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

• email

• 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