Spreading the News

Emma and Caitlin worked on this news presentation during our Learning Leaders Project during Term 4 of 2008. The idea was to take a field of interest and work out a way to share their thoughts and ideas with an audience, so that they could "Make A Difference".

While most of the children choose to focus their attention on school based projects, (such as writing and art competitions or teaching younger students a skill), these two students used their time to research about the quality of Christchurch's drinking water. Their work was inspired by recent news articles about the damage residents are causing to the Avon River.

Again it was great helping out the students in any way that I could, but these two needed little help from me! They were so interested in their topics, that they chose to work during their free time to gather the information they needed. They contacted the City Council and spoke to experts about the problem at hand as well as researched using the library and internet to gather the facts they needed to back up their points.