GAF 2019
The theme this year was ‘Green Planet: Protecting Our World’
The Griffin Arts Festival 2019 took place from the 24 June – 5 July, and explored the theme ‘Green Planet: Protecting Our World’.
We are living in a world which is being mistreated. Many schools are situated on roads or in areas where the air quality is harmfully poor. Species are dying out. The sea is full of plastic and acidifying. We are living through crisis and to ignore the fact is tantamount to wilful negligence.
London Residential
As part of the London Griffin Arts Festival, 21 Year 10 and Sixth Form students, along with members of staff from every GST school, accompanied the 100 Year 5 students to London and took part in an immersive timetable aimed at enriching their cultural understanding and broadening their artistic heritage. Due to the success of 2018’s residential, the students and staff camped out at Willow Brook Primary for four days, where the school transformed to give a festival feeling.
What do we do?
It takes people with great courage, when to act seems to demand more energy than we have, and yet all of us need to keep questioning the status quo.
We all want to know why enough isn’t happening to protect the world now. This year, children from across the world have demonstrated their concerns by ‘striking.’
How do we do it?
We must all voice our concerns, and help them to be heard. We must all take every opportunity to reverse the mistakes of the past.
This year of focus on ‘Green Planet: Protecting our World,’ has seen Science and learning themed on how to heal our planet. But this is just a beginning; we need to create a sustainable future for the generations to come.
”We deserve a safe future. And we demand a safe future. Is that really too much to ask?
Greta ThunbergActivist
Festival
Highlights
Looking back on the 2019 arts festival
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GAF is currently solely funded by the schools and GST. It is through the hard work of our staff that GAF has been such a great success.
As GAF grows, we want to sustain the quality of experiences each students receives during the two weeks. By donating to GAF you are helping our students see beyond their immediate surroundings and become exposed to the wonders of classical art.
