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Lisa Stevens
Primary Language Show 2010
Travel around the world by Harpagornis on Flickr

Saturday, 13 March 2010

International Dimension

part of Sustainable Schools National
Framework
‘By 2020 the Government would like all schools to be models of
good global citizenship, enriching their educational mission with
activities that improve the lives of people living in other parts of
the world.’

part of so many agendas - ECM, Community
Cohesion, KS2 MFL Strategy


Why?

more to it than just ticking boxes... but it
does tick boxes!

celebrates cultures

values diversity

widens focus

excites and enthuses


ISA
‘It is an accreditation scheme for
curriculum-based international work in
schools. It is open to all UK schools and is
free of charge.’

Foundation

Intermediate

Full


‘International activity’

‘An international activity is a class-based
activity, which can last for any duration, and
should bring an international dimension to
teaching and learning.’


Whitehouse Common


By the end of Year 3, children should be able to recognise a
children’s song, rhyme or poem well known to native
speakers.

Crossing the Border –
Learning French together!

By the end of Year 4, children are expected to
be able to talk about celebrations of which they
have experience and know about similar
celebrations in other cultures.

Magic Christmas Trees
and Wishes

By the end of Year 4 children should also have a
grasp of different traditions and be able to
identify similarities in traditional stories.

Tra
diti
ons
acr
oss
Eur
ope

By the end of Year 6, children should
be able to demonstrate
understanding of and respect for
cultural diversity.

Thanks to Michael O’Donnabhain for examples


Somos lo que celebramos.

Lisa Stevens
http://lisibo.blogspot.com

Whitehouse Common Primary School

Lisa Stevens
lstevens@whitehousecommon.bham.sch.uk


Why eTwinning?
‘WCPS prides itself on being an innovative, outward looking
school that is interested in and involved with the world
outside its doors. By eTwinning with a school abroad, we
continue with this outlook by entering into the world of
another school and viceversa. Together, we are discovering
our similarities and differences, and celebrating the diversity
if our lives.
Pupils are using ICT (and paper and pen) to communicate in
their own language as well as in the language of the partner
school and ths their skills in many areas of the curriculum
are being enhanced – geography, history, literacy,
citizenship, art, music, technology and, of course, ICT and
Language.’
Lisa Stevens 2007

Lisa Stevens

Why etwinning? 3

KS2 Framework for Languages

Lisa Stevens

Colegio Público César Hurtado Delicado

Lisa Stevens

What we did –
CPCHD sent their pictures of Carnaval

Lisa Stevens

Snow!

Lisa Stevens

Lisa Stevens

What did people say about the project?
‘I have been taken aback by
enthusiasm and commitment shown
to this project, the benefits which our ‘It has given the children more
children will receive from it will go to interest in Spain and what life is
enhance their knowledge and like there. As for staff, I feel that
understanding of the wider world. It we are committed to our MFL
also adds a new dimension to scheme as we are involving e-
support the work they are doing in twin with it and the project has
learning a second modern language.’ also linked really well with our
Simon Rowney. Chair of Governors, PSHE / citizenship activities.’
Whitehouse Common Primary School Jamie Barry, KS1 Team leader and
Literacy coordinator, Whitehouse
Common Primary School

Lisa Stevens

‘Señora Stevens’ efforts and hard
work are to be highly commended in
setting up and keeping the project ‘The energy of Mrs Stevens is
moving along. I thought it would be contagious. She has inspired a
interesting to contact my counterpart team of ‘champions’ who are now
in sunny España so I sent a quick working to develop their own
email explaining who I was and what Spanish so that our e-twinning
I did. ‘ John Horne, caretaker, project becomes an embedded,
Whitehouse Common Primary School
sustainable and innovative part of
our curriculum.’ Dale Hill,
Headteacher, Whitehouse Common
Primary School

Lisa Stevens


‘e-Twinning has been great fun
‘I lived about learning because we have communicated
about Spain because with the children in Spain. I have
we got to learn about enjoyed it very much looking at
what they do in all the websites and looking to
Easter, then I went see what is different there and
and saw the band in here.’ Nicola Year 5
Spain.’ Amy Year 2

Lisa Stevens

lots of group projects

links across the world


votw.wikispaces.com/VOTW-Map


Teddy bears!


Comenius Reggio

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Pupil voice

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Lisa Stevens


lisibo@me.com

Ltd


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