Palestine teachers enjoy exchange of teaching know-how in Redditch - The Redditch Standard

Palestine teachers enjoy exchange of teaching know-how in Redditch

Redditch Editorial 11th Dec, 2017   0

SOME very special guests visited Woodrow First School last week – a party of teachers from Palestine.

The Longdon Close school is a UK leader in a teaching technique called ‘Mantle of the Expert’.

Assisted by the teacher, this empowers children to learn the curriculum with the help of drama – and it’s been so successful the school has won international recognition.

For seven years staff at Woodrow have forged links with colleagues in Palestine which has resulted in an active and mutually beneficial exchange.




This has seen local teachers give up their Easter holidays to travel to Palestine and last week they played host to staff from the Middle Eastern country.

“They come because of our use of Mantle to help the children learn,” said headteacher Richard Kieran.


“The people of Redditch are very welcoming for our visitors and over the years our friends from Palestine have made a lot of friendships.

“They came into school every day to watch our teachers and it’s given us the opportunity to learn from them too.”

The trip was organised by the British-based AM Quattan Foundation which is dedicated to spreading peace and diplomacy across the world.

“We are highly honoured that these teachers make the effort and are prepared to pay the financial cost to come over here and visit us,” added Mr Kieran.

Vivienne Etannous, from the AM Quattan Foundation, said: “We are happy to be with our friends at Woodrow.

“This is the seventh year of the exchange and the foundation’s programme means a lot to us as it gives us the opportunity to learn from the experience of the teachers at Woodrow. We are already looking forward to welcoming them to us in Ramallah.”

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