The John Fisher School- Christmas Edition 2019

Black History Month
This year there was a range of Black History Month events at The John Fisher School.
Ms Tyrell, along with Mr Dende-Raji, Mr Sakhabuth, Ms Anderson all felt that there
was an opportunity to use a nationally renowned month such as BHM to raise the
profile of black people (past and present), who have contributed to the development
of the society we live in. Especially, the parts of history that are not prominent in the
curriculum.
Every Wednesday after school (bar the first
and half term), in the month of October had
an enlightening event taking place. On the
9th October, we screened a very popular
documentary called ‘The Alt History’, which
consists of four short series, namely: Black
British History We’re Not Taught in Schools,
A British Lynching, White-washing and A
Forgotten Regiment. The short documentary
briefly explored critical moments in Black British
History that we’re not taught in schools.
On the 16th October, we held the Black History workshops. We had three workshops taking
place simultaneously . We had a musical workshop, which was led by Mr Dixon where he
explored with the student’s musical melody from various parts of the world. Ms Anderson
led a workshop on creative writing, which encouraged students to use the Black British
history they have learnt to create their own poem and spoken word. Mr Sylvester-Bruce led a
workshop showing ‘Fire in Babylon’, depicting the story of the West Indies cricket team tour of
the world, with special focus on their time in the UK as a teamof black players
For the 30th October Ms Tyrell had arranged
with an organisation called Eastside to run
a Black History Heroes workshop for 30
students in each year groups This workshop
allowed our students to learn a little about
their life story and achievements and deepen
their understanding of Olaudah Equiano, using
creative drama and improvisation skills.
Additionally, Year 8B tutored by Mr Dixon
did an assembly for the whole of year 8’s for
Black History Month. They focussed on an
extraordinary game of professional football
that took place in May 1979, when an all-white
team took on a side comprised solely of black
players
Mr. Dende-Raji
Head of Business Studies
‘Aspiring for ‘Nurturing Academic, young Cultural Catholic and gentlemen Sporting Excellence’
Aspiring for Academic, Cultural and Sporting Excellence’