Video summary
Marigin Opiala talks to 15 -year-old Bea about why she migrated to the UK, along with thousands of other Filipino nurses, to work for the NHS.
Ever since the National Health Service was created in 1948, nurses have travelled to the UK from countries all over the world. More recently, nurses that work for the NHS have come from the Philippines, which is nearly 7000 miles away in Southeast Asia.
Marigin talks about how she moved to Rhyl in North Wales to work as a nurse, which meant leaving behind her four children. This was difficult, but eventually they were able to join her.
She talks about her passion for baking traditional cakes and breads from the Philipinnes, and how, in 2020, she decided to quit nursing and open her own bakery, providing the local Filipino community with a taste of home.
This short film is from the 91热爆 Teach series British Asian History.
Teacher Notes
Learning point
- To learn about the reasons why people have emigrated to Britain from Asia over time.
Key Vocabulary
This film gives you the chance to explore and learn this vocabulary in the context of a personal story.
Vocabulary used in the film:
- National Health Service
- Salary
- Visa (to come to live in a country)
- Baker
Vocabulary useful for discussing the film:
- Immigration and immigrants - coming to live permanently in another country.
- Emigration - leaving one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.
- Asia/Asian - the largest and most populous continent on earth.
- Britain/ British - "Great Britain" is often used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales, including their component adjoining islands.Great Britain and Northern Ireland now constitute the United Kingdom.
- Community - a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
- Culture - a pattern of behaviour shared by a society, or group of people.
- Discrimination - the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people.
- Diversity - differences in racial and ethnic, socioeconomic, geographic and academic backgrounds.
- Equality - when people are treated the same, regardless of what they look like or where they come from.
- Inclusion - being a part of what everyone else is, being welcomed and embraced as a member who belongs.
- Legacy - something we inherit from past generations and pass to our future generations.
- Prejudice - a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
- Racism - the belief that people of different races or ethnic groups have different value in society, and using this against them.
Before watching the film
You may want to discuss what your pupils understand by the word 鈥榠mmigrant鈥 and what they already know about people who have come to live in the UK, over time.
Pupils could also discuss whether they have certain types of food which is particularly special to them or their family. Why people buy and eat cakes. Do they ever eat cakes at special times of the year?
Please note, in the film Marigin talks about her mixed emotions when leaving the Philippines to become a nurse in Wales, because she had to leave her four children behind until she could apply for a visa and they could join her. As part of your preparation you should consider the needs of any pupils in your class who may have similar lived experiences.
Questions to consider
Depending on the focus of your lesson, you may wish to pause the short film at certain points to check for understanding, asking questions such as:
- What do you think were the challenges that Marigin faced? Why did she decide to move to Wales? How might she have felt at first?
- How do you think Marigin felt about living in Wales compared with the Philippines? She said it was 鈥榟ard鈥. Why do you think she said this?
- Why did Marigin become a baker? Why are cakes special to her and her community?
- Why do you think Marigin was sad to stop working as a nurse after 30 years?
Activities to further explore learning
- Pupils could share and write recipes to make food which is special to them.
- Pupils could discuss how Marigin鈥檚 story has added to their understanding of Asian people who have come to live in the UK over time. After watching more of the films they could discuss similarities and differences in experience.
- Pupils could discuss how our British Values were or were not enacted in Marigin鈥檚 story. For example, how was tolerance or intolerance a part of this film?
- Having watched the film, pupils could write down any questions they would ask Marigin if they had the opportunity.
How this film meets the aims of the National Curriculum in England:
- History
This film will help you to ensure your pupils understand the history of these places as a coherent, chronological narrative, focusing on the 19th Century to the present day. Through this personal story, pupils will learn about the diversity of people who have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world.
Pupils will develop deeper understanding of historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, and frame historically-valid questions.
They will also gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local, regional, national and international history; between cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history; and between short- and long-term timescales.
How this film meets the aims of the Scottish Curriculum:
Social Studies
This film will enable pupils to compare and contrast communities and the lives of people in the past with their own, and to contribute to a discussion of the similarities and differences.They will find out why people and events from a particular time in the past were important, placing them within a historical sequence.
Health and Welbeing Across the Curriculum
This film will help pupils to develop self-awareness, self-worth and respect for others, understanding diversity and that it is everyone鈥檚 responsibility to challenge discrimination.
How this film meets the aims of the The Northern Ireland Curriculum:
- The World Around Us
This film will enable pupils to learn about how people and places have changed over time, the causes and effects of people moving from one place to another, and the positive and negative impacts of people on places. Exploring the lives and memories of people from the past is part of the history non-statutory guidance and this film provides an ideal starting point for this.
- Personal Development
This film will enable pupils to appreciate the similarities and differences between themselves and others by providing a starting point for discussing cultural heritage, community and the diversity of people living in Britain.
How this film meets the aims of the National Curriculum in Wales:
History
This film will enable pupils to place events chronologically, identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different places during the 20th Century, and to discuss the consequences to people of historic events.Personal and Social Education Framework
This film will help pupils to see people who have been active citizen and help them to develop respect for others. Through personal stories, pupils will learn the value of diversity and recognise the importance of equality of opportunity.
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