St. Ninian’s High School, Giffnock – Lesson – HMD 2026

Activity information

Activity type: Private activity

Organisation name: St. Ninian's High School

Address:
St. Ninian's High School
Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road
Giffnock
G46 6UG
In St. Ninian's High School and the New Reform Synagogue
United Kingdom

Classes in the lower school S1-S3 read Tom Palmer's "Five Words" story in their English classes. The classes then reflected on the impact of the story in various ways such as class discussions, written reflections etc. Pupils were very moved because the story was based on a real person's experience.

Two groups of pupils - about visited our local New Reform Synagogue attending a drama production called “Dr Korczak's Example” by David Greig. Set in the final days of an orphanage in the German imposed Warsaw ghetto slum in 1942; Dr Janus Korczak is an educator, writer and Jew, attempting to be a beacon of hope and light by shielding orphaned Jewish children amid a sea of Nazi oppression and pessimism that surrounds them. Based on real events, this highly emotional play is an allegorical tale, with the notions of humanity, tolerance and resistance in the face of fear and brutality, particularly resonant and important to observe in light of recent national and world events.

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