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Developing 21st Century Schools in the North East with a European and International Heart

Date: July 9, 2010
Location: Radisson Hotel, Frankland Lane, Durham City
Event type: One-day workshop

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Summary

To support the ambitions of the Children’s Plan, the government’s International Strategy for all schools in England and the duty on schools to promote community cohesion, ATLAS – the North East regional network for international learning, brings practitioners together to showcase good practice and help schools plan to embed the international dimension at the heart of their school.

This FREE one day course will take delegates through all aspects of school linking and offer advice for curriculum activities with partner schools. Delegates will be able to reflect on where in the world they would like to develop links and learn about available support; including partner finding and both national and European Commission funding streams.

The conference will be led by presenters from across the North East region, the European Commission, by colleagues from the British Council and by pupils from our schools.

The conference is well suited to schools at the early stages in international work. More experienced practitioners will also find the case studies to be inspirational and be able to examine pathways for future development. The event provides an excellent insight into international and global dimensions for school advisers, improvement partners and inspectors.

The programme will draw together best practice examples of the European Union’s Lifelong Learning programme and showcase Comenius and eTwinning projects.
 

To register for a place and receive joining instructions please complete the booking form which is available as a download at the bottom of this page and return the booking form (or e-mail all the information ) to :

Brian Stobie
ATLAS
County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UF

Telephone 0191 383 3631 fax 0191 383 4487 e-mail brian.stobie@durham.gov.uk

 

Programme

  DRAFT PROGRAMME
Time Session
09.00 - 09.30 Registration and coffee
09.30  Welcome and introduction to aims for day
Cllr Mac Williams, Chairman, Durham County Council
09.40 - 11.15 Overview of the EU Lifelong learning programme – case studies
  • Hosting a Comenius assistant – Stocksfield Avenue
  • Our multilateral school project – St Charles’ RC Primary School
  • Professional development courses –
  • Etwinning – Ian Ramsey CE School

Introduction to globalgateway – British Council
 
11.15

Refreshments
11.40 - 12.30

 Workshops

 Getting started with etwinning – British Council + George Glass

New KS3/4 resource from European Parliament – European Parliament

Resources from Europe Direct and the European Commission's teachers' corner - Kid4energy game – Judith Schilling and Dorothy Gibson
12.30 - 13.15 Lunch
13.15 - 13.35

Pupils from Crook Primary School introduce their collaborative work with India
13.35 - 14.25

 Fitting the curriculum priorities

  • Meeting our community cohesion duties – Thornhill School and Diamond Hall Junior School
  • Developing spiritual, moral, social and cultural values – George Glass
14.25 - 15.00

Opportunities, opportunities, opportunities – making a choice to fit your school’s development plan and working towards accreditation – British Council colleagues + Brian Stobie

15.00 -15.30 Close

 

Trainer

Brian Stobie - Atlas

George Glass

Judith Schilling & Dorothy Gibson - Europe Direct and the European Commission's Teachers' Corner

Representatives from:  The British Council, Stocksfield Avenue School, St Charles' RC Primary School, Ian Ramsey CE School, Thornhill School, Diamond Hall Junior School.

Cost

  • There is no charge to attend this event.

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