Thursday 26 June 2014

Whitby High cluster mean Business!

Whitby High's inspirational Design Technology teacher Krysia Ballance must surely feel great pride to see outcomes out of her Business and Enterprise initiative to design and produce saleable crafts in each of the three countries.   Here are shoes designed by the Zimbabwean partners out of car tyres!  Three Zim Principals are on their way back from Manchester today after a fantastic week together. For once it was a sunny Manchester too!

Friday 13 June 2014

SA Home Affairs a very big THANK YOU for the passports! Off to Cheshire on Thursday !

Thank you many people who sped the process on in time - The Director General of Passport Affairs for South Africa, Mr Norman Ramachia, for making it an "urgent" case, Cape Talk radio chat host Kieno Kamies and Bruce Hong who offered to do anything possible to help, Hanneke Oosthuizen from Bridging the Gap and Arno Steynberg, Immigration expert in Pretoria... We are now world experts on applying for passports in South Africa!!! At the end of the day, these smiles make everything worthwhile....  Jayne

Thursday 12 June 2014

Western Cape Sports School, Alpha and Bardale Primary join forces to visit their Cheshire twin schools! What a sparkle they will bring!

Well now,  The Grange High and Grange Primary plus Weston Primary in Runcorn are about to be livened up with this trio!  Say no more!!!!!!!!!!!!.. Great team and wonderful Nick McGee on the other side who has put together a fabulous itinerary for them

Monday 9 June 2014

Bardale High's two learners and Maths teacher are so looking forward to being in Cheshire on the Wirral soon!



Please Please Please Home Affairs in Pretoria can you get those passport through today... These talented Mfuleni learners have so much to look forward to but the burden of all the paper work - ID documents, and the ream of information for the UK visa is a very daunting process. Wirral Boys and Girls Grammar schools and Poole Grammar have a full program ahead for Bardale, Sans Souci and The Cape Academy as well as three twins from Windhoek in Namibia. The UK twin learners have fundraised for two learners per school to accompany a teacher.  Thank you to Oonah, Mike and Andy in the UK who lead the Afritwin program in each school, despite a huge own workload!

Friday 6 June 2014

Capetown's Kirstenbosch - can't miss the one and only clear day this week for our Derby and Harare visitors!

Marine Primary in Oceanview have opened their hearts for their partners this week  Such great leadership and support