1. Bickley Primary School Swift Weavers Project 2011 - 2012

2. Teachers from Zimbabwe and Nigeria visited England. Together we learnt new skills… Basket weaving Soap stone carving Tie-dying Paper Mache In 2010…

3. Basket Weaving

5. Tree Planting

6. In 2011… Each class wrote to our partner schools about “A Day in the Life”

7. We learnt more about each country Nigeria

8. Zimbabwe

9. In November 2011, Miss Mayhew went to Kenya

10. Church on the Rock School – Nairobi slum

13. Sunshine home for street boys in Kenya

16. The team climbed Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the schools in Kenya

17. Sustainability: We have learnt from our partner countries about the importance of water, not wasting energy and how our school can be more sustainable. We have set up our own garden area and plan to grow our own fruit and vegetables. Bickley Green Day (March 2012)

20. Paper Mache pots We learnt the technique of how to make paper mache pots from our African partners. We mashed up newspaper and soaked it over night in water. We then moulded it into a pot shape.

21. 2012…Olympic Year

22. Bickley loves taking part in sport So our next challenge is to share what we do with our African Schools