Global Diversity
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International School Award
We are delighted to announce that we have been reaccredited for the International School Award, from the British Council for all three schools! This is again at the full 'gold' level. The judges were really impressed with all of our work which included: linking with our Spanish school, (CEIP Blas de Otero, in Madrid), our Year 3 geography work with a school in India (Pragnya Bodhini High School in Mumbai), a special visit from teachers and students from Hangzhou Wensan Education Group in China and threading diversity into our curriculum and ethos.
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Some of the judges comments:
"As in previous years the Kingsway Community Trust has ticked all the boxes and more!"
"Demonstrating a strong, on-going Modern Foreign Languages collaboration with your partners in Madrid covering age-appropriate themes such as Christmas, pets, uniforms and our cities. This commitment is far from being tokenism."
"Also noted, is your considerable ambassadorial work sharing your good practice with others far and wide!"
"Reaccreditation is totally deserved. Well done!"
"Congratulations to everyone involved in this meticulous application and what it says about the dynamism of the Kingsway Community Trust!"
REFUGEE WEEK
The end of June is Refugee Week and as a School of Sanctuary we were keen to mark the occasion in school. A School of Sanctuary is a school that is committed to being a safe and welcoming place for those seeking sanctuary.
This year, after a special assembly, a competition was launched to design a welcoming poster for refugees. There were so many amazing entries, especially from some classes, it was very hard for the judges (last year's winners) to choose winners from each year group!
WINNERS:
YEAR 1: Hamza
YEAR 3: Sophia, Jad
YEAR 4: Aakifah, Leighton, Libby, Adam
YEAR 5: Hadiya
YEAR 6: Maylee, Ibrahim, Laila
Well done to everyone who entered and those who won - it is so lovely to see so many compassionate and creative children in our school!
February 2025 celebrated 'International Mother Language Day.' As we are lucky to have so many languages spoken in the trust, we would like to celebrate this by sharing a wordsearch of all the languages spoken in school as indicated by our data. We have 38! Can you find them all? Do you know where these languages are spoken?
We would also like to share a reminder of the benefits of bilingualism.
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Black History Month 2024
This year for Black History Month, each year group had their own person to study.
Not only did we celebrate our work in school, but we sent it to the people we were studying - and received messages/videos back! Manchester United and Lemn Sissay also loved the work!
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Lemn Sissay said "Wow. Amazing poems. Your schools' always produce exceptional work. Thank you so much."
Carl Anka (co - writer of Marcus Rashford's first book) said "I passed on your work to Marcus' team during Black History Month. They were very proud to see the work done by the classes (especially such young children) and Marcus was very touched. Best wishes from all of us."
School of Sanctuary Award
In March 2020, all three schools in the trust were delighted to receive the prestigious 'School of Sanctuary Award' - the first schools in Manchester to get this! A School of Sanctuary is a school that is committed to being a safe and welcoming place for those seeking sanctuary. The School of Sanctuary Award is given by the City of Sanctuary movement to schools that have an exceptional commitment to diversity and have consistently put the sanctuary principles into practice.
The judges said that they were massively impressed by all the wonderful initiatives that they had seen. One judge said she wished that she was a teacher at one of our schools and another judge wished that he was a pupil there! They all felt certain that the work they had seen were excellent examples that they could highlight to schools nationwide calling us 'sanctuary champions.' "You clearly continue to adapt your creativity & resources to meet a variety of changing needs & criteria," they noted, referring to our work on bringing communities together to foster harmonious relationships.
We are proud to announce that we have been reaccredited for the School of Sanctuary award (2024). The judges said:
"Your trust has remained so connected and engaged to the core values of welcoming, belonging, kindness and compassion and has gone from strength to strength since our last visit! You also remain incredibly responsive: from inviting Afghan refugees in hotels (with no school places) for sessions with you, to going off timetable to hold a 'Trust Peace Day' in response to conflicts around the world and even changing your trust charity (Save the Children) to reflect world events.
Furthermore, all the support you have offered to our network has been invaluable - helping schools with their diversity work as mentors and also helping us judge applications! A great big thank you for all you do. Truly well deserved"