We organised a Teachers` Tea to promote Refugee Week and raise money for Cafod`s work with refugees.
Brentside High is a large school in West London and our students range from 11-19. For Refugee Week 2011, the 6th form held hugely popular cake sales every morning and we managed to raise a fantastic £700! This money will be go to the Horn of Africa, to help the most needy families in the 'biggest refugee camp in the world’. We also held Middle - East and Indian dance performances for year groups, and the dancers were also a great success when they performed at Gifford Primary as part of their own International Day! Throughout the week, assemblies were held on refugee issues and the whole week's Citizenship lessons focused on refugee awareness. We also held a RW jingle competition and interviewed students on the week's events - this lively session is now on our new Brentside Buzz radio station. We have a video of the dancers and cake sale on our school news website: http://www.brentsidehighschool.info/bbcblog/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=19
well 2day i did about 1 billion smiles and shared my sweets with my sister
I collected some clothes and donated them to SAWA for an event in aid of Refugee Week.
We read a book about facts about refugees.
we sang a song from vietnam
I wrote a post about the umbrella parade, and about a nice lady I know who came to Britain on the Kindertransport from Prague: http://www.manana-mama.com/2011/06/let-umbrella-be-your-smile.html
i ate a samosa which comes from india
our Reception class watched the Utube video about simple acts and made up some of our own 30 Children
With my Reception class we read about Paddington Bear and how he arrived in London. We discussed how we would feel if we were Paddington. 30 children
It was very hard but then again it was amusing I got 70%
I wrote a post on my blog called 'Walk a Mile in my shoes' which urges people to treat refugees with dignity and respect. http://maziyateke.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/simpleactrefugeeday/ ... They have gone through enough without facing more discrimination and xenophobia from people in host communities. I am proud of who I am - and I hope my blog post will inspire more people to make a change in their communities!
Very simple but effective. Love it!
I was very fortunate to be put in contact with three young Afghan lads, who played cricket for me in a game at Sandhurst, when I was struggling to put together a team. It was a pleasure to meet them, and to see them get such pleasure out of their cricket.
I asked our student union to set up a relationship with our local refugee council, so that our students can volunteer there in the coming year.
I wrote a letter to europe about either being an refugee or a europian describing what its like to be in europe.
wrote a poem to europe
i worte a diary entry entry about europe
We done gruop activies to find out what its like to do it. And to find out whats its like to be indifferent and the same as everone else. then having to write a letter dear europe.
I took a park in the workshop and I watched a video about refugees.
I wrote a letter to Europe, telling about my feelings during the workshop.
I took part in the Letters to Europe workshop at school
i wrote a letter to europe about being a refugee either welcomed or waiting for confrimation to be excepted into britain
I invited a rufugee to have lunch with us at our school. Unfortunatly, he said no..
i wachted a movie about refugees and i took part in the workshop at school.
i wrote a letter to europe about either waiting to be excepted as a refugee or being a refugee accepted in to britain
i wrote a letter to europe about being a refugee or a european being either welcomed or waiting for confrimation to be excepted into britain
to help people
I have expressed my positive views about helping refugees to others who have shown intolerance of refugees.
We celebrated with food from all over the world, international football, music, and more... We shared our meal, danced, laughed and chatted and are already looking forward to our next annual celebration!
Assemblies for the week 14th -20th June had the theme 'Special Journeys'. We told the children about refugee week and had a visitor from the CAB who told a true story about a child who became a refugee. All classes did their own 'simple act' . Examples include drama, role play, Circle time discussion about wants and needs etc
umbrella parade
I helped put on a Big Refugee week of events beginning with our launch of the Outdoor Art Workshop on Monday and a film about Refugees and a buffet afterwards on Thursday to a big party at the end of the week.
ran a refugee week cafe with a group of friends in our village hall. we ated, played table tennis and backgammon, juggled and chatted with a group of refugees who joined us.
I showed my English class the Youtube video of refugees talking about what home meant to them - they are studying poems about migration and found it really moving to hear real peoples real accounts - thank you
For refugee week I performed at the Celebrating Sanctuary event at Queens Square in Bristol on Sunday, took some asylum seekers to a conference at University of West England Bristol (UWE) about refugees in higher education on Thursday, and arranged and performed at a gig in Bath with and for asylum seekers.
I asked a freind to put themselves in the 'shoes' of a refugee and to see things from their point of view...as a result she now thinks very differently and took part in the Umbrella Parade with me on 20 June!
We gave a class assembly telling the rest of the school about Simple Acts and Refugee Week. One of our Y7s went to an event as a result!
i go on my simpl acts all to time and it is fun
I made a banner with my class and a few people had a picture of them and the banner and I was in it! It said 'A FEW SMALL STEPS TO MAKE A BIG CHANGE'
I found out the origins of 5 ingredients.Black pepper - South India,Yam - Africa,Honey dew melon - France,Mango - South India, Onion - Africa
well I did my homework about foods from other countries and their origin and I have discover that: Rise comes from Asia it has been grown for over 12.000 years in Asia, Cous cous is from India (Magreb northen west Africa), Garlic is from south Asia is been in China since 3000BC, some believe it comes come Russian's Siberian desert. Pepper (large green-red-yellow) is from south America. Chilli pepper is also from South America!! Maize (corn) is native to the Americas and has been cultivated for more than 3,000 years.
