A Journey into Learning

In February of last year I visited Ghana. One of the SEN schools I worked with was New Horizon School in Accra, who we now have an international link with. This film really encapsulates the spirit of the school. It’s in 3 parts.

My mum, who is also a teacher in Haringey, recently returned from a trip to Accra in Ghana where she had been setting up a link between Haringey Sixth Form Centre and La Presbitarian in Ghana. With a little coaching she put together this movie (using iMovie). It really demonstrates the power of digital media to disseminate information.

I am spending the Half Term relaxing on the beach in the Western Region of Ghana. It has given me some time to reflect on my visit to schools in and around Accra over the previous week. It as been a fascinating experience. I have had time to make a short movie about the visit. I’ve not had many chances to get my head around iMovie – and this is my first proper attempt. It’s still a first draft (do you make drafts of movies?). Any feedback would be appreciated.

You can find the photos here:

New Horizon Cultural Event

I am very excited to be going to Ghana on Saturday. We have an international link along side William C Harvey School in Tottenham with New Horizon Special School and Castle Road Special Schools in Accra, Ghana and is funded by the Department for International Development. We have called the programme Creating Friendship and Interdependence. I have set up a shared blog by the same name to facilitate the link – which is viewable by invitation only since it contains photos of our children. Blogging is prooving a fantastic means of building a relationship between the schools in the two countries. The schools have both recently had computers donated by IT Schools Africa and Teachers Beyond Borders. Hopefully I can get them set up and usable whilst I am there.

The Ghanaian teachers visit to London in September was covered by the BBC. I hope that our visit will be equally successful! I’ll try and keep this blog updated whilst I am there…

Our Ghanain partner schools – New Horizons and Castle Road special schools – have been visiting us over the past couple of weeks. We have been sharing ideas and having a lot of fun.

Read the BBC report of the visit.
I’m really looking forward to my visit to Ghana in February!