During June 2016 Edna G Olds Academy in Nottingham has been working with the University of Leeds on an Arts and Humanities Research Council project to think about the lessons we can learn from the Holocaust.
Mr Wood is Year 5's teacher and this is the film that he made with his group about the objects that are important to them. We learn about the group's pets, their hobbies why they are important to them and also about one of their teachers.
We began by making some short films together, when we thought about objects that said something about who we are and where we come from.
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Paul Cooke — 8 years ago
What do you think about the things that the children have picked? What object would you pick?
This is the film that was made by Rosie, our project officer. Rosie also runs the project blog, which you can find on Yarn too. Rosie's film shows how the children in Year 5 come from all over the world.
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Paul Cooke — 8 years ago
What do these objects say about the children's lives? Why are they important to them?
This is the film that Paul made with his group. The children talk about lots of different object, how they reflected things that they'd over come and how they relate to where their families are from.
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Paul Cooke — 8 years ago
How can objects help to tell the story of your life?
We then all went to the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, where Marion, one of their educators, took us through their excellent exhibition 'The Journey', which is about Leo, a little boy who came to the UK on a Kindertransport. We were also able to talk to Susi Bechhöfer, who went on a Kindertransport when she was 3.
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Paul Cooke — 8 years ago
What do you think about Year 5's questions? What questions would you have liked to ask Susi?
The Leeds team has also been working on projects in South Africa to see how the Holocaust relates to other dark moments in African history and how we can learn from them so that they never happen again. This is a film that Paul made with some people who work at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre.