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Promoting Community Cohension

Jo Brunskill
October 1st at 1:46 pm
Having survived an OFSTED inspection last week which included an interview with an inspector regarding Community Cohesion I am looking to improve our students' understanding of the diversity within our country. I teach in a large East London comprehensive with a very diverse ethnic make-up of students, many of whom have been no further than central London and do not know that there is anything other then city life in existence. I am looking to set up links with a school that would differ greatly from ours to try and increase our students' outlook. The aim is to eventually organise either video conferencing or a visit to another school(s) to try and open up the students' eyes and to give htem the chance to communicate with different types of students.

2 Responses to Promoting Community Cohension
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Dan Moorhouse
October 6th at 9:13 pm

I teach in an outlying area of Bradford. I'd be happy to establish links between my pupils and yours. One area I'm looking for a 'partner' on is a collaborative letter writing exercise based on a potential Blue Plague for Equiano, though there are loads of other areas in which I'd like to have online discussions etc... be that with 2 schools, or more, if there are any others out there.
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Richard J. Harris
October 6th at 8:50 pm

Dear Jo

I work with a number of schools in the Hampshire/Southampton area, many of which are monocultural - I can always ask to see if anyone would like to be involved in such a project.

On another note you might be interested in a book I read recently that looks at the history of immigration to the UK and is an excellent read - it is called 'Bloody Foreigners' by Robert Winder. Though not aimed at young people I think it provides an excellent resource for teachers to explore how the UK came to have its current population.

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