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The official partnership between Kenilworth Sports College and
Bo Government School.

 Now that we are only meeting once each term, the OWL Schools Support Group would very much like to visit one school each term to talk with other staff and/or the Headteacher (possibly at a staff meeting?) to discuss ways of sustaining the Link there.  
If you would like us to come to your school either this term or next, please contact us by email education@oneworldlink.org.uk so that we can arrange a suitable time.
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News  April 2008
John Myers has recently returned from a three week visit to Bo where he visited many of the linked schools there.   He is more than happy to visit schools to talk about his experiences there.  He also met with our friends in the Link and had many discussion with them about sustaining and enhancing the school links for the future, including the future of the Schools Resource Room at the One World Link Community Centre.
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 The Primary Teachers’ Group
is meeting next on:
 Tuesday, 14th October at 4 p.m.
 St Anthony’s School,
Sydenham Drive Leamington Spa
Notes from the previous meeting
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The Picture Exhibition is still available to those schools who wish to display it for a week: contact 425403 or info@oneworldlink.org.uk

 The Brookhurst Experience
· At our last Primary Teachers’ meeting Jenufa Wood gave us a detailed presentation of the way in which the experience of their link had been incorporated into the Geography Teaching Scheme for Year 5 and other aspects of the curriculum.  
· This was also supported by an extensive display of their resources that they had collected together over the years, together with examples of work done by the children (such as the washing line of tie-dyed materials!)
· The OWL teaching resources, now available on our website had been found invaluable and we looked at how this could be accessed.
· One of the resources that had been found particularly valuable was the interactive DVD ‘Reel Lives Sierra Leone’ and we looked at some of the activities.  It was suggested OWL collect orders from schools and obtain them.  If you want one, email education@oneworldlink.org.uk or buy online at www.musicforchange.org/pages/shop.htm  @ £25 (+ 1.40 pp for one)
· They also used the video of their linked school at UBC that Alison Bryan had made on her visit in 2006, which might be useful for other schools to use.  
· Liz Garrett at Clapham Terrace said that they had the link incorporated in their Year 4 PHSE Scheme of Work: Multi-cultural awareness, which she has made available to us.  Obtainable from Liz or education@oneworldlink.org.uk

Day of the African Child
Monday June 16th.  

This is considered a good opportunity to do something together to celebrate the Link, Monday is not necessarily the best day - but we can think in terms of promoting a joint celebration of the Day of the African Child between our linked schools and Bo on one day during the week commencing June 16th.  
This year’s theme is:
“Right to participation: let children be seen and heard''
We recommend that for this first year we limit ourselves to
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urging and facilitating link schools to hold a simultaneous assembly
·
perhaps we can arrange a phone call takes place between the two schools, possibly during that assembly
·
that OWL provides some supporting materials for an assembly e.g. a simple synopsis with a few pictures of the life of a child in Bo (a brief Kattamu?) and of this year’s theme “Right to participation: let children be seen and heard''
·
that some other event takes place during the week that schools might participate in e.g. a film show, or a picture presentation, or a sharing of thoughts on what “let children be seen and heard”  means.
   To contact us:
    Schools Coordinator
    Tel: 01926 428635
    email: education@oneworldlink.org.uk
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080519 - teachers group meeting May 19th.pdf