Global School Partnership Project

According to this project our school is linked with OMAGH School in Northern Ireland since 2006.This is a program organized by British council and the Ministry of Education and about 2000 students from Grade 6 upwards are linked. An action plan was made and students are involved in various projects. Letters and E-mails are exchanged. The aim of this project is to build a healthy relationship, and to share a strong global dimension in the curriculum. In the long term Inter-community ties will be strengthened and value of cross cultural working will benefit students. This will enable children to develop their English and IT skills which will pave the way to enhance the standards of Ordinary level, and Advanced level examination results. Our school is nominated for an international school award.

The coordinator of the project, Mrs. Nilanthi Perera visited the partner school in Northern Ireland in June 2007(11th June to 15^th June 2007). Presentations on culture of Sri Lanka, its cultural heritage and on Buddhism were made. The  5S concept followed by our school was presented to them. Science and Mathematics classes were observed and a ‘Sri Lankan day’ was organized there along with traditional costumes and local food. The main objective of the visit was strengthening the existing partnership paving the way to understand different cultures in its full perspective.

A teacher from OMAGH high School visited our school from 11^th October to 16^th October 2007.She did presentations on English Language teaching and recycling and did demonstrations on food items of Northern Ireland. She also observed English, Social Studies and Science lessons and was given a warm welcome and quite impressed by the atmosphere of the School, the culture of the School and the level of Education imparted. 

Global Friends Club is formed in association with this project. Global Friends Club

Annual Work Plan for Global School Partnership Project - 2008 May /2009 August

Global Friends Club - 2008 onwards

Activities	Persons responsible	Start date	Finish date	Persons/ resources need	Success Criteria	Evaluation methods
Strengthen our partnership with our Northern school.	Principal, Vice Principal, Office Bearers of the club, Nilanthri Perera, Lanka Arangalla, & Coordinating team of teachers.	Ongoing	-	Computer with Internet facilities, CD writer/CDs, Pen drive, Operator, Typist, Telephone	Complete partnership plan, Exchange visits , Web site	Discussions through meetings and questionnaire
Introduce 8 concepts of global dimension themes by displaying on notice boards/ at assembly by trained students.	Academic staff, Principal, Vice Principal, Coordinating team.	2007	2009	Stationery, Printer, Photographer with facilities, Reporters of local news paper.	Awareness of global issues by the children/ parents Group project	Discussions, Commend from partner school
Staff meetings to discuss, how to introduce 8 concepts more effectively.	Principal/ Vice principal/ coordinators.	Monthly/ regularly	-	SDS, OGA	Group projects	Debates, Dramas, News, Magazines, Exhibitions
Multicultural activity day.	Global friends club	March or May	-	Representative from British Council, ambassadors, Guest speakers	Children’s participation in various activities	Questionnaire, Discussions.
Organizing visits.	-	-	-	-	-	-
Regular speeches on 8 global concepts through school media unit.	Teachers in charge of Media unit and students bear the responsibility.	-	-	Sponsors	-	-
Producing a joint periodical on 8 global concepts. Articles collect from both schools (Sirimavo, Omagh High School, other global schools.) students write in English, Sinhalese Tamil, French & Japanese	Coordinating team, Vice principal, Global friends club.	February	May	-	-	-
Jointly created calendar should be produced	-	December	March	-	-	-