Learning through sport

View the photos of the 'Parlez-vous Rugby' project at the British Embassy

Sport is an international language of communication that breaks down barriers. It has huge potential to reach young people, develop teamwork, nurture leadership skills and promote good citizenship. Sport therefore represents an imaginative way to add an international dimension to education, promoting language learning and intercultural awareness.

Parlez-Vous Rugby?
In celebration of the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, the focus of our work in education and sport is a project called 'Parlez-vous Rugby?'.

This project has been developed in partnership with the French Ministry of Education and with the support of HSBC

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What are the key activities within this project?

Activities will take place before, during and after the 2007 Rugby World Cup until 2008 and beyond. The key elements are:

Who is involved?

We are working with 16 collèges from the following 13 académies Versailles, Créteil, Paris, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Nancy-Metz, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Aix-Marseilles and Reims. All the schools involved are from education action zones and do not have a long tradition of playing rugby.  

Who are the Partners?
This project would not be possible without the support of a wide range of partner organisations, namely:

How can you find out more?

- Read the attached information brochure pdf icon

- Contact the DARIC in the participating academies

Teaching Resources

- Rugby poster exhibition pdf icon

- Survival kit pdf icon

- Teaching Resources from the French "Education Nationale"

- Sport Zone on the site of the Globalgateway

- Dreams and teams on the British Council web site

- Rugby players during the 2 World Wars pdf icon