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India
India a presentation to staff and governors

• Presentation to staff and governors

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What did I do?

• Visited several different types of schools
• Carried out a village study
• Conducted a transect of Bangalore
• Attended a Christian church service and a Hindu
  mandir
• Found out about a variety of farms
• Shopped in a market
• Shopped in the centre of Bangalore
• Learnt an Indian dance
• Made rangoli and mendhi patterns
• Discussed childrens art development
• Learned how to ask geographical questions
• Visited a nature reserve
• Visited an ancient Hindu temple
• Took lots of photos and made videos
• Bought a wide range of artefacts for school
• Ate some delicious food
• Kept a diary
• Brought back an extensive disc of resources and
  ideas

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Schools

• I visited six schools
• Two government schools (aged 4 to 12)
• One convent school
• One alternative charity school
• One international school
• One school for slum children
• I taught in 3 of these schools using puppets!

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Government schools

• Very basic very few resources, no displays
• Free
• Curriculum very narrow
• Kannada medium
• Teachers often arrive late!

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International School

• Superb environment
• Huge teaching areas
• Very good resources, including ICT
• Parents pay a lot
• Children follow English curriculum
• Displays very similar to English schools
• Fantastic art in evidence
• Most go on to US and UK universities

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Convent school

• NOT a Christian education
• RE not allowed to be taught in Indian schools
• English or Kannada medium
• Very narrow curriculum no art, no music, no ICT
• Very formal from the start
• Highly disciplined We impose, we insist, we
  discipline.
• Large numbers in each class

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Slum school

• Children collected from shanties
• Free
• Run by the international school as a charity
• Well resourced
• Lovely displays
• Day starts with yoga

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Sita School

• Run by charity
• Based upon late 60s Steiner principles
• Free
• Lots of emphasis on art
• Outdoor classroom
• Kannada medium but English taught

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Teaching and Learning
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Children
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The village of Silvepura

• Silvepura is a Christian village
• It is about 25 kilometres outside Bangalore
• Most of the villagers are untouchables which
  probably explains their conversion to
  Christianity in the past

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Silvepura

• I have developed a unit of work to teach children
  about Silvepura as a contrasting locality to
  Dorchester, developing our geography curriculum
• This will challenge some stereotypes and
  preconceptions many of us have about India

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Bangalore is at the heart of the rapid
development of the Indian economy it is a city
of huge contrasts.
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Rubbish the issue of plastic?
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Fairtrade

• The School Council has asked about what the
  school can do to improve recycling
• It has also asked about Fairtrade products
• Maybe we could start with the staff tea and coffee

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Geography

• As geography co-ordinator I want to communicate
  to all the staff the key concepts and questions
  of geographical enquiry that will help us to
  study any place in a better way to develop the
  childrens skills and knowledge

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Other ideas to use the experience at The Prince
of Wales School

• India as a stimulus for this years Arts Week
• Booking Anjali Sahi for a dance workshop in
  October
• Using Indian music (modern and classical and
  spiritual) in Year 1 dance unit of work

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Other ideas

• Reception
• Dressing up in Indian clothes
• Playing with Indian toys
• Playing Indian games
• Acting out Indian folk tales

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Other ideas

• We have been trying this year to develop
  childrens awareness of food and farming by links
  with local farms
• My Indian experience can be used to teach
  children about the similarities and differences
  between food and farming in India and UK

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Food

• Caroline Morgan has been helping us to apply to
  become a flagship school for the Food for Life
  organisation which will involve a range of
  improvements, including looking to further
  develop our food curriculum
• I have brought back a book of recipes for
  vegetarian dishes eaten in Silvepura

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Food
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Farming
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Farming
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Farming

• I have produced several powerpoints for use with
  children on Indian farming and farm animals

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Rights Respecting Schools

• One of our current school initiatives is working
  towards the UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools
  Award
• I plan to use the Indian experience to enhance
  this in several ways

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Rights Respecting Schools

• This term each class is doing some work on one of
  the UNICEF rights eg right to play
• I plan to contribute to this by providing an
  Indian slant
• I hope this will also help to develop childrens
  global awareness

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Challenging stereotypes
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Indian culture

• Dance
• Music
• Clothes
• Religion
• spirituality

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The best silk in India is produced in Karnataka
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Shopping for saris
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Artefacts
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Spirituality

• India is an intensely spiritual culture
• Visiting has made me think deeply about how
  secular our own society has become, including
  school
• I want to do something about this

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Spirituality

• We are losing our own customs
• I want to revive the celebration of things like
  Shrove Tuesday, May Day etc
• I want to introduce a more overtly spiritual
  element in our assemblies

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Religion

• I have learnt a lot more about Hinduism
• This will help our 2 units of work in Year 2 and
  4
• I have also come to the conclusion that we assume
  our children already know many aspects of
  Christianity when in fact they do not.
• Our RE curriculum needs to change to reflect
  this.

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Religion
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Religion
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Namaste I pay respect to the atman inside you
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