Registration Discussion 

Every week the students are given an article to read and discuss. These range in content and are designed to stretch their vocabulary, increase their breadth of knowledge and generally build their understanding of issues around the world.

Each week we will add a link so parents can also see what we are discussing:

 2019-20

Week 1 -  Inspirational Women

Week 2 - Women Musicians - The Psychology of Appearance

Week 3 - Bullying Myths and Bullying PPT

Week 4 - Stephen Lawrence PPT and Stephen Lawrence Article

Week 5 - The Grim Reality and Inter-racial marriage - Robert Pattison

Week 6 - County Lines  and County Lines Advice For Parents

Week 7 - Sexual Exploitation and Why wasn't more done?

2018-19

Week 1 - Unusual Jobs

Week 2 - Making a Living

Week 3 - The Secret of My Success

Week 4 - Banning Mobile Phones

Week 5 - Banning Mobiles and Mental Health

Week 6 - Mental Health and Social Media  + link to use - 

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/social-media-mental-health-negative-effects-depression-anxiety-addiction-memory-a8307196.html

 Week 7 - Those who fought and  link to use https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/%E2%80%98social-evils%E2%80%99-and-%E2%80%98social-problems%E2%80%99-britain-1904%E2%80%932008 

Week 8 - International Dimension - Fundraising Literacy  and International Reading Article

Week 9 - Slavery - iSlave?  and Modern Slavery

Week 10 - LGBTQ+ - Sexuality PPT and Coming Out Article, Not Gay Not straight article, Sexuality Article, Come out to Play Article

Week 11 - Save the Children - Words not Weapons + link to use 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/21/yemen-young-children-dead-starvation-disease-save-the-children

Week 12 - Healthy Eating? - Overweight? and Jamie Oliver

 Week 13 - Diabetes and Sugar - Why Sugar is the Enemy, I was only 16... and Diabetes

Week 14 - Mental Health and Mental Disorders

 Week 15 - Healthy Eating and Diabetes, Extreme Diet, Food Rules

 Week 16 - Fair Trade - Fairer Trade and Fair Trade PPT and Story of Chocolate

Week 17 - Global Warming - Global Warming PPT and What are we worried about?

Week 18 - Allergies - 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-45639546  and Allergies

Week 19 - Period Poverty - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/meghan-markle-got-world-talking-periods/ and Period Poverty

Week 20 - Would you Eat a 3D Pizza? - The future of Food? 3D Printed Pizza PPT on Pizza

Week 21 - Nature's Emergency - Nature's Emergency

Week 22 - Plastic Waste - Plastic Planet, Beach Litter and Beach Litter PPT