Not long now until Miss Rojboonthueng and Mrs Whiteside’s visit to Nepal to our partner school Chandeswari Secondary School.  We have received funding as part of Connecting Classrooms, a unique global education programme run by the British Council in partnership with the Department for International Development (DFID). It equips teachers with the knowledge and techniques to teach young people the skills they need to live and work in an increasingly globalised economy.

The programme enables teachers not only to teach these ‘21st century core skills’ to children in their classroom, but also to visit partner schools in other countries to exchange insights and ideas on how to improve teaching and learning in their schools.

Letham Primary is taking part in the programme because of its commitment to preparing students to become well-rounded, truly global citizens.  We have already had some success and experience implementing the core skills in our curriculum through leadership groups and our visit will give us the opportunity to share our ideas with our colleagues in Nepal.

Pupils will be working with their counterparts in Nepal on an exciting project to explore the Sustainable Development Goal which aims to ‘ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong opportunities for all.  We will be focusing on the use of  digital literacy, communication and collaboration.  Our visit to Nepal will allow us to work on the programme together and give all of our pupils the opportunity to feel empowered and work on skills to support them in the future.

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