Thursday, June 16, 2011

Interview with a nurse - and a soldier too!

Did you catch the daily news show? There was an interview with nurses from Scutari hospital. The audience asked some tricky questions!








Interview with a soldier







Some letters home to families










The hospital in Scutari

We have found a tableaux of Scutari hospital. Nurses were cleaning the dirty hospital and looking after the patients. The soldiers were wounded and were in cramped conditions. It made an awful picture.

Tableaux from sheli blackburn on Vimeo.




We were able to think like soldiers and nurses in Scutari. Here are some of the soldier's thoughts:





Untitled from sheli blackburn on Vimeo.






I want to go home.






I think my arm is broken.






I'm hungry.






I'm dehydrated.






I miss my family.






Here are some of the nurses thoughts:






I hope we have enough medicine.






I don't know who to help first.






Oh no! Some more soldiers are coming in!






We don't have enough food.




Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Mystery solvers




A strange suitcase has been found in the corridor. We had to decide whether to open it or not. Through our decision alley, the majority thought it was a good idea to open it, so that we could find out who it belonged to.



The suitcase and the contents were very old. At first we thought it belonged to a maid. Then we found a sash that said 'Scutari'. We also found a letter. We didn't know what it meant, so we had to think of ways to solve the mystery.







Lots of research and thinking followed. Mr Parris sent us a message: