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We learn in our home, we learn in our school and we learn in our community. However the effect our community has on our learning and our quality of life is not always recognised. This exciting project will enable students to connect with their local community, understand their place within it and play a small part in its development.
The project has adapted the Shanghai Expo 2010 theme “Better City - Better Life”. It involves partner schools in the UK and China working closely together on an agreed theme. This will enable them to study their own community in depth whilst at the same time learning about the community of their partner school.
The Purpose of the Better Community Better Life is to facilitate dialogue between young people in the UK and overseas by developing sustainable school partnerships through collaboration projects about community life. The project gives young people a shared, creative public platform to explore their local community, learn about other cultures and express themselves about global issues. Developed as a themed JCP under Connecting Classrooms project, Better Community Better Life contributes to the ‘global citizenship’ agenda with an aim to create positive and long-standing impact in the UK and China. |
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| The fact that the first World Expo took place in London in 1851, and the 2010 World Expo is taking place in Shanghai, China, presents schools from the two countries with an opportunity to work together on a joint Expo and Community project... |
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| The socially produced spaces within which we live shape our actions and thoughts. As these spaces change, our thoughts and the ways in which we interact with the space change as well... |
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| Upon investigation, it should become clear to learners that there is unlikely to be an agreed view of what it means to be part of any particular community... |
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| A community is nothing without the individuals that inhabit it. This theme will explore the people in their community, including their roles, lifestyles and vocations... |
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| In the face of climate change, all communities have become involved to a greater or lesser extent in the issue of ecological sustainability... |
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| Sound is a key component in allowing learners to connect to their community. This theme will explore the importance of sounds in daily functions and community life... |
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