2nd year English students are studying Willy Russell's play 'Our Day Out'. To aid revision for their summer tests, Mrs Harney's 2nd year students Emily Muldoon and Lauren Kearney created a 'Glogster' inspired by the play!
A summary of the play:
The play centres on a school trip to Conwy Castle
in North Wales.
Mrs. Kay teaches a remedial class for illiterate
children, called the "Progress Class". The whole class - along with
Digga and Reilly, the slightly older class bullies who used to be in the
Progress Class - are taken on a coach trip. At the last minute, the Headmaster
commissions Mr. Briggs, the authoritarian Deputy Headmaster, to supervise the
trip.
On the way to the Castle, the coach stops at
a petrol station with a snack shop, where the students take advantage of the
storekeepers' confusion to shoplift sweets and snacks, unbeknownst to the
teachers supervising. It makes a second stop at a zoo, where the students enjoy
the animals so much that they try to steal most of them. The zoo attendant
discovers this just in time before the coach pulls out, and makes them return
the animals.
When the coach finally reaches the Castle,
the students race around exploring the grounds, cliffs and beach. Soon it's
time to leave, but one of the best-behaved students, Carol, is missing. A
search ensues and Mr. Briggs finally finds Carol, who is depressed because she
doesn't want to return to the bad conditions at her home. She wants a better
life and wishes she lived in a nicer area, like that which surrounds the
Castle. She becomes so upset that she threatens to jump off the cliff. Mr.
Briggs, who up till this point has acted like a harsh disciplinarian, policing
the students' bad behaviour and expressing doubts that they should even be
allowed to have an outing, shows a more understanding side as he convinces
Carol not to jump and to rejoin the rest of the group. The coach makes one more
stop at a fairground
where the students have some more fun before returning home.
An even softer side of Mr. Briggs is
observed, as he joins the students on some of the rides. He even goes as far as
wearing a "Kiss Me Quick" hat, and joins in with the sing-song on the
journey home, all of which is photographed by Mrs. Kay. She comments on how she
never knew he had a softer side, and that he certainly wouldn't be able to get
away from the fact now she had evidence. Being a keen photographer, he
offers to develop the photos, and even convert them into slides so he can do a
talk for the students. This is the perfect escape for Mr. Briggs. Not wanting
to let anyone see his other side, once he returns to his car, he unravels the
undeveloped films, exposing them to daylight and so ruining them, with a clear
explanation of them "not coming out".
Along the way, two young teachers, Susan and
Colin, who are helping Mrs. Kay supervise, must also deal with the fact that
Digga and Reilly have a crush on Susan while two older girl students have a
crush on Colin. Susan and Colin solve their problem by subtly suggesting that Digga
and Reilly should turn their attentions to the two girls.
The glogster created by Emily and Lauren:
