Glaitness Primary School: Pupil participation and appreciation of diversity
| Project name | Pupil participation and appreciation of diversity |
| School/centre | Glaitness Primary School, Orkney |
| Age range | P3 |
| Citizenship contexts | community links, curricular areas |
| Summary | Glaitness Primary School in Kirkwall has promoted pupil participation through an active pupil committee. It plays an important role in school life and has been heavily involved in the design of play areas. Glaitness has some interesting curricular approaches to education for citizenship. Amongst these is 'From Orkney to Norway', a programme of work for 7-8-year-olds developed by Primary 3 teacher Lesley Mackay. The programme aims to develop in the children an awareness of their identity as individuals and as members of a class, school and cultural community, respect for cultural diversity, and familiarity with the shared rights of children globally. It builds on a successful link with a school in Norway. They use the internet to communicate with the Norwegian school and share aspects of cultural identity. Digital video is also used to record expressive arts work for formative assessment purposes and to share with other audiences. Visual arts, drama, dance and music all have an important role in the course as a means through which children can express aspects of their own identity. |
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