Five Liverpool schools explored stories of migration, old and new, about the people who have shaped and continue to shape Liverpool.
Kensington Infant School
Year 2
We look at the global classroom, forty-nine children in one-year group from twenty different countries. The world has become a smaller place and each child has the opportunity to learn about different cultures both in the classroom and in the playground.
Broadgreen High School
Pedro and Faith
Two young people who have arrived in Liverpool from Angola and Kenya. We explore their stories and their feelings about arriving in a city they now call ‘home’.
St. Anne’s Stanley Church of England Primary School
John Arne Riise
Sacrifice and dedication has seen Jon Arne Riise achieve his dream of playing for Liverpool. The modern professional footballer may clock up many air miles during his career. An ‘animated’ John Arne Riise tells us his tale.
Broadgreen Primary School
Nick and Linman
Coming to Liverpool from Hong Kong and China, from different generations, arriving at different times, Nick and Linman share their experiences.
Kensington Junior School
1847
The Irish famine saw thousands of men, women and children arrive in Liverpool. For many it was a short stay as they travelled to the ‘new world’. Their stories are not forgotten; their voices can still be heard.
This film will be screened in the Maritime Museum throughout the summer until September.
This film will be part of an exhibition to be launched in Stavanger in 2008. As part of the ‘Youth and Migration’ project young people from all over Europe will gather in Norway to explore their diverse cultures.
The ‘Youth and Migration’ international project is supported by National Museums Liverpool and Liverpool Culture Company in collaboration with the ‘Norwegian Emigration Center’ in Stavanger.
