Connecting Classrooms builds lasting partnerships between groups of schools in the UK and in over 60 countries around the world.
Through these partnerships, the programme develops understanding and trust between young people in different societies, encouraging school children to learn and accept different cultures. The programme was designed in consultation with education bodies, practitioners and policy makers around the world.
Connecting Classrooms has already connected children and teachers from 10 Ukrainian schools with partner schools in Malta, Cyprus and the UK. Over 300 schools all around Europe are taking part in the programme. There is no joining fee.
What are the benefits?
Young people learn collaboratively with peers from other cultures and communities. The focus on inclusion helps develop the cultural understanding and skills they need to live and work as global citizens.
Teachers and school leaders are supported to develop international school partnerships and integrate them into school curricula and broader strategic plans. In this way, they enrich young people’s education, enhance their own professional development and contribute to the achievement of whole-school objectives.
Connecting Classrooms is supported by the Ministry of Science and Education, Youth and Sport of Ukraine and education authorities in other countries. This ensures that partnerships address local priorities, help to achieve core educational objectives, and are sustainable in the longer term.
What does the programme offer?
support to schools and education authorities to establish international partnershipsProject participants actively explore the global citizenship topic. Ukrainians and their partner schools constantly share information about the culture and traditions of the countries which they are from in a specially developed online platform.
International Coordinators' Course in CyprusThe following 10 schools were participants of the first year of the Connecting Classrooms programme:
Kyiv Specialist School 155Contact us
Maria Zakharova
Partnerships and Projects Manager
British Council
4/12 Hryhoriya Skovorody Street
Kyiv 04070
Telephone +380 44 490 5600
Fax +380 44 490 5605
Maria.Zakharova@britishcouncil.org.ua
The United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.
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