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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


    Sponsored Walk

 

Y3 walked a circuit of the grounds to raise funds for our visit to Barnsley and for our our pen-pals to visit us here.

 

Visiting pupils from Barnsley

   


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


Click here to go to the full  report

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 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 competition winner
Seren wins the Summer Fair Programme Cover competition

Posted 02-May-2008


Non uniform day assembly
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

Human Rights - Diversity and Prejudice workshop
 
Human Rights - Diversity and Prejudice workshop

Posted 20-Apr-2008


New gardening club for 2008

Year 5 members are learning how to prepare the allotments

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.

Early Years children went on an Easter Egg hunt

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.

Writer and Poet Dennis Carter leads a Workshop on Story Writing

Writer and Poet Dennis Carter leads a Workshop on Story Writing        Writer and Poet Dennis Carter leads a Workshop on Story Writing

Posted 20-Apr-2008


 


Year 4 pond study - April 18th 2008

 
Year 4 pond study - April 18th 2008
Year 4 pond study - April 18th 2008
 
Year 4 pond study - April 18th 2008
Year 4 pond study - April 18th 2008
     

Posted 20-Apr-2008


Netball winners - Middle School Champions 2008

Netball winners - Middle School Champions 2008

Posted 20-Apr-2008


 

Gardening Club in action last October!

Planting the Leeks ready for Spring

Planting the Leeks ready for Spring

    

Preparing the ground for the Marie Curie daffodils

Preparing the ground for the Marie Curie daffodils

     

The bulbs will be underground all winter

The bulbs will be underground all winter

 

Gardening Club are labelling the saplings in their temporary home

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.

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.

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

The Group

A great time was had by all.

Challenge Course
Challenge Course

Quad-bikes
Quad-bikes

 

Jacob's Ladder
Jacob's Ladder

High Ropes
High Ropes
 
Archery
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

Early Years presentation

Toby is a Yr 2 song finalist

Toby is a Yr 2 song finalist
'Dw i'n mynd i weld y byd'

Winners with their individual trophies

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!

Mr Rowlands has to contend with dragons!

Maria came joint second in the piano competition

Maria came joint second in the piano competition

Two minute talk finalists

Two minute talk finalists

The high light! Staff are invited to sing the cuckoo song

The high light! Staff are invited to sing the cuckoo song

Posted 02-Mar-2008


Marie Curie Pots of care

Click for larger picture " sleeping bulbs" Click for larger picture Click for larger picture Click for larger picture  

Just before half term we asked our children to wear daffodil colours or something bright in aid of Marie Curie Pots of care. Children then had a specific activity to do depending on age to raise money from sponsorship for the charity. There are pictures of the Early Years' children involved in their " sleeping bulbs" activity which was timed for three minutes. All completed the task successfully!! We also have some pictures from today's nursery group visiting our pond, looking for plants and animals. Plants we found were the daffodils, snowdrops, toadstools, and other fungi, but we only spotted a bird's nest, and we saw no other animals (hardly surprising - it was too cold!) The pond was totally frozen solid, but we enjoyed our winter walk!


Posted 19-Feb-2008


 

Picture of the 'Starlab' which visited the school from Techniquest.

Techniquest Starlab

The children ventured inside and were treated to a presentation on the solar system
and a star show where they were taught to identify constellations in the night sky.


Posted 19-Feb-2008


 

Central Mosque, Manchester
Visiting the Mosque

 

Year 6 to the central mosque in Manchester.
Children were able to observe daily prayer and speak with the Iman.

Posted 19-Feb-2008


Click for larger picture

 

A picture of the children dressed in daffodil colours in order to
raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Trust.

Posted 19-Feb-2008


 

Latest Newsletters (Edition 3) now available in the left hand column


Posted 29-Jan-2008


 

Some pupils views about being a Buddy

Double click on the name to see what they say

         

Posted 20-Jan-2008


Prayer by Kerim

Hands together eyes closed

Dear Lord thank you for the water we can drink today

Thank you for the countries we can visit

Thank you for school, for teachers and for the people we love

But most of all thank you for everything and everyone

Amen

Posted 20-Jan-2008


 

First daffodils sighted in the school garden

Posted 13-Jan-2008


 

Welsh Mountain Zoo
visits Barker's lane

 

A visit by Suzanne Coleman from the Welsh Mountain Zoo who brought cockroaches, gerbils and a snake (and maybe more) to year 1 & 2.

This was a sponsored event through Careers Wales.

 

Posted 13-Jan-2008


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