Today, March 7th, is World Book Day. A day in which books – even bad books – are celebrated throughout the world. It remains our mission to educate as many children in Ethiopia as we possibly can and so we must remember the importance of reading in its ability to teach; but also in its …
Rushmere Hall Primary School recently hosted Mr Dawit, a teacher from their Ethiopian Link School, Times Choice Academy, and it couldn’t have gone better! After being welcomed to Rushmere with a welcoming ceremony, he spent the week meeting with the school Link Club & touring the school. He also met with the school Headteacher, and …
Yeshialem, the Link at Derera Elementary in Ethiopia, recently spent a week at Colegrave Primary school where she became fully involved in an action packed week. This visit was funded by the British Council Connecting Classrooms Grant for reciprocal visits. The week started with a welcome ceremony where students at Colegrave dressed up in traditional Ethiopian …
Teachers from Halliford Secondary School in Middlesex recently completed an exciting trip to their link school, Edget Feleg Secondary School in Gondar, Northern Ethiopia. They visited their counterparts in preparation for a visit from students due to take place in 2013! They toured the school, met the teachers and pupils and begun to draft the educational activities …
At one of our new linked schools, Tannery Drift in Hertfordshire, they certainly wasted no time in making the most of the opportunities afforded by their link with Selam Elementary in Northern Ethiopia. After introducing the project to the pupils and parents at the school, a great fundraising and learning opportunity appeared – the annual …
On Friday two members of staff and six students from Impington College, near Cambridge travelled to Ethiopia to spend a week with visiting their link school, Bishoftu Preparatory. A day into their trip we asked both the students and staff to share some of their thoughts about the visit so far, about why they went …
Last week Catherine Twomey of Hill of Banchory School visited her link school Bahir Dar Academy as part of a longer holiday to Ethiopia. She shared with us the following summary of her time at her link school and we thought you might also enjoy reading it: It was really good to visit Bahir Dar …
Thinking about visiting your school? Why not take advantage of the funding available from the Connecting Classrooms Reciprocal Visit Grant? This grant provides £1500 to both you and your link school (total £3000) to enable you to visit each other. The application form and further guidance are available from the British Council Connecting Classroom’s funding …
Interested in developing yourself with relevant skills to tackle global themes in the classroom? Connecting Classrooms, a new global education programme, funded by the British Council and the Department for International Development (DFID), has resources for schools. It’s designed to help young people become responsible global citizens, as well as giving them the skills to …