Pupil power: the schoolkids campaigning for a local supermarket
28 June 2019
It’s hard to give children have a healthy, balanced diet — but it’s even harder when you don’t have easy access to shops that sell fresh fruit and vegetables.
That’s the case in Castlemilk, where the ‘local’ supermarket is over an hour’s walk away. So the pupils of Castleton Primary decided to make a short documentary, titled It’s Just Not Fair, about this challenging problem.
The schoolkids trying to get a supermarket built
Castlemilk has no supermarket and Castleton Primary pupils want one built.
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More of the Castleton Primary pupils’ campaign story
The full interview between Kaye and two of the Castleton Primary pupils – one of whom was *very* chatty – can be heard from 1hr 22min.
More campaigning kids
Stow Primary have an inspiring environmental mission to become sustainable.
Plastic’s not fantastic
Pupils from Highpark Primary are campaigning to reduce the use of plastics.
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