A photo of me teaching a class of children. I am sat at the table with the children surrounding me as I demonstrate how to tie fabric for tie-dye.
A photo of activity sheets which feature a comic-strip style cartoon documenting the journey of our clothes. There are two piles of completed worksheets. The first is exploring garment worker exploitation and the second explores the impacts of chemical dyes. The comics have speech bubbles which the pupils have filled in with emojis to communicate how the story made them feel and led to discussions about how to make it better.
A photograph of several bright yellow rectangles of cotton fabric which have been tie-dyed using turmeric.
A photograph of fabric painting protest banner squares which the children are working on (hands just visible). It features three squares of fabric with positive messages for garment workers and a paint tray in the centre of the image with several paint brushes and mixed up paint.
I had such a wonderful time at Ysgol Trimsaran teaching Y3 pupils about where our clothes come from & where they end up.
We had an action packed day using my #PhD resources on an imaginary journey along the #FastFashion supply chain...
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