I made a show on refugees.In that show i sang a song to tell people what they have as a gift and they should respect it.
I'm actually trying to write a 1500 word dissertation on the experiences of asylum seekers for University this week... Think the 'simple' bit passed me by...
I have been adding links to articles on asylum seekers and quizes from Simple Act on my facebook profile.
I went on a website to find information about refugees.
Bought the T-shirt - took a photo
I have made a poster on Refugee's and drew a picture.
listened to a refugee tell their story and then made it into a book
We did the the paddington bear role play
We counted in different languages like French, Hindi, Somali, Spanish, German and Arabic.
we all wrote alittle bit of writing to make refugees feel welcome
I made everyone say something nice about someone
we painted lots of flags from around the world in reception class RD
In reception class, we made a list of things we'd take if we had to quickly pack and leave home
My fantastic class took part in a lesson about opinions and facts about refugees. We played 'against all odds' on our laptops, we shared ideas about how a refugee may feel to be pushed out of their own country and then maybe not be accepted in their new country. We considered what might make a refugee feel happy and we studied the simple acts animation. 8E showed empathy and decided they would make sure they would put anybody 'right' who gave negative opinions instead of facts about the plight of refugees. 8E designed a poster and we made a class banner to show our feelings on how we would help and support refugees. What a wonderful group of adults my class will make one day!
Created a pro-refuge banner
I helped my friend, who volunteers for Women for Refugee Women, to set up their photograph exhibition at the Refugee Sanctuary on 13.06.2010.
We considered how easy it was to help those less forunate than us. We made a list of 'things' we could give others that cost us nothing more than our time.
We acknowledged how lucky we are and learnt to appreciate what we have.
At Highbury Fields Secondary School, a class of year 8's gathered together in their citizenship class and formed a banner for refugee week. This banner included many information about Refugees including: poems written by students about refugees and putting themselves into their shoes, recipes from other country's, world's famous refugees that had no choice but to flee to another country, languages from around the world, facts about refugees and many other more interesting and fun things too. All of this information was typed up on computers of even written by hand from other students, printed out with colour and images and all papers were glued down onto a long strip of coloured paper. Others also drew umberellas sheltering over refugees and people, which were cut out from magazines. Umberellas were the main item on the banner, as umberellas symbolise refugees needing shelter and protection. This was a great opportunity for all of the students, including me as this was a time we all got together and understood the importance of refugees and how they seek for asylum by doing many interesting and fun activities. The banner looked amazing at the end!
Took a photo of myself with my Simple Acts t-shirt
my class designed a huge banner celebrating refugees and using all the simple acts !! it is great
We organised a day of information for 120 schoolchildren about refugees and asylum seekers in partnership with Show Racism the Red Card with lots of activities to help the children really understand what it feels like to be a refugee. A brilliant day.
I spent the morning sharing my photography skills with a group of refugees in a detention centre, in order to help them share their stories and experiences through photography.
Said a prayer as a class
hello i do stuff about refugees
I sent an email to Immigration Minister Damian Green, congratulating him on his commitment to end the detention of immigrant children, and asking him to act quickly to protect the rights of refugee children. You can do the same at this URL: http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/all_about_us/how_we_do_it/campaigning2/OutCry!/about_the_campaign/18490.html
I told year 5 student my life story of how i becam refugee
I volunteered at a Refugee Week event.
Me and some friends ran an event that raised money for refugees
I lived on £35 for the week - like many asylum seekers have to. That's £5 a day and it really isn't easy specially in London and with our busy lives. Equally hard to fill a non work day with nothing to do and nothing to spend. Made me feel very lucky to have a job and money in my pocket!
Cooked lunch for refugees - and talked with them
I designed a free digital scrapbooking kit as part of a blog train coordinated by Angela Coles (Toucan Scraps). My kit can be viewed at http://lilybellscraps.blogspot.com
Sharing a story about a refugee with my tutor group
Spoke on a local radio station about refugee week & how refugees are often misunderstood
I go freanch school and i learnd bonsho
I read a spanish book and under there was english riting and it was so nice
I read a spanish book and it was so nice
Class 4e shared our different backgrounds, tallied up the countries and represented the data in a bar chart.
Read stories written by refugees.
I gave a book I liked and found inspiring to an asylum seeking woman who has learned English and loves to read.
We listened to a Refugee tell us their life story. We asked them questions and then made thier life story into a book.
We have a 'No Borders' theme in our bookshop for Refugee Week and have made book displays in the shop and the window of fiction by refugee authors and non-fiction on a wide range of refugee/asylum issues.
Made a power point on refugees, famous refugees and encouraging students at my school to find out about refugees and design a welcom banner.
