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EVENING LEADER - Slovenian teachers pay visit to Wrexham school in exchange link-up

Published Date: 13 November 2008
By Laura Hughes

STAFF and children at a Wrexham school have benefited from an exchange with Slovenia. Earlier this year, three teachers from Barkers Lane Community Primary School in Wrexham visited a school in Slovenia and now teachers from the school there have made a return visit.

The two schools entered a British National Global Gateway competition, which supplied the funding for an exchange.

"We had special assemblies and the Slovenian teachers taught our children in the classroom alongside their own teachers, and taught Slovenian games and songs," said Barkers Lane Headteacher Helen Andrews.

The two schools also operated a 'buddy' project, which has seen older children in the Slovakian school linking up with children at Barker's Lane on the internet and sending each other gifts and letters.

"The buddy project had a great impact on our children's wellbeing and behaviour," said Mrs Andrews.

"There has been real communication between Slovenia and the UK.

"It is an exchange of ideas on the two education systems so it's good professional development for the teachers.

"The teachers gain a great deal from discussing and viewing the way other cultures teach their children and the impact on teachers and what they deliver to our children is the main thing."

The Slovenian delegation also visited Rhosnesni High School.

A new arrival at Barker's Lane


Foundations for the new facility are put in place

An external skirt to be fitted		View from the front of school

Spacious interior with full facilities		View of the quiet area and kitchen window

Posted 03-Nov-2008

Latest pictures October 2008


Year 1 tasting healthy fresh fruit		Healthy Schools' Project

Gardening club moving the allotments		Team work!

New School Council Y 2 to Yr 6		Part of the Harvest Display sent to Save the Family and the Salavation Army. Spot the Barker's potato crop!

Posted 23-Oct-2008

Foundation phase afternoons

Twice a week Y3 and Y4 experience foundation phase curriculum in groups of ten children with one teacher working on Art & Craft, Design & Technology, Forest School activities, Science investigation and Information Technology. This gives a real opportunity for teachers to know the children and their responses to the curriculum. Here are pictures of children undertaking the activities showing real concentration and involvement.

Posted 05-Oct-2008

Eid Party


		Y6 are seen enjoying their Eid Party marking the end of Ramadan. Mrs Brown who teaches RE to all the juniors organised activities and celebratory food - much enjoyed by all the children. Shortly Y6 will be visiting a Mosque to experience at first hand understanding of the Muslim Faith.

Posted 05-Oct-2008

At Rhosnesni High School

RHS Mission Statement

Respect

Honesty

Success

Anthony Baku teacher from Ghana visited RHS in June and arranged for the village to weave a Kente cloth especially for the High School. Mrs Andrews and six Barker's Lane pupils visited on 2nd October, met with Y7 ex-pupils and presented the cloth on Anthony's behalf to Mr Hughes, Headteacher.

Posted 05-Oct-2008

ECO Committee

Our new ECO Committee for 2008/9

Posted 05-Oct-2008

Barker’s Lane, the co-ordinating school has an interest in learning through the outdoors and has developed it’s school grounds to a high standard to include a forest class, pond area, sensory garden and allotment area.

This project is approved by European Commission in Lifelong Learning Programme, action Comenius.
The Food for Thought project will bring together nine European schools in Denmark, England, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, and Wales. Our mix of partner schools reflects the diversity within the European Union. This partnership includes brand new private schools and established public schools from small rural communities to urban capital cities.

Students will discover, study and share information about food, climate and traditions in all of our partner countries. They will use conventional and new technologies to compare temperature readings over two years, produce a multilingual dictionary of weather terms, grow local produce to make their own dinner, make a calendar of international festivals, a picture cookery book of traditional recipes, and finally produce a healthy lifestyle guidebook based on proper eating and exercise.

Regular meetings of teachers will ensure appropriate planning and evaluation at every stage. These will also enable a thorough understanding of European education systems.
The Food for Thought project will not only benefit each school but also their associated local communities. As our pupils gain a greater understanding of food production and preparation the knowledge of these young Europeans will directly filter upwards through family, local and international communities creating a healthier generation of Europeans.

Posted 05-Oct-2008

Our visitor from Ghana who teaches at Tafi Atome School

Mr Anthony Baku and staff

Mr Baku spent a whole week with us, teaching our children Maths and African Songs. He joined in our visits to Llandudno, Snowdonia and Erdigg for river study. The reciprical joint Global project on water use in both countries for Yr 5 was funded by the British Council. The village presented us with a banner they made specially for us.

