Chatham Grammar School For Boys and the Shishu Kishor Club

Forming Partnerships between Maintained Schools and Community Schools

Wednesday 18th November 2009

Overview of the partnership between Chatham Grammar SchoolFor Boys and the Shishu Kishor Club

Craig Brown, Assistant Headteacher at Chatham Grammar School For Boys

Nilufar Chowdhury, Headteacher, Shishu Kishor Club

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We started from very different places, but our paths were destined to cross

Trying to understand where each other was coming from

Objectives 1: Foster collaboration between the supplementary and maintained sector

1.1 Decision to relocate the Shishu Kishor Club at Chatham Grammar School For Boys

1.2 Jointly sign up to the aims of the project

Objectives 2: Model good practice in teaching & learning

1.1 Lesson planning

1.2 Schemes of work

1.3 Resource development

1.4 Use of technology

Objectives 3: Provide support for community languages teaching

1.1 Rooming

1.2 Transport

1.3 Resources

1.4 Management qualification for Shishu Kishor Club

1.5 Training in Asset Languages

Objectives 4: Celebrate pupil achievement

1.1 Shared article published in SSAT Updates with the pupils

1.2 Eid festival held at school

1.3 Head teacher interest in the pupils work

1.4 Asset Languages and GCSE qualifications

1.5 Multilingual Poetry Day across the LA to be held in Summer Term

1.6 International Day to be held in July

Objectives 5:Promote Community Cohesion

1.1 Bringing communities together through Multilingual Poetry Day and International Day1.2 Tackling inequality between the supplementary sector and maintained sector

Challenging the conditions that lead to social segregationAddressing inequalityProviding services which meet the needs of diverse communities. http:www.stpaulsunlimited.org.uk

'If social cohesion is to work then we all have a responsibility to forge the links that will provide the "glue" of tolerance'- Siva Pillai, Director of the Tamil Academy of Languages and Arts

Objectives 6: Value plurilingualism

1.2 Teacher training in languages & culture

1.3 Supporting students to have multi-cultural backgrounds

1.1 Geraldine one of two representatives from the UK to attend ConBat conference in Graz, Austria Sept 08 about Plurilingualism & Content-based language teaching

Our society is changing, and our need for good communication across cultures has never been greater. The UK has a majorlinguistic asset in its multicultural population which, if developed wisely and inclusively alongside English and other languages, has the potential to benefit society as a whole as well as improving the life chances of individual children.

Positively PlurilingualThe contribution of community languages to UK education and society

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1. Improved teaching and learning2. Greater variety of resources and approaches3. More formalised scheme of work and lesson

planning4. Improved facilities5. Higher attendance6. Greater enjoyment of lessons7. Greater sense of pride8. Increase in accreditation9. Huge learning curve for both schools10.Great professional development opportunities for

teachers in both the maintained and supplementary Schools

11.Training provided for all local supplementary schools (Medway Ethnic Minority Forum)

1. Accreditation2. Technology3. Sustainability4. Differentiation5. Greater integration of the two

schools

1. How does the supplementary become maintained?2. How does the maintained become supplementary?3. Accreditation for students4. Greater integration of students from both schools,

e.g. prizegiving, clubs and societies, assemblies5. Management qualification for the Shishu Kishor Club6. Greater awareness of one another’s teaching styles7. Increased partnership work with all supplementary

schools

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Communities in Partnership, the Outward Facing Twenty first Century School, Stansted (SSAT)

craig.brown@cgsb.co.uk niluchy@hotmail.co.uk