Partnership stories from around the globe

South Africa - More than a curriculum project

Challenges in communicating with each other began early on in the partnership, as June Brighouse, former International Coordinator, PHGS, describes, “One of the preconceptions we had at both schools was that, because everyone spoke English, verbal communication would be no problem. Not so!...Read the full article 

Nigeria - "Fulfilling, exciting and educational..."  

The global school partnership between Lindley Infant (CE) School, Huddersfield and Glisten International Academy, Nigeria has proved to be “fulfilling, exciting and educational” since it began in 2007. They received their fourth and final year of funding in 2011-12... Read the full article 

Jamaica - Blue mountain coffee and Grimsby fish

Following a Global Schools partner finding conference in Birmingham we were successful in finding Avocat Primary and Junior High in Portland, Jamaica. We spent a year e-mailing, texting and exchanging letters to get to know each other and begin to create our first joint curriculum project... Read the full article

India - Rights and Responsibilities  

The partnership between Little Angels’ Sapling, Mumbai and Queensury School, Birmingham started informally in April 2010 started with writing letters to each other. We immediately recognised that we had much in common and when one of the Queensbury teachers, Cara McInerney, visited us we realised just how much potential the partnership had... Read the full article 

Nepal - Passion and enthusiasm get partnerships off to a good start 

It was only November last year (2011) when Grangetown Primary School, Sunderland and Columbus School, Kathmandu were introduced to each other by GSP.  Both schools attended training in their own countries and both were so keen that they decided to try submitting a Reciprocal Visit grant application in spite of the tight turn around...Read the full article