Malaysia 2009 - day 5

Today, we have spent the morning preparing and making the presentations of global issues.

The brief required students to explain how they would tackle a particular problem faced by our international communities today. They first had to look at the root causes; then suggest short and long term solutions, followed by obstacles to these solutions and how these could be overcome. They finally suggested qualities of leadership required to make a success of the solutions they had come up with. A tall order, considering they only had 15 minutes in which to make their presentation. We were also marking them on the quality of their communication skills and the depth of their research.

The presentations were all extremely well-researched, as it happened, and it was very difficult to choose a winner. In the end, however, the Green Gang won (Robyn, Jocelyn, Ellie J & Zikri), with second place going to Team Verity (Kieran, Verity, Anas and Mei Ching) and third to Colin's Crew (Tim, Elle, Arvind and Afiah).

Now I'm going to give the pupils a chance to have a say!