Expressing Ourselves Through Photography – Climate Change Challenge

15th March 2019 shemogani Leave a comment

Today is a special day. All around the world, the children are uniting their voices to bringing attention to ‘Climate Change’. We sat down to talk about the impact it has on us. We used a photograph to begin our discussion.

How does a photograph tell a story?

A child wearing a protective mask in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Beijing’s mayor Wang Hansen has said smog had made the capital “unlivable”. Photograph: EPA

Jasmine “I see a mask because she is not good.”
Charlotte “Mask, very not good, not happy.”
Felix “When the world makes mask, and there we need masks. Then it will come in the mouth. Messy wind.”

Ruby “I think because it is foggy.”
Lawrence “Some air in the mouth is not good.”
Amber “Because we will get sick. Because we breathe some air, we will get a cold.” [in Mandarin]
Michelle “Because I don’t like it. Because I think mummy say no, no, no. My mummy say because that is very, very, very not good.”
Nicolas “Because I think that when it is raining, the rain is also dirty, so sometimes when the rain mixed together and when it gets cold and not so good for us, it is a problem. It changes.”
Michelle “We need that mask.”
Sarah “If the air is bad, we should put on our masks.” [in Mandarin]
Ruby “We like to play.”

One student had brought his camera to school. It was a wonderful day to go outdoors, to feel the cool breeze, to see the blue sky and the plum blossoms. We decided to take some pictures. We could also use the iPads!