A CLASS of pupils at Fraserburgh Academy have been busy raising Civil Rights issues.



Members of class 2M1 have been making presentations to fellow pupils and have produced two impressive banners.

The project, which the students initiated has proved so successful and had such an impact within the school that there are now plans to hold a Civil Rights Day next year.

Teacher Gordon Young (PE and Guidance) told the Herald:
"It started off during a personal social and education class, here we were discussing equality and racism.


"They all had to prepare and make a presentation which they did to first and second year pupils. They also worked to produce the canvas pictures depicting Martin Luther King. These will hang on the wall of the main staircase," he said.
Mr Young explained that next year the intention is to work with the history department to hold a Civil Rights Day within the school:


"This will be the start of an on-going event and we hope to make a couple more canvas illustrations as well.
"Each of the pupils involved had to speak for four minutes," he added.
Acting Rector John Noble said the entire project had evolved through the pupils' enthusiasm:


"This was not pre-planned, it came through the pupils' discussions about racism and equality. We had been working on this during assemblies, in terms of showing more respect for each other.
"The kids came forward and wanted to do this.
"They made presentations to other second year and first years, that is not an easy thing to do. It was very well received. It is something that the kids took seriously," he said.