Many primary schools up and down the country take part in Red Nose Day activities every year.
However, it can be easy to focus on silly nosewear, cake sales and wearing pyjamas to school, without really explaining to children the issues that underlie the day.
One of Comic Relief’s priorities is supporting the millions of people who live in urban slums in Africa.
In this active, creative lesson, children will work in teams to design and make a model of a stable, durable urban slum structure.
Engaging with the problems of slum life in this way will hopefully bring a new sense of meaning to their fundraising. Children will:
- learn about urban slums and materials used to build slum homes
- work in teams to plan, design and build a model structure of an urban slum home
Kerry Deacon is an experienced facilitator and teacher. At Comic Relief she writes and produces creative learning materials that deepen students’ engagement with their Red Nose Day fundraising.
