About the Presentation
The Presentation
Over the past 14 years I have talked at hundreds of schools across the UK and beyond. For many years I gave the presentation with my mother Lady Zahava Kohn. Since her death I have been talking on my own.
The sessions are usually 60 minutes but can be adapted on request by the school. During the presentation I show students original photographs, artefacts, letters and documents collected by my mother. I also show short video clips of Zahava telling her story.
The presentation is followed by a Question-and-Answer session, during which the audience has the opportunity to ask questions about any aspect of the story. The duration of the Q and A session is flexible. Audience sizes range from 30 to 300 pupils. Questions have always been wide-ranging and relate to life before, during and after the war. Presentations can also take place over zoom but in -person presentations are preferable. Presentations are also available outside of school settings. To request a booking, click here.
Cost
There is no charge for the presentations.
Timetabling
Most sessions are timetabled to take place during lesson time during the school day, but presentations also take place during extended school assemblies or as an extracurricular activity after school. Some schools invite parents to attend the talk at an after-school presentation.
Age Groups
The presentations are particularly relevant to secondary-school children aged between 11 – 18.
These sessions have been incredibly well received by classes of all ages in schools of all types. All the schools have requested a return visit the following year so that other year groups will be able to attend.
A few of the schools we have visited:
American School in London, Anglo European School, Barnard Castle School County Durham, Barnhill Community School, Birmingham City University, Bishop Douglass School, Blackfen School, Canons High School, Compton School, Copthall, Crest Academy for Girls, Dauntsey’s School, David Hughes School Anglesey, Derby High School, Enfield County High, Eton College, Fettes College, French Lycee, Haggerston School, Henrietta Barnett, Ilford County High School, John Ferneley High School, Kingsbury High School, Lambrook, Latymer School, Manchester Grammar, North London Collegiate School, Oaks Park School, Queen’s College, Regent High School, Royal School, South Hampstead High School, St Augustine’s CE High School, St Paul’s School for Boys, University College School, Watford Grammar School for Girls, West London Free School, William Ellis, Winchester College