Refugee Week 2009 is here and, as usual, there is a lot going on.

At the centre of it all are many really good curriculum-based initiatives.

We’ve also got school journeys linked to the books children are studying, new for 2009, an International Evening to celebrate the diversity that makes Woodberry Down the place it is.

And we are delighted that, in 2009, the school continues to build on the reputation we have gained for including issues around refugees in the curriculum – indeed making those issues at the core of the curriculum. This is because Refugee Week 2009 sees the school:
- publishing materials for teacher training institutions regarding inclusion of refugees

- launching a new scheme of work about life in Turkey-
What would it be like to live in Istanbul?

 1 June 2009
Curriculum-based projects start…
Y3 - What would it be like to live in Istanbul?
Y4 – Roar, Bull, Roar!
Y5 – The Other Side of Truth
Y6 – Refugee Boy

5 – 8 June 2009
Y4 school journey to Shropshire
The children find out about the village the characters in ‘Roar, Bull, Roar!’ moved to

16 June 2009
Circus Skills Workshops all day - Emmanuel Okine

17 June 2009
African Gum Boot Dancing - Kenny Mangena

18 June 2009
Songs from Trinidad - Alex D.Great

19 June 2009
Indian Dance - Sujata Banerjee
International Evening (6pm-8pm)

22 June 2009
Y6 school journey to Datchet
The children retrace the footsteps of the character Alem in ‘Refugee Boy’

30 June 2009
Greg Wallace, Executive Principal, speaks about outstanding teaching and learning - linked to Refugee Week - at the Words Unite Conference. This is an international conference to celebrate and learn from high performing schools in deprived areas.