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Teacher Training at Holy Cross School: links with Merton and Beijing
The Holy Cross School is a designated Teacher Training School, as well as a Specialist Science College. As part of the development of our student teachers’ programmes, we are linked with two Merton schools, through a local ITT consortium. One of these is Raynes Park High School (RPHS), a Specialist Technology College.
Preparing the materials (note the logo on the screen)
Accordingly, we are working together to develop on-line materials for the Beijing "Learning Together" project. In this case, it is a series of Year 8 PowerPoint files which showcase the school, as part of an Enterprise Project, and linked with Beijing School No.27. The aim of the project, devised by their English teacher, Susan Williams, is to showcase or "sell" the work and facilities of the south London school, and to send the learning outcomes to Beijing, with voice-over narration. The files will then join the "Stories for Children" project files, as part of an international, on-line, audio-visual library in Beijing, which we hope will be of practical use to Chinese students. The Beijing students will be able to download the files, read the text in English, and hear accompanying good spoken English, which will support their language studies. More topics are currently under development.
Our
Holy Cross trainee student in ICT, Abdul Elwakili, is contributing his technical
expertise in multi-media to the project, by supporting a Gifted and Talented
group at RPHS, through this local consortium. In this way, we are drawing
on his ICT expertise, developing higher quality presentations at Raynes
Park, and allowing Abdul first-hand experience of an international, on-line
collaboration.
The project also gives him experience of working in a mixed school, to complement his work at Holy Cross (girls) School. Technical and project management problems are solved as a team: we really are "learning together".
Abdul Elwakili busy supporting a young learner
Beijing - London Learning Together Project
Holy Cross School
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