Driven by curiosity our Year 7s were eager to get stuck into the 2025 Fryer Enquiry Week from 13th to 17th October. Their inquisitive natures supported by insightful teaching enabled them to explore some of the big questions facing the world’s population such as ‘how can we introduce more green spaces into our megacities?’ or ‘how can we best support our aging population?’. With discussions on everything from gardening to AI our Year 7s made the most of the structured agenda from Monday to Wednesday and enjoyed being off timetable for Thursday and Friday, working in groups of three to develop their solutions ready for the final exhibition.
Oliver Staines, Head of Geography, Sustainability Lead and organiser for the week-long initiative, commented: “The thing that I like most about the week is getting students to think about things in a more positive way. If we are asking them to be changemakers and to bring our values out into the world, they have to believe that their actions that they take are going to make a difference. They are going to make their lives better and the planet better and the environment better. We give them a taster of the challenges that we face and also a taster of some of the possible solutions, then get them to think creatively so they can take that and think creatively to perhaps expand it, change it, remix it and come up with something that is actually going to make the world a brighter place in 25 years’ time.”
Each group was composed of a member from the three Year 7 forms and they were proud to show off their work to parents, Sixth Formers and staff on Friday afternoon at the Fryer Enquiry Week Expo in the Michael Malnick Centre.
Louise explained: “We are having an Enquiry Week to think about future challenges, work in teams, be creative and learn more about the world as changemakers. I am excited to learn new topics, especially about living on other planets and how life could be different there.” Fellow Year 7, Borna enthused: “Fryer Enquiry Week is for us to express our imaginations and find the boundaries of our creativity. I liked Computer Science because we learnt how to use AI and in Music we did a project making music like an animal carnival.”
Jay, whose project was to design an Eco City, reflected: “We’ve tried new things. What I really enjoyed about Enquiry Week is that you are able to go with people that you don’t really now that much and you get to work with them. You get to show the creativity that you have and you get to do things that you’ve only seen on Google into actual real life, and it’s really cool!”. Fellow Eco City creator, Nico, added: “We’ve learnt about making a positive impact on the world across lots of different subjects and in lots of different ways, including learning new vocabulary in languages! The project has been really fun, working with people you don’t know that much.”
Head, Luke Walters, concluded the Expo with an address celebrating the students’ achievements saying: “Well done to all of you in this room. These projects are testament to young changemakers. Looking around there is a remarkable amount of creativity, of thought, of innovation and really a vision towards the future.”
See the photos from the week here!
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