Bus stop

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-67759241?fbclid=IwAR0MyBDnCA-7y7ObnzEtDWz_ScNvbLwY4WCS312Mwj_nJ3a3RZujCAryf4c

What do you see in the picture, what do you think the space is used for, what could it be used for, is it outside or inside?

Residents in a village in the forest of Dean have come together to transform a bus stop in to a community space.

What is a bus stop for, what does a bus stop usually look like?

One of the residents who helped to set it up, Ann Newbury, said she hoped the bus stop would become a library and a space to chat. She said, "Books are so important."

Do you agree? Why do you think Ann says books are important?
Why can't people buy their own books and red at home?
why is chat important? How might a chat help someone in the village?

Another resident, Tina Coull, started the idea but putting up two hanging baskets. People liked the flowers and then people had more ideas for how to build a better bus stop and wanted to help.

Lots of people got involved and on the opening day around 80 people turned up. Ann says, "We're so pleased with what we have achieved, We've had lots of generous donations. It really feels like we've achieved something positive in the village. Everybody works together."

- Why do you think this happened? 
- Do you agree the residents have achieved something positive? What have they achieved, is it just a bus stop that they have achieved? 
- If you were living in that village, what else would you suggest for the bus stop?
- why don't the books get stolen?
- why don't they have signs saying "books for village residents only"?
- what can we learn from the residents of this village?
- why is this about No Outsiders?
- Which British Value is this about?


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