Scotland and Pakistan Lets make a Difference!

Good morning and welcome to our assembly on International Education. Our school is involved in a project called Connecting Classrooms. The aim of the project is to connect with school in Pakistan so that we can learn more about their way of life and we can learn more about theirs.

Schools in Glasgow Holy Cross Primary Annette St Primary Bellahouston Academy

Schools in Pakistan FGGMS,,Humak F.G.G.H Secondary School,Humak FG Boys Junior Model School,Humak FG Girls Junior Model School,Humak Grammar School Rawalpindi

Holy Cross Primary Our P6 and P7 pupils started the project by working in co-operative learning groups to think about what they already knew about Pakistan. They made notes about what they thought about Pakistan - the culture, way of life, appearance, clothing, weather, flag, currency and much more.

We soon found out there was a lot we didn’t know. We also discovered that some of our thoughts about Pakistan we not true: Kiera said: “I used to think that none of the buildings looked modern. Now I know there is a mixture of old and new”

Dominick said: “I used to think that all parts of Pakistan were rural. Now I know that there are big cities too.” Paul said: “I used to think there were no five star hotels or big entertainment areas like we have, (such as the Quay or Braehead) Now I know there are several of these in Pakistan. Carly said: “I used to think there was not a lot of cars. Now I know there are plenty of modern cars in Pakistan.”

Grammar School Rawalpindi Pupils in each of the Pakistani schools completed the same exercise (you can see some of their work on our International Education notice area outside Mrs Hunter’s office) Pupils in P7 were amused at some of the things the Pakistani children thought about us. We have sent our worksheets over to them and we think they will also be amused at some of the things we thought.

British children like to eat scorpions, lizards and tortoises. We always eat fast food and junk food. They have hot weather, dry but sometimes rainy. Mostly it’s dry. They pass most of their time playing video games instead of going out and having fun. People in the UK are kind to foreign people. Here are some of the things they said:

Their country is clean, their traffic obeys the law and people respect each other. Their hair colour is golden and their eye colour is brown. As you can see, some of their perceptions (what they think) are correct, but some are not. It is important that we get know a person before we make judgements about them!

To help us understand more about their country and culture they made some interesting artefacts which you will find on display in our International Education area (outside Mrs Hunter’s office)

Meet the children in Pakistan. In this photo they are writing letters to us.

Pupils from each of the schools in Pakistan meeting each other for the first time.

In this photo, the children are making the map of Pakistan which is on display in the school… do you know where?

A card from the pupils… Prayers for Peace! EID MUBARIK! from Faiza Umar Grammar School Rawalpindi Grammar School

Last week, three teachers from Pakistan came to visit us. They brought a Power Point presentation to show us what the cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi are like. We would like to show that to you now.

Welcome to the city of Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi – Islamabad Flyover

Aerial view of Rawalpindi

Five Star Hotel – Pearl Continental Rawalpindi

Cinepax (Fatima Jinnah Park) – 05 theatres

Exterior / Car park of Cinepax

Restaurants in Rawalpindi City

Public Parks along the Mall

Public Park

The Mall

Church at the Mall

Park (Solar Powered) at the Mall

Buildings around the Mall

Buildings

City Centre of Rawalpindi

Typically Rural way of business

City Centre of Rawalpindi

Night view of inner city centre

Rawal Dam

Mangla Dam

Rawal Lake

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Traditionally Crafted Local Busses