New Comenius 1

The British Council came to see us in East Ayrshire today and brought news of the New Comenius 1.....

There have been big changes to Comenius School Partnerships: projects now last just 2 years; the projects can focus on pupil or teacher education; projects can involve 2 partners or 3-5 partners; there are also professional development opportunities and opportunities to set up exchanges of children and young people.

2007 is the transition year and there is time to set up projects before the 30 March 2007 deadline.

What is happening in your jurisdiction? We've already had a message from two schools in Maria Angeles's jurisdiction asking for home-to-home exchanges.

You can see the British Comenius 1 regulations in the attached file.

Download bcCOMENIUS.ppt

About home-to-home exchanges: we get a lot of requests in Scotland for home-to-home exchanges and we always have to say no. We know from experience that parents in Scotland don't like home stays: most parents here work - and work long hours - and they don't feel they can look after a visitor very well. We can help organise visits where groups stay in a Travelodge - like an Ibis - near Kilmarnock and we can arrange visits to school for maybe 2 days, so that young visitors can learn Scottish dancing, poetry and songs, can bake Scottish biscuits and visit our languages departments to talk to young Scottish people. This has to be in June or September - at other times our schools are very busy with exams. The rest of the visit to Scotland can involve a day in Glasgow, a day in Edinburgh, a day at Culzean castle near Kilmarnock - there's plenty to do!

If you are interested in setting up a visit, you know we will do our best to help you.

Comments

[jeannisbet]

Geoff - no matter what I do, I can't get PP files to upload! I'll email you the file - which I've reduced in size for the blog - maybe you can doctor the file name above!

[jeannisbet]

Geoff - I take it back - got it! J

[Geoff]

Well done Jean!!