Marvellous Manga!

For three weeks, we have been working hard to plan, write, practise and create our own Manga stories.

Here are the wonderful final pieces:

Sadako and Letters to the U.N.

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On Thursday, we learned about the tragic bombing of Hiroshima on 6th August, 1945 at 8:15am. Through the story of 'Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes', we learned about what happened at Hiroshima and the effects that lasted for many years beyond.

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We had a long and interesting P4C session; each group suggested a fascinating question and the class voted to discuss, 'Why do some countries still have nuclear bombs, after the experience of Hiroshima?'

Following our discussion, all of the children were fired up with strong opinions about this topic. We decided that we should write to someone, to share our views. The children were very keen to spread Sadako's prayer for peace:

'This is our cry,

This is our prayer,

Peace in the world.'

After some discussion, we decided that the United Nations would be the most sensible choice.

We posted the letters on Friday, and we are hopeful that they will respond. We have received two letters from the government this year in response to our letters; hopefully the U.N. will also write back to us!

Here are some of the powerful and emotive letters that the children wrote to the U.N.:

 By Gracie

 By Kenan

By Rory

 By Blessie

 By Jack N.

 By D

By Finn

Japanese Cooking: Bento Boxes

 On Thursday, we spent the afternoon creating some delicious Japanese cuisine! We learned about the trend for kyaraben (cartoon bento boxes) and oekakiben (picture bento boxes) in Japan. As it isn't always easy to persuade children to eat healthy food, many Japanese parents have started to create tasty artwork for their children's lunches!

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We loved looking at these pictures, but it was much more fun to design and make our own cartoon or picture bento boxes! Using lots of healthy ingredients, we created these fabulous designs:

Did your bento box taste as good as it looked?!