Schools Across Borders

Hi again!! So, as part of our TY programme this year St Wolstans are participating in a new programme known as 'Schools Across Borders'. This programme was set up to create a platform for all young people around the world to act in partnership to create a more equal, peaceful world. There are a total of six schools in Ireland who are taking part in the programme. There are also schools in Burma, The Balkans, France, Palestine and Romania. 

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The idea of the project is that young people get the chance to communicate with their peers in other countries as well as their own. It gives young people the opportunity to find out more about the lives of people in other countries and is an opportunity to be actively involved in helping to solve some of the major issues in the world.
We were recently brought to City West Hotel in Dublin to meet the other groups of Irish students and also some of the  students from Palestine and Burma. The day consisted of a drama, presentations made by each school, a chance to express what we learned through art, presentations made by organisations such as 'Trocaire' and 'Aware' , and also a chance to talk to the students in the other schools.



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All in all, it was an enjoyable day and hopefully together we can come up with a way to help improve the state of some of the major issues is the world. We can look at the Millennium Development Goals as a guide to help us in our project.



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