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Bickley Primary School
Swift Weavers Project2011 - 2012
Teachers from Zimbabwe and Nigeria visited England.
Together we learnt new skills…
Basket weaving
Soap stone carving
Tie-dying
Paper Mache
In 2010…
Basket Weaving
In 2011…
Each class wrote to our partner schools about
“A Day in the Life”
We learnt more about
each country
Nigeria
Zimbabwe
In November 2011, Miss Mayhew went to Kenya
Church on the Rock School – Nairobi slum
Sunshine home for street boys in Kenya
The team climbed Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the schools in Kenya
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)
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.
2012…Olympic Year
Bickley loves taking part in sportSo our next challenge is to share what we
do with our African Schools
