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Grange Primary School awarded prestigious International Schools Award Foundation Level
There was great excitement in Grange Primary school recently as a live video link connected the Year 6 children to their teacher Mrs Whinfield in Nepal. Paula Whinfield is there as part of the schools work with the British Council who have awarded the school the prestigious International Schools Award Foundation Level.
Paula's travels have seen her first visit Kathmandu, then Pokhara and finally a very bumpy 6 hour jeep ride to Sikles. Sikles is a mountain village located to the north east of Pokhara, at about 2000 meters elevation ( Scafell Pike is 978m) in the shadow of Annapurna II. It is a large Gurung village and a well-preserved example of traditional Gurung culture. Paula is accompanied by Dr Sara Parker from Liverpool John Moores University, a friend of the school who has a long standing relationship with the village of Sikles and is able to introduce Paula to many villagers and officials to enhance Paula's experience and our children's learning.
During the live video link all the children got to ask Mrs Whinfield a question about her trip; questions about food, weather, the local school and it's facilities were all asked and answered. The boys were keen to know if they could play football at school in Sikles, the local teacher Gehendra Gurung told us that they can!
Mrs Whinfield said she had been overwhelmed by the amazing warm reception that she received in the village. She added that both the schools are very excited to be working together reciprocally to learn about, and from each other's cultures and to expand our global learning programmes.
We look forward to welcoming visitors from Nepal to our school in June this year.