Celebrations took place in Bannockburn High School this week when it was announced that we have been awarded Fairtrade School status. Well done to all the staff and pupils for working so hard on such a worthy cause. We will continue to promote Fairtrade in the school and the wider community. Keep up the good work.Fairtrade School
October 7th, 2011Celebrations took place in Bannockburn High School this week when it was announced that we have been awarded Fairtrade School status. Well done to all the staff and pupils for working so hard on such a worthy cause. We will continue to promote Fairtrade in the school and the wider community. Keep up the good work.Global Citizenship Conference
October 7th, 2011
On Thursday 6th October Bannockburn High School’s Global Student Forum group attended a Global Citizenship Conference at Stirling High School. We participated in a variety of interesting workshops including Fair Trade, Food Glorious Food, Olympic Game Legacy, Red Cross, World Vision, African dancing and African drumming. We listened to other schools presentations on their Global Citizenship Projects as well as presenting our own speech regarding Dying for Life, a campaign focused on achieving the fifth UN Millennium Development Goal of reducing the maternal mortality rate by 75% by 2015. Our presentation was very well received and had a thought provoking impact. The shocking difference between maternal mortality rates in the developing world compared to the developed world was surprising to the audience. Pupils were saddened to learn that one woman dies every minute of every day due to lack of health care during pregnancy. We also offered to visit other schools and peer educate pupils on this important issue. If you are interested in finding out more about this issue please contact the school at 01786 813519 or visit www.bannockburnhigh.org.
By Laura, Erin, Clare, Siobhán, Robyn, Sara, Kayleigh, Kirsty, Alasdair.
Global Citizenship Conference
September 29th, 2011
Bannockburn High’s Global Student Forum group will kick start their challenge to peer educate 1000 pupils this week. They will deliver a presentation at Stirling Council’s Global Citizenship Conference on Thursday 6th October to pupils from other Stirling and Clackmannanshire schools. In their presentation they will inform pupils about the issue of maternal mortality, especially in the developing world. It is a Millennium Development Goal to reduce maternal mortality by 75% by 2015 so we have to start working together to achieve this. The pupils are very excited about this upcoming opportunity.