Parallel Stories

Year 10 students had the honour of viewing the very special cinema event 'Anne Frank's: Parallel Stories' at the Chaffey Theatre. Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren retraces Anne's life through the pages of her remarkable and enlightening diary, and through the lives of five women who as teenage girls were also deported to concentration camps but escaped the Holocaust.

Students gained an authentic insight into the experiences of young people and how they endured all in the battle to stay alive. After the film students had a discussion about a variety of themes ranging from hope, survival, empathy and the power of the written word.

Biljana Elliott Senior Leader - Literacy and Global Perspectives