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Europe in your classroom - Comenius is one of the most popular international education programmes for UK schools, colleges and local authorities.
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 | Connecting classrooms Europe |
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| Connecting Classrooms is the British Council's global programme for supporting school links. Recruitment is currently underway for clusters of UK secondary schools and colleges and their local authorities to form links with schools and districts in countries across Europe and neighbouring regions.
Connecting Classrooms Europe represents an opportunity to work with Europe in a new way, and to add value to ongoing Comenius activity.
Rather than facilitating partnerships between individual schools, Connecting Classrooms supports partnerships between separate clusters of schools. Cluster partnerships not only allow for different levels of engagement tailored to the needs of individual schools, they are also particularly suited to addressing issues around community cohesion.
Connecting Classrooms Europe includes countries not currently participating in the Comenius programme, such as Israel, Russia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The deadline for applications is May 11. To find out how you can involve your secondary school click here. |
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 | Primary teachers' project |
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Would you like to develop your language skills as well as benefit from spending a week in a primary school abroad? If so the new Primary Teachers' Project is for you. The upcoming 30 April application deadline is for visits to Germany and Spain in October 2010. This programme is available to teachers in England delivering languages at Key Stage 2. Follow the link for information on how to apply.
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 | etwinning birthday celebrations |
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eTwinning was launched in 2005 and 5 years on, it's a community of over 90 000 registered teachers in schools across Europe! To celebrate this great success and 5th anniversary year, the eTwinning team would like to invite you to join the party on the 5 May. A special "eTwinning 5th Anniversary" website can be accessed via a button on the etwinning website.
To mark the occasion, the UK eTwinning Team would like to encourage you and your pupils to plant commemorative yellow and blue flowers (EU) coloured flowers in your school garden. If you have any creative gardening suggestions for the team, please let them know at etwinning@britishcouncil.org |
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 | Big Dance 2010 |
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| Big Dance 2010 invites everyone to do 20 minutes of extra dance or physical activity each day during Big Dance week (in the UK) and to participate in a Guinness World Record attempt at 1pm on Friday 9 July 2010. Any school in the world can take part. The British Council is encouraging schools involved in international partnerships to get involved. Find out how to join in. |
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 | europe in your classroom - Comenius in Your newspaper |
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Local and regional newspapers across the UK are full of stories about school and community involvement in Comenius.
Darlington and Stockton Times
Remember you can download a media toolkit and template press release from the Comenius website to help you generate local media coverage for your partnership. And if you've got an exciting visit or event coming up and would like some advice or help to get the story in your local media, you can contact the Comenius press officer.
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This is the fifth edition of Comenius eNews, our newsletter. This regular update will promote new opportunities and events, and will include inspiring case studies and resources. If you wish to unsubscribe please follow the instructions below.
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We value your comments and ideas. If you would like to highlight a positive experience or suggest changes to the service you have received please email comenius.feedback@britishcouncil.org |
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eTwinning is part of Comenius and provides essential support for partner-finding, project management and dissemination and professional development www.etwinning.net |
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Comenius is one of a suite of international education programmes the British Council offers to UK schools, colleges, education professionals and learners. Find out about other funding opportunities on the Global Gateway |
