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Chatham Grammar School For Boys and the Shishu Kishor Club

Chatham Grammar School For Boys and the Shishu Kishor Club. Forming Partnerships between Maintained Schools and Community Schools. Wednesday 18 th November 2009 Overview of the partnership between Chatham Grammar School For Boys and the Shishu Kishor Club

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Chatham Grammar School For Boys and the Shishu Kishor Club

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  1. Chatham Grammar School For Boys and the ShishuKishor Club

  2. Forming Partnerships between Maintained Schools and Community Schools Wednesday 18th November 2009 Overview of the partnership between Chatham Grammar School For Boys and the Shishu Kishor Club Craig Brown, Assistant Headteacher at Chatham Grammar School For Boys Nilufar Chowdhury, Headteacher, Shishu Kishor Club

  3. We started from very different places, but our paths were destined to cross

  4. Trying to understand where each other was coming from

  5. Objectives 1: Foster collaboration between the supplementary and maintained sector 1.1 Decision to relocate the Shishu Kishor Club at Chatham Grammar School For Boys 1.2 Jointly sign up to the aims of the project

  6. Objectives 2: Model good practice in teaching & learning 1.1 Lesson planning 1.2 Schemes of work 1.3 Resource development 1.4 Use of technology

  7. Objectives 3: Provide support for community languages teaching 1.1 Rooming 1.2 Transport 1.3 Resources 1.4 Management qualification for ShishuKishor Club 1.5 Training in Asset Languages

  8. Objectives 4: Celebrate pupil achievement 1.1 Shared article published in SSAT Updates with the pupils 1.2 Eid festival held at school 1.3 Head teacher interest in the pupils work 1.4 Asset Languages and GCSE qualifications 1.5 Multilingual Poetry Day across the LA to be held in Summer Term 1.6 International Day to be held in July

  9. Challenging the conditions that lead to social segregation Addressing inequality Providing services which meet the needs of diverse communities. http:www.stpaulsunlimited.org.uk Objectives 5:Promote Community Cohesion 1.1 Bringing communities together through Multilingual Poetry Day and International Day 1.2 Tackling inequality between the supplementary sector and maintained sector

  10. 'If social cohesion is to work then we all have a responsibility to forge the links that will provide the "glue" of tolerance' - Siva Pillai, Director of the Tamil Academy of Languages and Arts

  11. 1.1 Geraldine one of two representatives from the UK to attend ConBat conference in Graz, Austria Sept 08 about Plurilingualism & Content-based language teaching Objectives 6: Value plurilingualism 1.2 Teacher training in languages & culture 1.3 Supporting students to have multi-cultural backgrounds

  12. Our society is changing, and our need for good communication across cultures has never been greater. The UK has a major linguistic asset in its multicultural population which, if developed wisely and inclusively alongside English and other languages, has the potential to benefit society as a whole as well as improving the life chances of individual children. Positively Plurilingual The contribution of community languages to UK education and society http://www.cilt.org.uk/pdf/pubs/positively_plurilingual.pdf

  13. Successes

  14. Successes • Improved teaching and learning • Greater variety of resources and approaches • More formalised scheme of work and lesson planning • Improved facilities • Higher attendance • Greater enjoyment of lessons • Greater sense of pride • Increase in accreditation • Huge learning curve for both schools • Great professional development opportunities for teachers in both the maintained and supplementary Schools • Training provided for all local supplementary schools (Medway Ethnic Minority Forum)

  15. Challenges • Accreditation • Technology • Sustainability • Differentiation • Greater integration of the two schools

  16. The Future

  17. The Future • How does the supplementary become maintained? • How does the maintained become supplementary? • Accreditation for students • Greater integration of students from both schools, e.g. prizegiving, clubs and societies, assemblies • Management qualification for the Shishu Kishor Club • Greater awareness of one another’s teaching styles • Increased partnership work with all supplementary schools

  18. Further Support http://www.ourlanguages.org.uk/ http://www.cilt.org.uk/commlangs/index.htm http://www.continyou.org.uk/ Communities in Partnership, the Outward Facing Twenty first Century School, Stansted (SSAT) craig.brown@cgsb.co.uk niluchy@hotmail.co.uk

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