Visitors and presentations

We have been really lucky this week to have two special visitors come to the Kiwi syndicate. The first was Phoebe Morris who is an illustrator and an ex-pupil of Brooklyn School. Today, we had Mel who is a parent from room 18 and works for the Jane Goodall Institute.

Phoebe shared with us her journey to becoming a full-time illustrator and we got to see some of her beautiful work. Most of us were already familiar with some of the books she has illustrated such as First to the Top and Speed King.

Mel talked about how she became a scientist and the different things she has studied and researched. We learned a lot about chimp behaviour and the work Jane Goodall and her teams do for Africa. Mel came with a great message that everyone can make a difference.

Both speakers had a similar message for the students about following their passions. Phoebe and Mel both loved what they are doing now from a young age and followed their dreams.

We also had some more special speakers today....room 14! They have all been busy researching and planning presentations about some questions they had around germination or pollination. I learned quite a lot from them today. It is pretty tricky to find information in different places, understand it and then summarise it in your own words but I think they did really well.