On Friday 12th November Redbridge Primary School pupils celebrated achieving the International School Award.
To mark the occasion, representatives from each class attended a special event together with guests to see an exhibition of the international school project work . During the event our school choir entertained everyone with three International songs and Councillor Weinberg presented pupils with the award.
We developed our school curriculum to enable us to plan at least ten different activities with an international theme. These included special days such as European Day Celebration when the children learnt about food and cultures of Europe. Different classes focused on different countries and made flags, tasted food, read stories in different languages and listened to music.
We also took part in a postcard exchange with schools in 54 different countries in the world. The children took pride in designing their own postcards and writing about life in the Uk. Equally their eyes lit up when we received postcards from many countries including, Russia, Australia, New zealand, USA and India.
We have taken part in a project with a school in Italy and this enabled the staff and the children to focus on the culture and lifestyle of that country. Children worked on The Sleeping Beauty project and reflected on their learning. Art work across the two schools was shared as was a video of a role play of the story. The children learnt to evaluate each other's work and give positive feedback.
Year 4 pupils took part in a project with a school in the USA. The pupils compared their own lifestyle with that of the children in the USA using a monitored email system. They learnt about each other's interests, hobbies, likes and dislikes and compared a day in their lives as well as exchanging notes on their cultural backgrounds.
Working towards this Award has helped us to develop valuable local, national and International links giving us opportunities to enable our pupils to not only to excell academically but to see themselves as global citizens. By increasing an awareness of the wider world we feel our pupils will grow up to be responsible citizens with a strong sense of their own identity, respecting others and valuing our world.
Report by Mrs Kambo
