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Schools And Community Action > One World, One People

Do you want to find out more about how global school partnerships can bring a global dimension to the curriculum?

Do you want ideas and inspiration from others developing successful partnerships?

These 4 short films share experiences from two successful global school partnerships to inspire and enthuse your staff and students.

One World, One People - an introduction (6.15mins)


Use this film with staff, parents, governors or guests to inspire and initiate discussion.

For discussion:
  • What opportunities are there for (further) developing a global dimension in your curriculum? How does a global school partnership support this? How could this aspect of your partnership be enhanced?
  • What might be/are the benefits to staff and students? How could these be enhanced?
  • What challenges do you face and how could you overcome these?

This is a Flash video. You need Flash to view it. You can download Flash from the Adobe website.

One world one people

Getting Started (5.15mins)


Use this film with staff, parents, governors or guests to further explore opportunities for successful partnership.

For discussion:
  • What opportunities currently exist for identifying a partner school?
  • What challenges do you face in establishing your partnership and how could you overcome these?
  • What challenges do you face in sustaining your partnership into the future and how could you overcome these?
  • How can you involve the wider community in your partnership?

This is a Flash video. You need Flash to view it. You can download Flash from the Adobe website.

Getting started

Teachers Talk (3.45mins)


Use this film with staff to further explore the opportunities for teacher professional development.

For discussion:
  • What might are the potential benefits for teacher professional development?
  • How can you ensure your partnership enhances teacher professional development?
  • What challenges do you face in this area of your partnership and how could you overcome these?

This is a Flash video. You need Flash to view it. You can download Flash from the Adobe website.

Teachers talk

Our World, Our future (6.45mins)


Use this film with learners to introduce the benefits of successful global school partnerships, to inspire and initiate discussion.

For discussion:
  • What are the advantages of being part of a global school partnership?
  • What could we learn from our partner school? What could we share with our partner school to support their learning?
  • What difficulties might we face in working together with our partner school? How might we overcome these difficulties?

This is a Flash video. You need Flash to view it. You can download Flash from the Adobe website.

Our world our future

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