Why link with a school overseas ?
“One cannot truly educate young people in this country without the international dimension being a very significant and real part of their learning experience.” Charles Clark
“A Mori poll found that 80 per cent of middle and secondary school pupils believe it is important to learn about global issues at school. These issues have become part of young people's lives as never before, and we need to reflect this in how we teach them. Partnerships with schools in other countries can help integrate (many) themes into the learning experience and can offer a powerful and enjoyable framework within which issues can be addressed. As well as that, partnership activities can help to raise levels of literacy, competence with ICT and presentation skills.” Global Gateway
It will enable your school to access at least the Intermediate tier of the International School Award.
It will broaden your pupils' horizons and give them a better understanding of the "big, wide world".
It will enable your pupils to see past racial and national stereotypes.
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 The Global Gateway is the DfES/British Council "dating agency for schools". Register your school's details and browse other schools' details to see if there's anyone you'd like to link with. |
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Interested in a Comenius School Project ? Go on a Comenius Partner-Finding Seminar. You can find details of all forthcoming seminars on the British Council website. |
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 The BBC World Class website has a partner-finding forum, and, to tie in with "Africa Lives" will match your school up with an African partner. |
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 One World Network North East, based in Durham, can offer advice and support for schools wanting to form global links. |
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 The eTwinning action is a core part of the eLearning programme. Use the website to find partners for email and internet projects. |
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 ePALS is the world's leading provider of school-safe email and collaborative technology for the educational market. Use their service to find partners for class-to-class projects. |
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Use town-twinning links. Click here for information about Sunderland's twin towns. |
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Interested in a link in Afghanistan ? Have a look at the website and send an email. |
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Ask your family |
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Ask your friends |
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Ask your Foreign Language Assistant or Comenius Language Assistant |
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Ask colleagues, in your school and others |
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Ask your pupils' parents |
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Ask your school governors |
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Ask local businesses |