Internationalism
Tomlinscote holds the British Council’s International School Award. This globally recognised award is achieved by schools that do outstanding work in international education by embedding multiculturalism in the curriculum.
We, at Tomlinscote, believe that young people today should gain a broad cultural understanding and develop the relevant skills in order to live and work as global citizens.
Working alongside our partner schools in France, Germany, Spain, Slovakia, Tanzania and China, we have developed activities where students can learn by making connections with other young people across the globe. Tomlinscote students have enjoyed many opportunities to experience other cultures.
We develop an international outlook on the world through a series of cross-curricular activities. As all students at Tomlinscote have an iPad, they can use this technology to investigate other cultures in ‘real time’ and to create virtual links with schools abroad.
Here are some initiatives undertaken in the past few years:
- Our students are continuing to develop links with our latest partner schools in Tanzania and Slovakia.
- A celebration of the diverse ‘home languages’ spoken by Tomlinscote pupils – Our students taught pupils from local primary school about their own language and culture.
- During International week, Year 8 students were given the opportunity to spend a week in Koblenz in Germany or Cherbourg in France or Barcelona in Spain.
- Students studying Japanese have been regularly participating in ‘JaLaChamp’ (Japanese Language Championship for Young Learners) where they create short videos in Japanese and these are shared with other Japanese learners around the country.
- We maintain these links by exchanging letters and videos with our partner schools around the world.