Jayne Davidson, a Geography teacher at St Machar Academy in Aberdeen, spent four weeks living and working in Rubavu in the Western Province of Rwanda during the summer of 2016. Jayne shares some tips for engaging students and colleagues at the early stages of programme participation. It doesn’t’ seem that long ago since [...]
Lesley Kettles, Principal Teacher of Developing the Young Workforce at St Modan’s High School in Stirling, spent four weeks living and working in Kiramuruzi, Gatsibo in the Eastern Province of Rwanda during the summer of 2016. Lesley shares how she took an inter-disciplinary approach to engage her students in global education before she [...]
Christine Beard, a Deputy Head at Hazlehead Primary in Aberdeen, spent four weeks living and working in Rwamagana in the Eastern Province of Rwanda during the summer of 2014. Since her placement, Christine has worked with colleagues at school and across Aberdeen City to provide interesting learning opportunities that link Aberdeen to Rwanda. [...]
Liam Ball, a Design & Technology teacher based at Aboyne Academy in Aberdeenshire, spent 4 weeks in Bugesera, Rwanda during the summer of 2014. Here, using his own experiences as examples, Liam offers some practical advice for using Learning for Sustainability (LfS) as the framework for delivering your subject. When I got back [...]
Lynsey Robertson, an Art & Design Teacher based at Alloa Academy in Clackmannanshire, spent four weeks living and working in Nyamasheke in the Western Province of Rwanda during the summer of 2016. Prior to placement, Lynsey was concerned she didn’t have sufficient skills or knowledge to meaningfully support the development of educationalists in [...]
This blog post was first published by GTC Scotland magazine Teaching Scotland in September 2015: Emma Hely, a History/Modern Studies teacher at Buckie High School in Moray, talks about her eye-opening experience teaching in Rwanda. I am not entirely sure what I was expecting before the trip. I knew that there would be culture shock [...]
This blog post was written as a series of blog posts published in Teaching Scotland, the magazine and website for the GTC Scotland. John Steel, one of the 2015 GLP cohort writes about his experience in Rwanda: 9 September 2015 I want you to imagine that you have received a memo from your headteacher that [...]
Suzanne Munro, a primary teacher from Craigievar School went to Rwanda with GLP in 2015. She knew a lot of people within the community – something she felt worked in her favour for fundraising. Using connections, sharing experiences or giving a ‘thank you’ token upon return were some things that [...]
Dorothy Reid took part in GLP in 2014 and had great fun during the fund-raising stage, using it to also get the school and local community involved. Dorothy is based in Macduff Primary School. Here are some of the activities and ideas Dorothy came up with to raise her Rwanda [...]