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Dear colleagues,
Make this a year to remember for your school; welcome a German teacher, take part in our funded Christmas trips to Germany and support your Language Assistant to become a Cultural Exchange Ambassador!
Cultural Exchange Ambassadors*: applications open
Calling all Language Assistants!
Encourage your Language Assistant to become a Cultural Exchange Ambassador. By partnering up with an English Language Assistant in Germany, they can connect your pupils with a class in Germany and run fun cultural projects together.
Deadline: 17 October 2018
*previously FLA/ELA Ambassadors
Host a Teacher in 2019
Bring an international dimension to your school! Welcome a teacher from Germany to any department for 1, 2 or 3 weeks at no cost.
"The children gained a unique perspective into a different culture and way of life."
Deadline: 21 September 2018 to host in spring or summer 2019.
Festive Funding: 'Magical Christmas Trips'
"The trip has been immensely beneficial in raising European and global awareness in our school."
Give your primary pupils a taste of Germany this Christmas and discover what school is like in Germany! We can fund your festive trip to an existing partner school or match you up with a German primary school.
Deadline: 18 September 2018
Youth Conferences: bringing cultures together in Berlin
In June 2018, over 100 young people met at two different youth conferences in Berlin to discuss and explore themes around history, reconciliation, cultural heritage and identity.
"If we want to understand our own cultural heritage, we have to understand other people's."
Film: Cultural Heritage Conference
Article: Finding our Place in History
Looking ahead
- Funding: apply for funding for school partnership projects taking place from winter 2018/19
- 18 September 2018: Magical Christmas Trips! deadline
- 21 September 2018: deadline to host a teacher from Germany
- 17 October 2018: deadline for applications for Cultural Exchange Ambassadors
- Now online: Voyage Kids Back to School Special
- Applications opening soon... bilateral youth conference with creative arts workshops for young people in Berlin!
- Pupils can register their interest in UK-German activities for the year ahead
Please get in touch with any questions. We look forward to hearing from you!
Best wishes,
Your UK-German Connection Team
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