Life in a small, monocultural Yorkshire village provided the impetus for staff at Dunnington C of E Primary School to embrace the idea of global education and devise a far-reaching programme designed to bring a world perspective to the children's experiences.
Although Bradford is a mere 40 minutes' drive away, there is little ethnic diversity within the village. So, explains head teacher Roger Highton, 'We work extra hard to make sure the children understand the wider world.'
The school started by working with the Centre for Global Education in York to identify links between the curriculum and concepts outlined in Developing the global dimension in the school curriculum and to establish the school's strengths and weaknesses in promoting a global perspective.
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