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At Northallerton College our sense of community extends well beyond our
immediate environment – the school, town and nation. Our international ethos
encourages students to celebrate and experience rich and diverse heritages and
to play a responsible part in their college, neighbourhood and in the wider
world. We stress the importance of and value different cultures and beliefs, and we will continue to give our students, the knowledge, skills
and understanding gained from established international links.
Bringing an international dimension into the College has many benefits for
students and staff. Although the material has more obvious links to subject
areas like Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) and geography there is not an aspect
of the curriculum which cannot embrace references and exposure to the wider
international dimension.
MFL has exchanges established with France and Germany following the
completion of a recent Comenius Project;
international excursions and visits to more culturally diverse communities in
the UK provide shorter term opportunities which have social and cultural
benefits. They also help students achieve their full potential on pre and
post 16 courses. Our partnership with
Risedale
Sports and Community College (RSCC) has provided us with the opportunity to
establish a working relationship with a school and community in Nepal, and in
partnership with The Dales School links are being established with a school in Hong
Kong. A European Community funded Comenius project has, over a two year
period, seen students and staff sharing good practice from Finland, Germany and
Belgium. Our weather station provides data used by students both here in Northallerton and around the world. Many of our students have been involved with
wider international projects in the community visiting Ghana with one of the
local churches. We have also benefitted as visitors from various cultures at
home and abroad have come to meet students and staff, for example colleagues from Sri Lanka
and Gambia as well as representatives from a Muslim community in Bradford.
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Lessons
from Auschwitz Project