On Monday, St.George the Martyr school took a visit to Fleet Street to take a look at the history of printing.
Before long, we were introduced to the people who we would be collaborating with on this project/ documentary. Next, we were shown a couple of films to explain who brought the printing press to England, when it all started and how it all began, especially where the printing press originally came from.
The next film we were showed, told us how people were provoked so a peaceful protest transformed into a riot of rage and outbreak, when Rupert Murdoch decided to be sly, devious and sneaky with his employees in 1986. As well as that we also got to take a look at three of the most well known printing machines such as: the linotype, the Gutenberg and the Stanhope. We got to see how they worked and manoeuvred.
Finally, we got to try making the headline of a newspaper (The Evening News) using a compositor stick, which was both fun and tricky, then we headed back to school to act out certain things /freeze frame/do some drama.
Until now, the children had never realised how important the history of printing was and how much they took it for granted.
In the afternoon back at school, we entered the hall to re-enact the events of the Wapping dispute that occurred in 1986. Each group did a different scene based on the Wapping plant strike. We all acted as the pickets, the police, Rupert Murdoch and other witnesses. So that we could understand how they felt at the time and see their expressions and thoughts.
We think the children liked the fact that they got to delve into these types of rolls. As a majority of them, at the time, were emotionally drained due to the fact that they were currently jobless. They couldn’t put food on the dinner table, provide sustenance for their families and were unable to afford certain things. Consequently, they were also unable to pay off debt or rent for that matter.
The next film we were showed, told us how people were provoked so a peaceful protest transformed into a riot of rage and outbreak, when Rupert Murdoch decided to be sly, devious and sneaky with his employees in 1986. As well as that we also got to take a look at three of the most well known printing machines such as: the linotype, the Gutenberg and the Stanhope. We got to see how they worked and manoeuvred.
Finally, we got to try making the headline of a newspaper (The Evening News) using a compositor stick, which was both fun and tricky, then we headed back to school to act out certain things /freeze frame/do some drama.
Until now, the children had never realised how important the history of printing was and how much they took it for granted.
In the afternoon back at school, we entered the hall to re-enact the events of the Wapping dispute that occurred in 1986. Each group did a different scene based on the Wapping plant strike. We all acted as the pickets, the police, Rupert Murdoch and other witnesses. So that we could understand how they felt at the time and see their expressions and thoughts.
We think the children liked the fact that they got to delve into these types of rolls. As a majority of them, at the time, were emotionally drained due to the fact that they were currently jobless. They couldn’t put food on the dinner table, provide sustenance for their families and were unable to afford certain things. Consequently, they were also unable to pay off debt or rent for that matter.
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