Citizenship at key stage 3 (Year 7-9)
Unit 17: School linking
Section 3: How successful was our initial contact with the partner school?
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Objectives |
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- to present their findings in a clear and balanced way, and to evaluate their sources
- to respond to enquiries appropriately and accurately, researching the replies to any questions they cannot answer automatically
- to value change and development within themselves
- to ask and answer questions relevantly (NSE)
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Outcomes |
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- Once replies have been received from the partner school ask pupils to read the replies and write down any answers to the class's questions, and any questions asked by the partner pupils. They could select and sort the information in a variety of ways, eg create a display/book detailing similarities and differences between the schools/pupils; collate new words and definitions to make a dictionary. Pupils think up new questions to ask in the next set of letters.
- Do a before-and-after exercise with pupils to reflect on their perceptions and what they knew before they started the work with the partner school and what they think and know now. Look at values and attitudes as well as facts.
- Discuss with the class and the partner school what the focus of the next phase of contact should be.
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- communicate with people both inside and outside the school to find out answers to the partner pupils' questions
- learn to reflect on, and be open about, their changing attitudes
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Points to note |
- Reviewing partner school replies should be an ongoing exercise. There will almost certainly be more than one round of correspondence between the two sets of pupils before a decision is reached on how the project can be extended. Many schools that have embarked on a correspondence link have successfully gone on to use the link in the context of curriculum study, where it really flourishes and becomes an important part of the life of the school. This review process should be ongoing as each phase of the link is completed.
- Link with NSE: year
7 S&L7, year
8 S&L5.
- Link with thinking skills: evaluation.
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