Connecting Classrooms
Youmanity reports on en exciting and innovative campaign launched by The Evening Standard.
Entitled 'Connecting Classrooms', the campaign will pair London schools with children affected by war in Jordan, Iraq and the Central African Republic.
Film-maker Richard Curtis, who directed Notting Hill and Four Weddings And A Funeral, said: “I have always believed hugely that children can and will change the world. So I am a huge supporter of the Learn to Live campaign which puts people in touch across borders, across countries and allows us to understand, love, care for and work out how to change the world with refugee children.”
Mr Curtis added: “It is so important that one of the things that kids talk about and think about together is how much they have in common and how they can make the world better... rather than it only being about Kanye’s new track.”
It is hoped that Connecting Classrooms, which will train 60,000 teachers worldwide, will be a two-way exchange for pupils in the UK and abroad. Learn to Live aims to increase understanding between pupils of all backgrounds and let children with lives devastated by war know they are not forgotten.
Over the next 10 weeks, students will spend three hours a week sharing lessons, Skyping and creating an art project — and we will document friendships as they grow.
Through the new government scheme, schools can apply for funding for reciprocal visits, pupils will complete shared projects with themes based on the UN’s 17 Global Goals — including how to solve world hunger — and lead community projects.
How to join the campaign
Teachers who want to join the project click HERE
More about twinning your school HERE
