Presentation describing my school's partnership under the British Council's Connecting Classrooms programme

1. Welwitschia
partnership

2. Principles of
Connecting Classrooms
• equity
• difference
• dialogue
• curiosity
• respect

3. Cluster Priorities
• global citizenship
• environment and sustainable
development
• expressive arts
• sport and health
• language and communication

4. Welwitschia
Partnership - namibia
• Augeikhas Primary
School, Windhoek
• Khomas High
School, Windhoek
• Ella Duplesis High
Windhoek
School, Windhoek

5. Welwitschia
partnership - Ethiopia
• Lalibela
Preparatory School,
Lalibela
• Lalibela Secondary
School, Lalibela
Lalibela
• Lalibela Primary
School, Laibela

6. Welwitschia
Partnership - who’s who
• Partnership Co-ordinator (Year 1) -
Adam Sutcliffe
• UK Cluster Co-ordinator - Tracy Booth
• Ethiopia Cluster Co-ordinator -
Luelseged Kebede
• Namibia Cluster Co-ordinator -
Johannes Nowaseb

7. identified partnership
priorities
• developing ICT skills (mainly for
African partners)
• language and communication skills
• environment
• cultural exchange
• sport & health
• citizenship

8. Communication
• email
• wikipage/ blog (when established)
• mobile phone
• post / courrier

9. Short - Term Plans
• cluster meetings (by 4th may)
• International Environment Day (June 5th) - tree planting
(international garden???
• “Distant Lives - Close Friends” - exchange of displays to form focal
point in lead schools (by end June)
• 1st exchange visit. African partners to UK (late September 2007).
Other visits to be arranged
• partnership meeting during first visit to identify specific project areas
• provision of necessary resources

10. Budget Details

13. Ideas
• future exchanges - teachers • debates
and pupils
• developing enterprise skills
• story-telling exchanges via (African partners send photos
recordings to include in calendar
produced and sold by uk
• joint athletic competitions partners to fund partnership
activities)
• academic competition to
decide pupil exchanges • themed concerts
• art exhibitions on common
theme
• collaborative drama

14. Groups to approach
• School's Parent Teacher Associations • Huntly FC
• Huntly Rotary Club • Huntly Highlanders rugby Club
• Aberdeenshire Town partnerships • Deveron Arts
Huntly
• Huntly Highlanders Cricket Club
• Aberdeenshire Council
• Huntly Pipe Band
• Huntly Parish council
• Various Dance Schools in Huntly
• Noth Parish Council
• It is also our intention that through the
• Various Huntly businesses development of enterprise skills by the
pupils the partnership can obtain
further funding
• Members of Huntly's churches
• Books Abroad (local charity which
sends books to schools in Africa)