Pass the pasty

After hearing Sarah Walker from Aberdeenshire had never eaten a Cornish pastry before, BBC Radio 1 presenter Greg James launched a nation wide challenge to transfer the pasty from Cornwall to Aberdeenshire travelling 675.4 miles in a pass the parcel style travel.

It's been labelled #PassThePasty and is loosely Michael Owen's fault, Greg explains. "He confessed that he'd never had a cup of tea in his life before. And then we started talking about things that everyone has done that you haven't." As a result, people across Britain have been doing a relay race with a Cornish pasty in a plastic box, desperately trying to get it to a listener called Sarah who has never had one before.

The Pasty stopped at 19 stops most of them being famous iconic places such as Premiere League football ground, Britains biggest professional bike race, skiing and many more.

Year 13 summer work

Big news and current affairs:

Syrian War: 15 March 2011- Current: 13.5 million syrians needing humanitarian assistance.

Immigration: Immigration Act 12 May 2016: Introduces new sanctions on illegal workers

Joe Cox:16 June 2016: Member of parliament stabbed

Brexit: Referendum: 23 June 2016: Promised by Cameron. Leavers: 52% and Remainers: 48%

Cameron Resigns: 24 June 2016: Running for leadership - Theresa May - Michael Gove - Stephan Crabb - Andrea Leadsom - Liam Fox

Theresa May: 13 July 2016. Two days after becoming leader of the conservatives. 

Charlie Gard: 4 August 2016: 28 July 2017: Born with MDDS at Great Ormand Street.

Trump Election: November 8 2016: Trump: 306 VS Clinton: 232

Football Sex Abuse: November 2016: Footballers abused by managers and Coaches

Westminster Bridge: 22 March 2017: Terrorist Attack

Manchester: May 22 2017: Terrorist Attack at Ariana Grande 

London Bridge: 3 June 2017: Terrorist Attack

Borough Market: 3 June 2017: Terrorist Attack

General Election: 8 June 2017: Conservative: 297 Seats. Labour: 227 Seats. Libdem: 8 Seats. Green Party: 1 Seat

Grenfell Tower: 14 June 2017: Started from fridge: 71 Dead: Investigation Ongoing 

Queens 90th: 10-12 June. Royal Babies: George, Charlotte Louis

Finsbury Park Mosque: 19 June 2017

NHS: Doctors strikes: Junior Doctor strikes 2017. Privation: Private treatment is not the answer: September 2017 

Royals: Engagement: Announced: 27 November 2017

(Hashtag)Metoo campaign: Movement against sexual harrasment and assault - Spread virally October 2017

Windrushscandle: 2018: Political scandal - Concerning people wrongly detained etc. deporting from the UK

Youth Aggression: In London: Acid Attacks: 2016 - 395 attacks. 2017 - 465 Attacks. Stabbings: 2016 - 1749. 2017 - 80 died

Zeitgeist cultural trends of 2016-2018

Zeitgeist: A concept from 18th to 19th-century German philosophy, translated as "spirit of the age"/"spirit of the times". It refers to an invisible agent or force dominating the characteristics of a given epoch in world history.  

3) Social context:

Disability:

• The Para-Olympics was highly covered during Rio 2016- showing on the BBC and Channel 4. This highlights the Para-Olympics as being just as important as the normal Olympics showing equality.
• The recent Coronation Street storyline was about a boy getting sepsis and having to have his leg amputated. This shows the audience that this type of thing can happen to anyone even those you least expect.

Regionalism:

• TOWIE stars have always been seen as dumb, stuck up and fake, however influencers such as Tommy Mallett and Chloe Sims have set up businesses with the help of their fame to be successful for the right reasons and help reduce the stereotypes.
• Geordie Shore stars in particular have a bad reputation for being drunk and having sex on TV with them being easy targets for the press to slam. However some have had great success such as Charlotte Crosby and Holly Hagen who have their own businesses and shows and promote positivity and trying to get rid of that Geordie stereotype.

Class:

• ABC1 category tends to be upper/middle class people including doctors, lawyers, office workers and teachers.
• Chavs are known as being of a lower class and rude especially by the media- their stereotype shows them to wear tracksuits, swear, do drugs and carry weapons. The negative light they are shown with carry a negative image around them especially linked with crime.

Age:

• Elderly people are always shown as fragile and weak by the media and usually makes people feel sorry for them. A lot of stories get published about them being robbed or mistreated creating a synaptic feel for them.
• The younger generation mostly seem to get shone in a negative light for being rude and acting 'out of line' however this is only a small proportion of the younger generation not most as the media tend to make out.

Gender:

• The LGBT community are starting to have more of an impact in everyday life and building to educate. Influencers such as Courtney Act and India Willoughby who were on Celebrity Big Brother helped raise awareness of the matter and show people its right to accept everyone.

Ethnicity:

• Childish Gambinos new song 'This is America' had a huge impact on the media due to its music video being full of hidden messages. The video represents gun crime in America, black lives, our obsession for phones and technology and basically highlighting what needs to change in America to make it a better place.

Sexuality:

• Sports: Tom Daley an Olympic diver came out as gay through a Youtube video and was highly commemorated for his bravery and helped give people confidence that it is ok to be gay
• TV: Olympian and father to the famous Kardashians and Jenner family, Bruce Jenner had a sex change to become Caitlyn Jenner. Her first photoshoot for Vanity Fair gave people the confidence to also do the same especially as Caitlyn was part of such a high prestige family who were so accepting in his change.
• Netflix: Sophia burst from Orange is the new black transformed from male to female with the media showing her transformation as emotional and a positive step.

End of year assessment