Posted 14-Sep-2008

Japanese Network

We are one of six schools in North Wales who are linking with a network of schools from all over Japan.

Thursday 22nd May 2008

Catrin Williams, a Welsh artist, came to work with Year 4 as part of our Japanese project. We spent time working in the Sensory Garden, sketching with different media - felt pens, metallic pens, wax crayons and pastels.

It was a wonderful experience, enjoyed by all. The children worked in sketch books that they had made themselves with Catrin.

Four pupils were selected to attend a day workshop with Catrin next month, along with pupils from other participating schools.

Catrin praised the whole class for their enthusiasm and the work they produced.






To see examples of Yr 4's Design Technology Project to design and make a pencil case put your cursor over some of the pictures.

Posted 29-May-2008

PTA Competition

Seren wins the Summer Fair Programme Cover competition

Posted 02-May-2008

Non uniform day at Barker's

Posted 02-May-2008

Children have started a Heart Start programme

Posted 25-Apr-2008

Human Rights - Diversity and Prejudice workshop

The life of Paul Robeson for year 5/6

Posted 20-Apr-2008

New gardening club for 2008

Year 5 members are learning how to prepare the allotments

Posted 21-Apr-2008

Early Years children went on an Easter Egg hunt round the sensory garden.

They travelled through a labyrinth looking for eggs!

Posted 20-Apr-2008

Storyteller project Yr 2

Writer and Poet Dennis Carter leads a Workshop on Story Writing using imanginations
as part of Rhosnesni High School Family of Schools project.

Posted 20-Apr-2008

Year 4 pond study - April 18th 2008

Posted 20-Apr-2008

Netball winners - Middle School Champions 2008

Posted 20-Apr-2008

Gardening Club in action last October!

Planting the Leeks ready for Spring		Preparing the ground for the Marie Curie daffodils

The bulbs will be underground all winter		Gardening Club are labelling the saplings in their temporary home

Posted 06-Apr-2008

Mrs Stapley visits Tafi Atome School in Ghana!

Mrs. Stapley coordinates our Geography and Design Technology lessons and over the last two years has taught an afternoon a week, alongside the class teacher, to share good practice. Mrs. Stapley has identified many ways to improve delivery of lessons and to make the subject as relevant as possible for children. Barker's Lane children have benefitted from many "hands-on" educational visits making the most of every opportunity for learning.

Last year we successfully applied for a British Council Grant to take Y5's Water Project a further stage forward. We couldn't send the whole class to Africa but we could send Mrs. Stapley and now our children have access to first hand knowledge of the issues and experiences that African children learn from, true global learning. Original lesson plans we can share with other schools such as Rhosnesni High School are:-

a: A day in the life of an African school child
b: Presentation on typical African homelife - cooking and food
c: A presentation on weaving in the village
d: Powerpoint presentation on water in Africa, complementing the lesson materials to be completed by both schools

Mrs Stapley with the staff of Tafi Atome Roman Catholic Primary school.
Peter Gah is the headteacher in the middle of the photograph.

Madam Shan with class 3, these children are aged between 9 and 10 years equivalent to our year 5.

Posted 02-Mar-2008

Early Years' coffee morning

Barker's Lane parents were treated to an Early Years' coffee morning.
The children talked about and displayed some of the activities they are
involved in at school and sang action songs in English and Welsh.

Posted 14-Mar-2008

Photographs from Boreatton Park

A great time was had by all.

Challenge Course Quad-bikes		Jacob's Ladder
High Ropes		Archery

Video clip 1

Video clip 2

Posted 13-Mar-2008

Eisteddfod 2008

Dylan won the Shirley Cleverley individual Achievement award

Dylan won the Shirley Cleverley individual Achievement award

Early Years presentation		Toby is a Yr 2 song finalist 'Dw i'n mynd i weld y byd'
Winners with their individual trophies. Yr 3 Lucinda - Yr 4 Maraam - Yr 5 Simon - Yr 6 James and Bridget (joint) Olivia as captain of Dee holds the House Trophy		Mr Rowlands has to contend with dragons!
Maria came joint second in the piano competition		Two minute talk finalists