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My Body, My Voice. 11th June 2007 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jane Wheeler   

Jessica and Lianne performing in a Newham school
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A wonderful achievement! Over 600 Yr 9 students in Newham have watched the production of ‘My Body, My Voice’ this month, as part of the second phase of this project. Valerie and Barnabas from Namibia joined forces with Jessica, Gopal, Charles, Jamilla and Leanne to perform a strong piece of Forum Theatre, raising awareness of issues of sexual health and early teenage pregnancy, Ray Downing, the director wrote:

” This play highlighted that theatre can be a force for change and education. It was educational, informative and exciting. The audience were totally engaged throughout the performance and forum”
Last Updated ( Jun 12, 2007 at 08:27 PM )
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Written by Jane Wheeler   

2 students rehearse their drama
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Today the team including a Healthy Schools representative, 2 LiveEd reps and three Newham students returned from Namibia after completing a very successful first phase of this project.  Together with the young team of Namibian writers, they wrote drama scripts and exchanged songs. Their brief was to explore the complex issues around early teenage pregnancy, HIV/ Aids and sexual health and write dramatic scripts to be rehearsed and performed in Newham Schools in June 2007.

Last Updated ( Jun 12, 2007 at 08:28 PM )
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My Body, My Voice 2 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jane Wheeler   
The team meet for the last planing session before departing for
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 My Body, My Choice - Today a delegation of 3 students and 4 professionals leave for Namibia on a second exchange programme with OYO in Namibia. The students will be writing a series of Duologues with 3 young people in Namiba, exploring issues  around sexual health and early teenage pregnancy. In May, 3 young people from Namibia will come to Newham to workshop and prepare the performances with the Newham students for year 9 students  in  6 Newham schools. Later in the year, the young people will be brought together again to create a valuable resource for teachers to use when exploring issues of sexual health with young people in school. This project has been funded by the Olympic Citizenship strand of the NRF fund and Healthy Schools.
Last Updated ( May 13, 2007 at 06:27 PM )
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Boys singing and dancing in Namibia
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In April 2007 a team from Learning and Schools, Newham VIth Form College (NewVIc) and SHiNE, together with three young people will travel to Namibia for a second exchange programme. Building on the monologues the visiting Namibians performed in Newham last year, the young people will work together in Windhoek to explore issues of early teenage pregnancy and HIV/Aids. They will then begin to write monologue and duologue scripts which explore and highlight the issues raised. Three young Namibians will then visit Newham later this year to rehearse and perform with Newham students in secondary schools and at Stratford Circus. In October they will come together again to re-script and film the project for an education resource for teachers and learners in both Newham and Namibia.

Last Updated ( May 13, 2007 at 06:27 PM )
Solid Harmony at CME in York PDF Print E-mail
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Solid Harmony Choir
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Solid Harmony Choir returned from York last night, where the members and their conductor have been training with several American and Canadian choirs for the week. They met many composers and sang their music leading up to a wonderful concert for peace held at the University of York. Solid Harmony also performed a set of their own music, including the song taught to them by their Namibian friends, the beautiful and haunting 'Heavenly Father', written to raise awareness about the devastation of HIV/Aids and about how to stay safe.

Last Updated ( Oct 23, 2006 at 02:44 PM )
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