Link to schools worldwide

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A school link can have a really positive effect on your students' education, particularly in our increasingly connected world. Why not link with a Plan school in our Southern network?

How does it work?

The school linking programme connects UK schools with schools from Malawi, Kenya and Sierra Leone. Your school will be linked to an overseas school where your students will have the opportunity to exchange letters and emails with students from your linked school. Both schools will be given lesson activities and resources which will enable students to gain a good understanding about each others' countries. Teachers will be given INSET twice a year on how to get the best out of the link as well as access to a telephone helpline.

Why Plan?

Plan has been working in communities around the world for 70 years and is working with 64,000 communities. We have experience of working with children around the world and there are already 65 schools from Malawi, Kenya and Sierra Leone who are ready and keen to link.  

Benefits 

1. Increased global education, thus supporting DFES ‘internationalism’
2. Increased sense of global community and importance of self in the global community, supporting OFSTEDs ‘every child matters’
3. Increased educational outcomes in curriculum subjects, which supports pupil achievements across a range of subjects

“I find it impossible to think of a school that is fit for the twenty-first century without having this vivid, practical link between the North and South”. Professor Tim Brighouse - London Schools Commissioner

What your school will receive

Communication

• Child to child communication
• Teacher to teacher communication
• Web portal for class to class and individual communication and sharing of information  

Resources
Resource packs have been developed by teachers in Malawi, Kenya, Sierra Leone and the UK. They include artefacts, DVD of your linked school, photo pack, activity ideas for: curriculum subjects; whole school involvement; community linking; and student voice.

Support for your schools

• Plan will help you find a school with similar aims and objectives to link with
• School linking co-ordinators in the UK and overseas are available for support
• Plan provides training for teachers
• Access to a telephone hotline for support

 Download Plan UK School Linking brochure

If you are interested in your school linking with a school from overseas please email your details or call supporter relations on 020 7482 9777.

www.planschoolslink.org