Press release from International Week 2008.On Monday 3rd March 2008, St. Wilfrid’s Catholic High School in Featherstone will play host to just under 200 international students and teachers fro the 8th Annual International Week.
Fifteen schools will be represented from the following countries: Bulgaria, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Pakistan, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and Ukraine. Some of these schools, such as Bulgaria, Ghana, Pakistan and Slovakia are joining us for the first time, whereas our partner school from Balingen in Germany is visiting us for the 19th consecutive year. More than 120 our international guests will be hosted by families.
The theme for this year’s International Week is “Future is Now! The principal aim of the week is to explore the complex and ever-changing world in which we live. As global citizens we all face a responsibility to help shape the changing face of our planet for the better. During the week participants will consider how events in the past have shaped the world we currently live in. We will also explore the gifts and talents our young people bring to the world and consider their hopes and fears for the future.
Students from St. Wilfrid’s and our partner schools will work on a range of projects to reflect the focus of the week. Some of these projects will be art-based, such as creating collages, posters for peace, indoor garden, global villages of the future, whilst others will be media based, including creating TV adverts for a greener future, web pages, radio broadcasts and podcasting. In addition to this there will be an educational excursion to Beamish Open Air Museum in County Durham where students will learn about life in the early 1900s and experience a Victorian lesson in the Old Board School.
On Tuesday 4th March the school will also host an International Family Evening. Guests will have the opportunity to take part in a number of workshops, including Spanish cookery, Japanese calligraphy & origami, Bollywood dancing, yoga sessions and Korean drumming.
Perhaps the liveliest event of the week will be the International Song Contest on the evening of Wednesday 5th March. Sixteen acts will take to the stage to battle it out for the winning trophy. This Eurovision-style event proves more and more popular each year.
The International Week will come to a close when all international guests will return either to their respective countries or spend some time exploring other cities in the UK.
Ian Storey
Head of the International Dimension
Fifteen schools will be represented from the following countries: Bulgaria, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Pakistan, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and Ukraine. Some of these schools, such as Bulgaria, Ghana, Pakistan and Slovakia are joining us for the first time, whereas our partner school from Balingen in Germany is visiting us for the 19th consecutive year. More than 120 our international guests will be hosted by families.
The theme for this year’s International Week is “Future is Now! The principal aim of the week is to explore the complex and ever-changing world in which we live. As global citizens we all face a responsibility to help shape the changing face of our planet for the better. During the week participants will consider how events in the past have shaped the world we currently live in. We will also explore the gifts and talents our young people bring to the world and consider their hopes and fears for the future.
Students from St. Wilfrid’s and our partner schools will work on a range of projects to reflect the focus of the week. Some of these projects will be art-based, such as creating collages, posters for peace, indoor garden, global villages of the future, whilst others will be media based, including creating TV adverts for a greener future, web pages, radio broadcasts and podcasting. In addition to this there will be an educational excursion to Beamish Open Air Museum in County Durham where students will learn about life in the early 1900s and experience a Victorian lesson in the Old Board School.
On Tuesday 4th March the school will also host an International Family Evening. Guests will have the opportunity to take part in a number of workshops, including Spanish cookery, Japanese calligraphy & origami, Bollywood dancing, yoga sessions and Korean drumming.
Perhaps the liveliest event of the week will be the International Song Contest on the evening of Wednesday 5th March. Sixteen acts will take to the stage to battle it out for the winning trophy. This Eurovision-style event proves more and more popular each year.
The International Week will come to a close when all international guests will return either to their respective countries or spend some time exploring other cities in the UK.
Ian Storey
Head of the International Dimension
