Following a successful art project, linked to the 75th anniversary of Newcastle City, being twinned with Gelsenkirchen, in Germany - Mr Kennedy, Miss Madsen and Mrs Bridgewood were able to visit our Partner school, called Rainbow School.
Our team spent 4 days in the City of Gelsenkirchen, visiting Rainbow school, teaching lessons and working with their staff as well as being able to visit other education institutions, including a High School and a Talent College.
The trip was a wonderful opportunity to learn about culture and education in another part of Europe. It also allowed staff in both schools to plan for further collaborative work and projects. We hope that the Rainbow school teachers will be able to visit us, here at English Martyrs' soon and we have ambitions to take some of our pupils over to Rainbow school in the future.
We are also looking to expand our languages offer and start a German language club in school so that our pupils can learn to communicate with their friends over in Gelsenkirchen.
You can read more about the visit in the articles below.