Clevedon Year 12 Cultural Link with Athens School

Clevedon year 12 students had a fabulous story and myth telling trip to Bath on the 17th April. Thank you Mr Davies again for driving the minibus and being so patient with my directions!

 

We traveled to The Crescent and Bath Abbey where our sixth formers (the best student leaders you could wish for) met the Greek 66 students and 5 teachers. We divided into 5 storytelling groups comprising 13 Greeks and 2 English students. (The wooden door of the Abbey is itself symbolic as it tells a story through images).

 

Following some performance poetry by Bristol Ben - a professional poet (who met us there), the student groups went off to research their stories with special story bags with ingredients they had to find for their stories.

 

We met again in the afternoon and all stories were sent on to me. The idea now is photos and stories will be written and shared with our Greek friends.

 

The best of all this is we are now officially twinned with Pierce School in Greece through the ministry! (This is a bit of a Kafkaesque nightmare to manage this in Greece). This means that further trips can happen next year (hopefully based on myth and storytelling) and it may possibly open door to funding. Always welcome!

 

Classics at Clevedon rocks!

 

Mrs Carrington