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Welwitschia partnership
Principles of Connecting Classrooms
• equity
• difference
• dialogue
• curiosity
• respect
Cluster Priorities
• global citizenship
• environment and sustainable development
• expressive arts
• sport and health
• language and communication
Welwitschia Partnership - namibia
• Augeikhas Primary School, Windhoek
• Khomas High School, Windhoek
• Ella Duplesis High School, Windhoek Windhoek
Welwitschia partnership - Ethiopia
• Lalibela Preparatory School, Lalibela
• Lalibela Secondary School, Lalibela
• Lalibela Primary School, Laibela
Lalibela
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
identified partnership priorities
• developing ICT skills (mainly for African partners)
• language and communication skills
• environment
• cultural exchange
• sport & health
• citizenship
Communication
• wikipage/ blog (when established)
• mobile phone
• post / courrier
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
Budget Details
Ideas
• future exchanges - teachers and pupils
• story-telling exchanges via recordings
• joint athletic competitions
• academic competition to decide pupil exchanges
• art exhibitions on common theme
• collaborative drama
• debates
• developing enterprise skills (African partners send photos to include in calendar produced and sold by uk partners to fund partnership activities)
• themed concerts
Groups to approach• School's Parent Teacher Associations
• Huntly Rotary Club
• Aberdeenshire Town partnerships Huntly
• Aberdeenshire Council
• Huntly Parish council
• Noth Parish Council
• Various Huntly businesses
• Members of Huntly's churches
• Books Abroad (local charity which sends books to schools in Africa)
• Huntly FC
• Huntly Highlanders rugby Club
• Deveron Arts
• Huntly Highlanders Cricket Club
• Huntly Pipe Band
• Various Dance Schools in Huntly
• It is also our intention that through the development of enterprise skills by the pupils the partnership can obtain further funding