We read 'Am I a colour too?' story book. We learnt that the colour of your skin does not matter, we are all the same Inside :
We made a positive poster explaining what a Refugee is and what you can do to help.
10 refugee students have been working on a short film called 'Think Twice. The film will be screened at The Tricycle Theatre during Refugee Week!
to make a poster about how to help refugees feel happy.
The English department in our school will run lessons all week on refugee week. We will use poetry written by refugee and asylum seeking young people to raise awareness among the students.
15 students from around the world held an exhibition of a photography project they have been working on for the past six months!
This went really well! Six Year 8 and 10 students prepared and held assemblies on refugees and asylum seekers to Years 7,8, and 10! The students learnt a lot about refugees and their fellow students.
I've written a blog about Refugee Week as I try to imagine what I'd pack if I had to leave my home to seek refuge somewhere else. http://rrosselson.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/celebrate-refugee-week/
Make this week's edition of Folk, Roots, and Branches on www.10radio.org a Refugee Week special. Being broadcast on Thursday 17 June 6 to 8pm & Sunday 20 June 10am to noon.
I gave a presentation on refugees and how they may feel coming to the UK to work colleagues, and finished by handing out your simple acts toolkit
I've just kissed a refugee x
I planned lessons for year 8, 9 and 10 for refugee week including 3 simple acts in each lesson! And then I smiled! :-)
Helped a refugee family from Burma settle in my town. I also write a blog (http://calledtocompassion.blogspot.com/) that talks about humanitarian issues occurring now, organizations that are helping, and ways people can get involved and make the world a better place.
I took 1335 photographs at Celebrating Sanctuary, London yesterday!!! Hooray!
Written an article for our local church team magazine & providing an opportunity for people to learn more about refugees at our next team service.
I red a book on refugees.
Me and my Mum sang Lean on me by Bill Withers.This is my Mums comments "We LOVE this song as it is about really Giving when you can see that someone needs a helping hand" My comments are "I think this song reminds you that everyone needs to be looked after and loved"
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My Simple act is Playing with children that our refugee's and children that our different culters.
I spoke about Simple Acts at our Amnesty Group meeting in Peebles and suggested acts for others. The picture is of Linda, another Amnesty member on the Tweed River in Peebles.
I know how to count up to 100 in russian.
Read a book about refugees in Sudan
Read about Honduras, the political crisis and UNHCR contingency plans after getting them in a World Cup Sweepstake
This Has Helped Me Alot And I Would Like To Do It Again
it was so fun i would like to do it again it was amazing wow
I completed a quiz on refugees
it was great.
I want to tell about my grandma and grandad.
I completed the simple act quiz in my class
I Completed A Quiz About Refugee
me names keith i collect rusty coins
i got 20% on quiz
recipes and language from Ghana
I found out things about indian food and recipes.
I have made up a diary entry using real and accurate facts. It has helped me understand what refugees got through and why they do. It also helped me with my geography.
We're doing a workplace campaign, so wil hopefully have many acts - can we e-mail them to you to upload on a daily basis?
To find out what it means to be a refugee. There are 26 children and 2 adults doing this simple act
I've been posting links to the Refugee Week events on my facebook profile and I sent an e-mail to my friends informing about the events organised by my organisation.
Today, I went to the Brimmington Park festival, Peckham. I met someone who will put me in touch with a local refugee organisation so I can become a mentor to a refugee to help them resettle in the UK.
I look after the website for St. Cuthbert's Catholic Community College for Business and Enterprise and I've make Refugee Week the HEADLINE ITEM on our news ticker this week! www.stcuthberts.com
My cooking was great and I loved it specially because I cooked it!
Staff at Centrepoint Head Office are adding pins to a map to show just how diverse a group we are this refugee week.
I have worked on a 'school of Participation' with refugees and have assisted the group create an evenings entertainment for Refugee Week in Salford.
I said a prayer for refugees, as I know from experience how effective prayer can be. I work voluntarily for the British Red Cross and have a lot of contact with refugees in the course of my work.
(With permission!) I put one of the Refugee Week posters at a local organic shop to promote the events and indirectly raise awareness!
Do the cooking and praying anyway but I'm going to miss Refugee Week and there are very few (new) refugees in my part of the world so I have just sent some money
Had a chat on the phone during the college holiday to my young student from Afghanistan who missed seeing the others this week.
Bought a voucher from an asylum seeker so they could make their money stretch further than in Tesco's
I've baked a birthday cake for a refugee.
I wrote a short story with a refugee as the main character.
Love the new Acts Posters – we’ve put them up all over the STAR offices and will be giving them out at our annual training in a couple of weeks. Nice work!
You could meet refugees new to your area at weekends and visit museums / arts galleries etc to help them get a sense of the history and culture of the local area.
Would be to set up a weekly social group for refugees and local people to meet and chat and organise events.
I’ve been sharing jokes with refugees I work with, to see if humour has its own boundaries. It does and it doesn’t ;op
