Global Citizenship

What and why

Curriculum

In the whole school

Getting started

Ideas to inspire

Mission statement

Providing a supportive environment

Effective equal opportunities

Behaviour management

Democratic and inclusive process

Variety of teaching methods

Whole school initiatives & events

Governing bodies

Ethical practices

Learning from people

Commitment to sustainable development

The wider community

Support the staff

Assembly ideas

Classroom activities - under 5's

Classroom activities - KS1

Classroom activities - KS2

School Speakers

Literacy and English

Geography, people and place

Learning from people from diverse backgrounds and from around the world

• Schools Linking can bring great benefits and increased understanding between people, providing opportunities for schools within and between countries to interact with each other in a positive way. However, it can also present teachers and pupils with difficulties, especially if there are differing expectations on each side, unequal commitment or postal problems. See School Linking and twinning for further information.

• Include people who reflect the ethnic and social make-up of the area into the school when help is required - for instance, if testimonies are being sought about local history or volunteers are needed to help teachers with particular activities.

• Hold a Language Fair. Pupils at Sunnyhill Primary School, London, hold an annual Language Fair where bilingual or multilingual pupils teach words and phrases in their first language to the rest of the school. This is done through simple games such as bingo and matching pairs. This initiative can greatly raise the self-esteem of bilingual or multilingual pupils. Natasha, a Tagalog speaker, said:
  
  " I enjoy the Language Fair because I am happy to know that others learn a little bit of my language. The children respect us more because they see what we can do and that they can learn something from us."
  
  Even in apparently mono-cultural schools, there are likely to be children who know some of a language other than their first language, or someone locally who could teach a few words of another language, so that this type of activity could be done.

• Have a Shared Food evening, where pupils, parents, and the wider community make and share food. This could be combined with some sort of entertainment, presentation by pupils, or linked with an end-of-term celebration. You could have a theme for this, for instance healthy food, celebration food, summer food, baked food. Alternatively just ask people to cook their favourite dish, whatever that is. All of these themes encompass food from a variety of cultures.