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Primary
School Exchange Bedfordshire - Hennef / Eitorf November / December 2006
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Evaluation
Meeting of Primary School Exchange:
Amanda
Mabbot (St. Mary's Lower
School)
Chris
Spurgeon (Headteacher St. Mary's Lower
School)
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Uschi Resch (Headteacher Eitorf
Lower School)
Marilyn
Ravenor (Headteacher
Willowfield Lower)
Rebecca Smith (County Officer Bedfordshire Local
Authority)
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Creating new opportunities
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Evaluation Meeting at Eitorf
Lower School
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left to right:
Walter
Hövel (Headteacher
Harmonie Lower School)
Herr
Keuenhof (Representative of the School
Board) Rebecca Smith (County Officer
Bedfordshire)
Herr
Meyer (Representative of the Town of Hennef)
Uschi Resch ( Headteacher Eitorf Lower
School)
Herr
Sterzenbach (Representative of the Town of Eitorf) Marilyn Ravenor
(Headteacher Willowfield
Lower School) Edith Griffith (Global Learning Community Consultant)
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Frau Schwanitz ( Headteacher,
Am Steimel Lower
School, Hennef - Uckerath)
Frau
Wahlen (Headteacher,
Hanftal Lower School, Hennef)
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Bedfordshire Lower Schools helping Lower Schools in the
Bonn / Rhine-Sieg
Area in Germany to promote language
learning and achieve cultural
awareness
By now we have got used to the fact that even
our primary school students are learning English. However, links
between German and English lower schools are still rather the exception
than the rule. This is why the partnerships between four lower schools from
Hennef and Eitorf
(Germany) and Bedfordshire (England) are very special.
In November 2006 headteachers
and teachers of the above German Lower schools visited Bedfordshire
meeting their English partner schools to discuss the way forward. One month
later, in December 2006, eight teachers from Bedfordshire came to
Germany. The English teachers were accompanied and supported by Bedfordshire
County Officers for International Education, Mrs Rebecca Smith and Mrs
Edith Griffith, Global Learning Community Consultant.
On the 12th December 2006 the
German and English schools discussed how they could support each other
so as to implement their respective Government agendas. Three official
representatives of Hennef and Eitorf took part in this evaluation meeting. The
participants of this meeting expressed their pleasure at the friendly
and constructive co-operation which had been seen. In addition to
pen-friendships and e-mail contacts the schools also agreed that the
first exchange of lower school students should start as early as 2007.
The primary school exchange with Bedfordshire
developed from a work experience project with Hennef
Comprehensive carried out in January 2005 with the support of Mrs
Rebecca Smith, Bedfordshire County Officer - International Education.
The English and German students were placed at German and English
primary schools for two weeks work experience. This made it possible to
achieve several objectives at the same time. While the visiting
students helped the primary schools to achieve their own aims of
teaching cultural and global awareness to pupils, the English and
German students had the chance of improving their German and English
and at the same time getting an insight into the world of work of their
host country as well as making friends and useful contacts in another
country.
Our English partners have put their work under
the motto “Creating new opportunities”. From this point of view
the primary school exchanges as well as the work experience projects
are offering the participating schools – both teachers and students - a
wide range of possibilities to develop their own individual projects as
well as implementing their respective government agendas.
OStR Rainer Triller
Co-ordinator and Leader of the Projects in
Germany
Primary
School Exchange 2006
Partner
Schools
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English and German participants at
the evaluation meeting in Eitorf on
12th
Dezember 2006
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