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John Gulson Primary School
Large primary in inner city of Coventry (catchment in Foleshill and Hillfields) 587 on roll 29% FSM (estimated 45% eligible) High Pupil mobility (6%) High percentage in overcrowded households High indicator of School Deprivation (0.4)
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John Gulson Primary School
Ethnicity - 38% Pakistani 22% Bangladeshi 13% Indian 4% White British Increasing numbers of refugees/asylum seekers 25 languages spoken in school
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Global Citizenship
Post-SATs summer programme with yr 6 started summer 2002, in response to stresses
on community/children following “9/11” community/school partnership - a good-sized
team of local volunteers and professionals refined each year based on pupil, teacher and
volunteer feedback contributes to HMI “Achievement in PSHE is
outstanding.” - June 2007
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Other Positive Outcomes
Relationships between pupils, and between pupils and key adults in the community Yr 10/11/12 pupils who were in GC in yr 6, now
volunteer with foleshillfields vision project – inc. GC Opening up key issues
identity/Britishness/faith racism and Islamophobia
Active, positive, sustained engagement between local communities and school
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Key strengths of GC
A diverse team
Work on identity issues
Making it fun
Modelling good relationships
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A Diverse Team
Wide range of adults, young adults, teenagers Parents, ex-pupils, older siblings International students (Coventry Uni) Youth, Children's and Community workers Artists (paid) Community and voluntary organisations
Led by volunteer who is a long-term Governor, and a local youth and community worker
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Work on Identity Issues
My Self, My Family, My Community, My Country, My World
Britishness Designing a flag, writing our own national anthems “Who's British?” and geographical work
Empire and Migration history illustrated with personal (family) stories from adults in
classroom starting with making a big map of pupil family origins looking at global statistics
Tackling the controversial issues which arise racism, Islamophobia, national identity
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Making it Fun
Lots of creative content – crafts, music, circus, drama, rap, procession, photography, games, newsletter
Lots of volunteers – lots of opportunity for individual/small group attention and engagement
Ground rules for volunteers giving individual children choices, including to
constructively opt out of activities chatting and relationship building seen as key
outcome / learning opportunity
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Relationships are the key
Modelling a diverse group of adults (including teachers and TAs) being friends, and working together Working together, having fun together Developing leadership
Building (and building on) community relationships long-term local residents, new arrivals, front-line workers (youth and children's workers, community
workers, etc), neighbourhood management, older young people, including from local secondary
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Building on Success
Starting long-term link with a Kenyan School Bringing in local Kenyans (and visitors). Working from pre-existing links (not the central
ones to most pupils families). Mobile phones (£25 for four phones for one hour)
proved the key technology to reach this part of rural Africa - supported by email available in nearby city.
“How many cows do you have?”
Beginning to spread the programme
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Two useful ideas
A workable week: My Self, My Family, My Community, My
Country, My World
Community is full of resources Support their leadership Ask for their help Think creatively about who to bring in
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Tackling Controversial Issues “Head On”
“What you do speaks so loudly, I can't hear what you say.”
Model these at least as much as talking about them: cross community friendship, and valuing diversity active citizenship, and hopefulness about social cohesion thoughtful engagement with controversial issues
Crucial that the adult team can & do talk directly about the issues with each other, including across social divides.
Young people will have a wide range of responses to this kind of work. Provide a wide range of contexts – and get a wide range of human resource into the classroom.
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Heather Parker
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John Gulson Primary School
Sayeed AhmedDeputy Head Teacher
www.covschools.co.uk/johngulson
Please get in touch!