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#MinuteOfTruth

#MinuteOfTruth - A participatory research project with 20 children and young people from Ukraine. They chose the name of the project in the hope we could learn from their experiences of schooling in England.

Three days were spent with 20 Ukrainian children across two secondary schools in the Northeast of England. One was a large urban comprehensive school and the other was a smaller rural school. Purposive sampling was used to ensure the participants had the experience of living in and leaving a warzone. 

Throughout the project, a Ukrainian translator was present. The children at both schools were already familiar with the translator as they taught there. Over three days, the children investigated the following research questions through participatory research and the arts (painting, sketching, collage) and writing (poetry and narrative).