LEADING 21 ST CENTURY SCHOOLS : ENGAGE WITH ASIA PROJECT GUMERACHA PRIMARY SCHOOL, S.A. Jan Carey
Gumeracha Primary School Gumeracha Primary school is situated in the Adelaide Hills (S.A.) with a population of 105 students. There are 2 junior primary classes and 2 primary classes. Limited involvement with multicultural activities or learning in the past. Currently we have 2 students from non-English speaking backgrounds.
GLOBAL & MULTICULTURAL STUDIES R-7 ( introduced 2008)
WHOLE SCHOOL focus on China (Olympics & Bookweek 2008)
KOREAN TEACHER VISIT TO OUR SCHOOL (2008)
KOREAN EXCHANGE
LINK WITH TECHNOLOGY (2009)
‘Come out’ Special Indonesian assembly
Engagement + learning
Outcomes Students highly engaged with Asia Teachers planning with Asia literacy in mind (2 teachers doing SOA course through Flinders Uni) Community awareness & value of SOA growing Whole school site improvement plan focus Vision statement developed