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Langley Moor Primary School

Global Links

Global Learning at Langley Moor Primary School

At Langley Moor Primary School, we believe that developing our Children as Global Citizens is vitally important. We began our Global journey 8 years ago and it has gone from strength to strength. We have 'link' schools in many countries of the world, such as Sri-Lanka, France, Ireland and Brazil; we have also welcomed many international assistants and teachers to our school from countries such as Hungary, China and Germany.

Awards

International Schools Award

In 2012 we achieved the British Council Full International School Award. We are immensely proud of this award and it symbolises the importance we place on International learning in school.

Re-accreditation of the International Schools Award

This year we achieved re-accreditation of the award. We are delighted with this achievement and our feedback from the assessor.

This is an outstandingly well-presented and comprehensive Impact Evaluation, which outlines your international education journey in a clear and focused way. You have produced an imaginative curriculum that is based on the core values of global education. This application satisfies the success criteria for the ISA and it is our pleasure, therefore, to recommend Langley Moor Primary School for the Re-accreditation level of the International School Award. The work you have devised and delivered wth your various international partner schools is effective and promises to flourish into strong and sustainable collaborations in the future as you progress through your international work. There are great opportunities for good cross-curricular extension work around the opportunities and challenges facing people who live in the countries with whom you have come into contact like China and Brazil, for example, and comparing with those faced by those living in countries like the UK, Ireland andFrance, for example. In that way, you will be introducing your students to such global themes as 'sustainable living' and 'rights and responsibilities' in an engaging and effortless way.

FAIRAWARE and FAIRACTIVE Awards

http://schools.fairtrade.org.uk/fairtrade-schools/fairaware-award

We have achieved two of the FAIRTRADE School Awards and we are now working hard to achieve our FAIRACHIEVER Award, so watch this space!

Pupil Voice – The Global Committee

The Global Committee play a huge part in helping us to keep all classes informed, as well as listening to all pupil's views with regard to Global issues. They help us to communicate our Global work to parents and the wider community. The Committee play an important role in organising International events in school, such as our ‘Global Rights Week 2015!’

Events

Global Rights Week

In March we had our ‘Global Rights Week 2015’ in school. The children tried Samba Drumming and Capoeira (Brazilian Martial Arts). In lessons the children learnt about Fairtrade, Global Issues and Rights. A fantastic week was had by all!

Poppy making headlines

Poppy, the Year 1 Class Bear, has also become our Global Bear. She made headlines last Summer and appeared in the local newspapers! As well as travelling to Sri-Lanka, with Miss Brewis, in 2012, she was lucky enough to travel to Brazil to the World Cup. Where to next?

newspaper report

Newspaper link

BBC radio Newcastle

We were delighted when, with the help of Poppy Bear, our school’s Global efforts were recognised and Miss Brewis and Mrs. Richardson were live on air!

Poppy returns to Brazil

In November Poppy travelled to Brazil again..... with Mrs.Richardson. She loved meeting the children at our link schools and also exploring the cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

Our Partner Schools

École Sagebien, Amiens, France

Ayres Neto School, São Paulo, Brazil

Poplars Farm Primary School, Bradford, UK

Holywell Educate Together National School, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Mandarin (Miss Yu Xia)

We are very fortunate to have a Mandarin teacher, from Durham Johnston, working with children in school. This is the third year we have had a Mandarin teacher in school. She teaches Mandarin language and Chinese culture to all children in school from Year 1 to Year 6.

Projects

We are involved in the Global Learning Programme which is helping us develop our Global curriculum throughout school.

Connecting Classrooms Brazil

We are now involved in a Connecting Classrooms Partnership with Brazil.

In September the teachers from Brazil came to visit our school. Then, in November Poppy Bear and Mrs. Richardson travelled to Brazil. They had the most wonderful experience. In school the children's learning was closely linked to Brazil, furthermore the children 'skyped' Mrs. Richardson, in Brazil. Please take a look at the headteachers section of our school blog to watch the skype session and lots more!

Global Gallery

RRSA Article Links

Article 28: All children have the right to a good quality education.

Article 29: All children have the right to an education, which develops talents and abilities.

Article 42: All children have the right to know about their rights.

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