>Partnerships with Enugu State Schools, Nigeria

Partnerships with Enugu State Schools, Nigeria

Summary

A project space for schools from London and Enugu state in Nigeria to share class work and develop their school partnerships.

Age range: 5 - 16
Language: English
Owner: Gertrude Ngozi Chinegwundoh

Project stage: In progress
Last update: 2 weeks ago
Resource use: 516M

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Project Background

Gertrude Ngozi Chinegwundoh, a primary teacher from London, has been instrumental in setting up partnerships between schools in London and Enugu State, Nigeria. Find out how it all started and how you could get involved.

Gertrude with staff and students in class in Nigeria.

I am a supply primary teacher - usually Lambeth and Southwark schools. The reason I am doing supply teaching is to enable me to do voluntary work in schools in Nigeria at least once a year. It was during a trip to Nigeria in February 2008 that I had the idea to link up schools in Nigeria with schools in London through the DfID Global School Partnerships programme. My parents emigrated from Nigeria (to London) many decades ago and I was born and raised in South London.

In order to co-ordinate this school partnerships project, I am liaising with the British Council, the Enugu State Ministry of Education, UKOWLA and the Cambridge Education Foundation. The Global Gateway team at the British Council will be finding the UK partner schools and Mr Ifeanyi Onah from the Enugu State Ministry of Education is responsible for co-ordinating the project in Enugu State. These school partnerships are under the DfID Global School Partnerships programme and funding is available for reciprocal visits.

Greycoat Hospital School (Victoria, London) was the first school to join the project in July 2008 and is linked with a rural school called Community Secondary School Ebe (Enugu State, Nigeria).

In June 2009, I led a team of 7 other UK teachers on an Area Partnership Visit to Enugu State. This visit enabled the partnership teachers to meet face-to-face and exchange ideas on teaching and learning. The UK teachers had opportunities to learn about Igbo customs and traditions, teach some lessons, attend staff meetings and work on joint curriculum projects.

During July and September 2009, another 11 UK schools were partnered with Enugu State schools, bringing the total to 17 Enugu State links and one Benue State link.

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"On behalf of my school, the principal and the entire members of Premier Secondary School Ukehe, I, the Partnership Teacher wish to write and express our Joy and readiness in this School Partnership. I am ever ready to provide you with necessary information as far as this Partnership exists. I equally promise that you will enjoy the relationship as the knowledge to be shared will be thrilling, exciting and enjoying. Thanks and God bless."

Partnership News

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The latest activity fom the Enugu State partnerships

Benin Bronzes: May 18th - A History of the World in 100 objects - Students at Queen's School Enugu participated in a BBC and British Museum project. They did research on the famous Benin Bronzes. Find out more>>.
15th April - Leytonstone School: Work from Leytonstone School. Find out more>>.
26th March - Recycling drinking straws: Recycling drinking straws at City Girls Secondary School in Enugu StateFind out more>>.
1st February - A typical school day in Nigeria: A typical school day at independence Layout Secondary School, Enugu, Nigeria. See the gallery at the foot of the page
21st December: Christmas exchanges between Central School, Ebe & St Mary's in Folkestone. See the cards and video greetings here Find out more>>.
Queens Secondary School updates: 07th December - Jacinta Ebue has uploaded some fantastic documents and images on the Queens Secondary school project page. Find out more>>.
Elanguages Training Session - London: 24th November – UK teachers involved in partnerships with Enugu State schools are meeting on Thursday this week for an eLanguages training session at Mount Carmel RC Technology College for Girls Contact Gertrude for more information>>.
Stephen's visit to Nigeria: 01st December - Stephen Brown has uploaded a fantastic image gallery of his visit to Nigeria. Find out more>>.
Tree Planting Project: 25th November - Ifeanyi ONAH has set up a new Environment Online (ENO) project looking at how we can protect our environment through tree planting. Find out more>>.
Social Justice: 30th October – Veronica Nwafor from Independence Layout Junior Secondary School has set up a new project with Lindsey Stevens. Find out more>>.
New images from Layout Junior Secondary and Blackheath High School: 03rd October - Lindsey Stevens has added some great new images of her visit to Independence Layout Junior Secondary School. You can see them on their partnership page>>.
New Project: 23rd November - Chris OMEIFE from Community Secondary School Ebe has set up a new project on HIV. Find out more>>.
New pictures in the image gallery: 01 Oct 2009 – There are some fantastic new images of the UK teachers meeting their partner teachers in Enugu. Take a look through the gallery>>
Update from City Girls Secondary School: 13th October - Mrs Chinyere Eze has added a lovely introduction to City Girls Secondary School to their partnership page. Find out more>>.
Workshop in Enugu, Nigeria on 08th of October 2009: Colleagues from the Enugu State Ministry of Education and DFID Global School Partnerships will be running an eLanguages workshop in Enugu, Nigeria on 08th of October 2009. Contact us for more information.
Update from Queens (Senior) Secondary School: 14th October - Mrs Jacinta Ebue has added a warm greeeting from Queens (Senior) Secondary School to their partnership page. Find out more>>.
New messages on the forum: 26 Sep 2009 – New messages from teachers taking part in the project have been posted on the forum. Join the discussion>>
Eleven new partnership added to the project.: 23 Sep 2009 – Eleven new partnership pages have been added to the project page. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the latest project work that's been added to each page.

Enugu State partnerships featured on BBC World Class

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Read the great articles and listen to podcasts featuring the teachers and students taking part in the Enugu State partnerships.

	Nigerian and UK teachers swap notes - BBC article
	Listen to more interviews - BBC World Class article
	Breakfast at Ebe School
	worldclass_dotunadebayo.mp3 11.4 MB
	Live from Nigeria - BBC World Class article

Film clips

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Film clips from the first visit to Enugu.

	Arrival in Ebe village.zip 4.9 MB
	CULTURAL DANCE.mov 5.3 MB
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Teachers from England arrive in Enugu State, Nigeria

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Eight teachers from the UK, are experiencing a very different culture here in Enugu state of Nigeria. They are linked to primary and secondary school in the district. Besides working in their link school, they have all been witnessing the breadth and depth of the culture of this country.