Community Cohesion - Primary School Linking in Bradford
- Duration: 15:00 minutes
- Subtitles available
- Published: 19 05 2008
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- Part of the series Community Cohesion through School Partnerships
Summary
Year 5 pupils from Thornton Primary, a semi-rural school in West Yorkshire embark on their first visit to partner school Barkerend Primary in Bradford city centre.
The visit is part of a year-long linking project exploring the theme of identity, supported by the Schools Linking Network. Working in pairs, the children consider the similarities and differences between each other and their schools, eventually collaborating to design their ideal school.
Back at Thornton, class teacher Angela Lodge organises a reflective discussion with a small group of her pupils at the end of the day.
The Schools Linking Network began six years ago in Bradford, and is now embarking on a national programme to support other local authorities across the UK in establishing sustainable and effective linking programmes.
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Comments (2)
(Associate)
I was delighted to see such a forward thinking approach and as a Bradfordian living elsewhere it was great to see something so positive for once. I know of the areas and schools and they really couldn't be more different so it would be really interesting to see what the children gained at the end of their linking schools initiative. Is there any other county that has anything similar? We will be using the International Primary Curriculum in September and one of the core areas of this curriculum is making connections with an international perspective. This programme gave me some ideas for ways to make connections so I will be sharing it with colleagues.
I wish the staff and children the very best and commend them for taking on an initiative to support a better tomorrow. FTeach
Thanks for a great programme.
It was great to see children exploring similarities as well as differences together, and I thought focusing some of their efforts into such a visionary goal as designing their perfect school was masterful.
In our similar setting, we have had the dilemma of how to help our children find their way, as they progress and move to the big school.
Ironically our children have the community sprit and manner necessary to make their way in the world interfacing well with the young and adults alike, but are very naive when it comes to fitting in and managing their outcomes with their peer's from across the district.
I feel your programme and the community cohesion awareness training I have received will help in this area.
Thank you very much for the programme.
I will table your approach during my next Head teacher-Chair of Governors meeting.
Phil Morris
CofG
Rural Primary School