A TEACHER from Warminster has produced a display of jewellery as part of a link project with a school in Ghana.
The handmade jewellery using glass beads from Ghana is currently on show at the Craft Shop at Black Swan Arts in Frome.
It has been produced by teacher Ceri Morgan who works at Warminster School.
In 2005, Warminster School made contact with the Hannah School Complex, Accra in Ghana and both schools have spent the last three years working on joint projects together.
The jewellery is now on sale to raise funds to allow the link to continue.
A large part of the link is a teacher study visit to the Hannah School. This is now in its third year and has really grounded the link between the staff and pupils.
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The visits have consisted of five different teachers from Warminster School working in the Hannah School for a week during the Easter holidays, introducing new projects and working with the teachers.
Part of the visit is resourcing useful artefacts for use in the classrooms of Warminster School.
During a recent study visit the teachers, lead by Ceri, were lucky enough to spend the day working at Cedi's Bead Industry.
Cedi is a world renowned bead craftsman and has travelled the world teaching his craft.
Beads in Ghana were originally used as currency and still hold a lot of worth when worn. The beads are made from crushed, recycled glass bottles. They are placed into moulds, re-fired and polished.
on their return, Ceri created jewellery sets using beads from Cedi's bead Industry and is selling them to raise money for the link between the two schools to continue.
All beads used to make the jewellery sets have been hand made in Ghana using recycled glass.
The link scheme was set up to encourage teachers and pupils at the schools to develop their understanding of the wider world and to celebrate the rich and diverse heritage represented in the schools, and local and national communities.
The work completed so far has incorporated curriculum areas such as Science, Language, PE and Design and Technology and a successful pen pal scheme.
Posted by: Necker, Trowbridge on 8:40pm Wed 14 May 08
[italic]"The link scheme was set up to encourage teachers and pupils at the schools to develop their understanding of the wider world and to celebrate the rich and diverse heritage represented in the schools, and local and national communities."[/italic]
What absolute twaddle.
What are we sending to Ghana for them to sell for us?
I think there is nothing in common between the Ghanaian education system and ours.
The total sum of this 'link' sounds like a source for the Ghanains to sell their worthless trinkets to us under some other guise. They are clever marketeers, I give them that...
Do any of the 'pen pals' send money or 'gifts' to Ghana. I bet they do.
Add Advanced Idiocy to the curriculum or Applied Brainwashing that should cover the whole farce.
I asked my 9 year old nephew, How many countries are there in britain?
He answered, "I don't know, but I can tell you how many religions there are in India"
It's all so wrong.
"The link scheme was set up to encourage teachers and pupils at the schools to develop their understanding of the wider world and to celebrate the rich and diverse heritage represented in the schools, and local and national communities."
What absolute twaddle.
What are we sending to Ghana for them to sell for us?
I think there is nothing in common between the Ghanaian education system and ours.
The total sum of this 'link' sounds like a source for the Ghanains to sell their worthless trinkets to us under some other guise. They are clever marketeers, I give them that...
Do any of the 'pen pals' send money or 'gifts' to Ghana. I bet they do.
Add Advanced Idiocy to the curriculum or Applied Brainwashing that should cover the whole farce.
I asked my 9 year old nephew, How many countries are there in britain?
He answered, "I don't know, but I can tell you how many religions there are in India"
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