FREE School Pack with Support for Language Teachers
Dear colleagues, we are writing to let you know about a free package of materials (attached) we have developed for you to set up your own ‘Around the World Club’ (ATWC) in your own school. This is offered by ENACT Europa, Newcastle University.
In the Around the World Club, children of all ages can learn new languages and cultures while doing a hands-on cultural activity with the help of a free digital web app. As they learn a new language and culture each week, they go ‘around the world’!
The Club develops intercultural understanding and global citizenship and its use in schools therefore helps develop policies and agendas in the areas of globalisation, equality, diversity and inclusion. The Around the World Club helps teachers bring the world to their classroom!
Many schools in north-east England have set up ATWC clubs and clubs have now run in Uganda, Sri Lanka and Turkey.
You can hear the views of children and teachers here and learn about the Club’s impact here.
We are certain this package will introduce a new fun way for your students to learn language through culture - try it and see! We would appreciate you sharing this offer with any language teachers and/or extracurricular club leads within your contacts which may be interested. You can use the materials in any way you prefer. We provide guidance specific to ATWC on our website. We also have funding available to support schools in setting up their clubs, either through in-person or online RA assistance.
If you have any questions, please contact us at enacteuropa@newcastle.ac.uk.
The Around the World Club has been shortlisted by HundrED as an innovative global education initiative: https://hundred.org/en/innovations/7-the-around-the-world-club.
ENACT Europa is a co-funded initiative by the European Commission that enhances language learning through cultural activities
Best wishes,
edhouse, Müge Satar, Eve Navickaite
ENACT Europa Team | Newcastle University