Leaders of Learning - Asian Dialogues Project

The Asian Dialogues Project aims to build sustainable school partnerships, which will support the aims of national education systems to educate young people as global citizens and broaden the international view of young people.

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Asian Dialogues Project

The South Gloucestershire Secondary Schools involved in this project are:

1.

Bradley Stoke Community School

2.

Brimsham Green Secondary School

3.

Castle Secondary School

4.

Chipping Sodbury Secondary School

5.

Downend Secondary School

6.

The Grange School and Sports College

7.

Hanham High School

8.

King Edmund Community School

9.

Patchway Community College

10.

The Ridings High School

Project contacts :

Philip Lidstone
Lead School Headteacher
Chipping Sodbury Secondary School
philip.lidstone@chippingsodburyschool.com

Steve Cook
Co-Local Authority Co-ordinator
The Grange School and Sports College
stevec@thegrangeschool.net

Rob Ford
Lead School Teacher
The Ridings High School
RFord@RidingsHigh.org

The first project contact seminar took place in Sukhothai, Thailand from 26 - 30 May 2008. Philip Lidstone, Steve Cook and Rob Ford lead the South Gloucestershire team.

Click here to view photos of the event

The aims of the Contact Seminar were:

• Participants learn more about the schools, communities and cultures of Thailand, the UK and Indonesia

• Participants explore the opportunities and challenges of international school partnership work at Local
Authority and School Cluster level

• Participants learn about some of the local initiatives and educational projects with external partners and
schools

• 9 Local Authorities represented form smaller working groups of 3 ‘clusters’ from each country

• Groups explore the project ‘Themes’ and agree on an initial theme/s for school partnership projects within
their group

• Groups develop ideas for projects under the chosen theme to take back and further develop when Local
Authorities arrange meetings with their clusters of 10 schools

• Participants are aware of communications channels, including web platform for regularly communicating
progress on plans and activities post contact seminar meeting

Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation which was produced to launch the project to South Gloucestershire Schools

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Asian Dialogues Project

The first project contact seminar took place in Sukhothai, Thailand from 26 - 30 May 2008. Philip Lidstone, Steve Cook and Rob Ford lead the South Gloucestershire team. Click here to view photos of the event

The aims of the Contact Seminar were:

• Participants learn more about the schools, communities and cultures of Thailand, the UK and Indonesia

• Participants explore the opportunities and challenges of international school partnership work at Local Authority and School Cluster level

• Participants learn about some of the local initiatives and educational projects with external partners and schools