by the recent opening of a discussion room within the school.
Thanks to funding from Arts Council Wales and the Lead Creative Schools project, Greenhill students can now access a discussion room that was carefully designed by students to facilitate student discussions.
In pride of place in this room sits a refurbished jukebox, filled with examples of philosophical discussions and thought-provoking ideas and questions. Students will not only be able to listen to examples of discussions in English, but also in French and Welsh.
The project was designed to reflect the recent merge of the English, French and Welsh departments into the Area of Learning Experience for Communications and Literacy.
It’s hoped that this multilingual jukebox will encourage students to express themselves and engage in purposeful discussions around important ideas.
Naomi Chiffi from National Theatre Wales said of the project:
“The students were absolutely great. They worked with a set designer, Di Ford, to design the room, and then they had philosophical discussions with storyteller Phil Okwedy who encouraged them to talk about subjects at depth and length.
“The class then came up with the ideas for the film, which they appeared in, directed and produced with local film-maker Jack Abbott.
“It’s now on National Theatre Wales’ website as part of the Fly The Flag project to mark this important human rights anniversary.”