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  Four Belfast Schools report on their visit to Johannesburg in February 2020!

  International School Partnerships on the Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning (CCGL) programme are regrouping as pupils

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  St Patrick’s Primary School (The Loup): Learning about disability and diversity

  We live in an increasingly diverse world so it can be very beneficial for pupils to have an understanding of diversity from a...

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  St Paul's Primary & Nursery School (Slievemore): Going green for the day

  For a full day of teaching on 16 March 2018, St Paul's Primary & Nursery School (Slievemore) didn’t use electricity! The...

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  St Columba’s Primary School (Kilrea): A grand tour of Africa

  Learning about other places can help broaden our understanding of the world and our global neighbours. At St Columba’s...

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  St Louise’s Comprehensive College: Right to a quality education for everyone

  Worldwide, millions of school age girls are still being denied an education. This issue has become a major global learning...

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  Coleraine College: Taking action on global warming

  At the same time as the Paris Climate Change Conference took place in 2015 (COP21), Year 9 pupils at Coleraine College...

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  Hazelwood Integrated Primary School: Refugee journeys by sea

  When P4 pupils at Hazelwood Integrated Primary School were studying ‘Rescue at Sea’, the topic was given an up to date...

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  St Olcan's Primary School (Armoy) – Community of Enquiry

  To explore controversial issues and topics in the classroom, St Olcan’s Primary School uses a method called ‘Community of Enq...

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  Rathcoole Primary School – Learning all about China

  P6 and P7 classes at Rathcoole Primary School have been learning all about China. Through collaboration with Stranmillis Univ...

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  St Mary’s Primary School (Pomeroy) – Zambia, famine and water

  St Mary’s Primary School used the example of Zambia to discuss global food wastage and food shortages. The students researche...

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  St Anthony's Primary School (Larne) – Under the Hawthorn Tree

  The popular book Under the Hawthorn Tree was used at St Anthony Primary School to explore how famine occurs in a global con...

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  Harmony Hill Primary School – Banksy lesson

  To tie in with P4 pupils’ study of Peace & Conflict Resolution, a teacher at Harmony Hill Primary School debuted a new lesson...

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  Christ the Redeemer Primary School – Class charters

  Every class at Christ Redeemer Primary School, from P1 to P7, has a bespoke charter, setting out the rights and...

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  Donaghadee Primary School – Unfairness and global inequality

  While learning about food and farming, pupils played a version of the biscuit game. This is a simple activity, designed to...

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  Kilrea Primary School – Brown eyes/blue eyes activity

  World War II is a hugely complex topic, to which many different approaches can be taken at primary level. When the P4/5 pupils..

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  Portstewart Primary School & St Colum’s Primary School – Marvellous Movers Project

  Talented pupils at Portstewart Primary School and St Colum’s Primary School demonstrated their potential as future scientists...

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  Scoil an Droichid: Helping the homeless

  Global learning is not just about the ‘far away’, but can have a strong local aspect too. Scoil an Droichid, an inner-city...

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  Holy Rosary Primary School & Forge Integrated Primary School: Global learning collaboration

  Holy Rosary Primary School and Forge Integrated Primary School are located within easy walking distance of each other in...

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  Mill Strand Integrated Primary School - Marine conservation

  The lucky pupils of Mill Strand Integrated Primary School attend class only a short distance from the sand and the sea. Their...

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  St Comgall's Primary School (Bangor) – Equality video

  For Anti-Bullying Week 2016, St Comgall's Primary School decided to focus on equality, diversity and friendship. P7 made a...

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  Ballinderry Primary School - Global learning through literacy

  P1 explored global issues through literacy, looking at a variety of colourful picture books with a global theme. These...

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  St Mary’s Primary School (Barr) - Comparing lives

  As part of a ‘Jungle’ theme, P2 spent time comparing life in the African Savanna to how they live. A questioning...

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  St Patrick's and St Joseph's Primary School (Garvagh/Glenullin) - Fairtrade Bake Off

  St Patrick's and St Joseph's Primary School wanted to focus their global learning work on one core area and decided exploring...

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  Strandtown Primary School – Wind farm debate

  While studying natural disasters, pupils looked at wind power as an energy source. Given a hypothetical scenario of a wind...

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  Kirkinriola Primary School – Outdoor learning

  A small rural school found just outside Ballymena, Kirkinriola Primary School maximises opportunities for outdoor learning...

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  Loreto Grammar School – Consequence wheel

  Year 8 pupils used a learning tool from Oxfam called a ‘consequence wheel’ to consider the implications of buying different...

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  Our Lady's and St. Mochua's Primary School (Derrynoose) – Investigative journalism on deforestation

  In literacy, a rainforest topic was combined with newspaper report-writing. Pupils researched the impact of deforestation and...

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  Dromore High School – Global learning pod

  Pods exist across Dromore High School, allowing teachers to come together to explore cross-curricular themes, such as...

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  St Brigid’s Primary School (Carnhill) – Professional development

  Global learning at St Brigid’s Primary School is led by Alan Ryan, an enthusiastic teacher who recently completed Early...

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  Ulidia Integrated College – Green Day

  Each year, Ulidia Integrated College celebrates Green Day, a day of whole-school environmental action. No two Green Days are...

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  Lisnagarvey High School – Cross-curricular global learning display

  Lisnagarvey High School maintains a dedicated global learning display, which changes monthly based on upcoming global...

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  Rossmar Special School - Global learning assemblies

  Assemblies for the post-primary department focus on a range of global themes. Often, the assemblies are used to mark...

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  Clarawood Special School - Greenhouse project

  A group of Clarawood pupils with various educational needs engaged in a hands-on project to construct a greenhouse using...

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  St Columb’s College - Equality Days

  In October 2017, Year 11 pupils had their usual timetable collapsed so they could take part in two ‘Equality...

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  St Columba’s Primary School (Straw) - Global learning tweets

  So much global learning was taking place at St Columba’s Primary School that they decided to set up a dedicated Twitter to...

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  Lisanally Special School - Social enterprise project

  Lisanally pupils run a social-enterprise project centred on making and growing items to sell. For example, they have created...

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  Kesh Primary School - The World's Largest Lesson

  Pupils of all ages from Kesh Primary School participated in the World’s Largest Lesson 2016, joining children from many...