March 2012 - The Woodroffe School

Cameroon Visitors Bring SunshineOn a cold, grey February morning, DotWood, Director of Arts, met two veryhappy and excited visiting teachers fromCameroon at Heathrow. The teachers,Besong Leo Akem Ayuk and WemngongIta Yewong were visiting The WoodroffeSchool under the British Council schemewhich encourages Global SchoolPartnerships and provides a grant forglobal curriculum projects.Their visit was the fourth made byteachers between Woodroffe andGovernment High School in Buea. Itateaches Geography and Citizenship, andLeo is a senior teacher, responsible forICT and Economics. They spent threedays sharing lessons with the Woodroffestaff, informing students about whatlife is like in Cameroon for students atschool and also leading discussionson Global issues such as SustainableDevelopment, Social Justice and Equity,Peace and Conflict.They spoke in two school assemblies,watched local theatre performancesincluding Little Foot at Lyme’s MarineTheatre and Romeo & Juliet, performedby a visiting theatre company who puton the play for Year 9 students.In addition they spoke at a St Michael’sPrimary school assembly, answering thehundreds of questions the youngstersput to them.A highlight of the visit was meetingCouncillor Sally Holman, the Mayorof Lyme Regis, and they were veryimpressed with her welcome to the townand enjoyed learning about the historyof the local council and its role in thelocal community.School bade them farewell after aweek’s visit loaded down with fivesecond hand laptops donated byBovington ICT centre, as well asnumerous Geography and Englishtext books. “We are delighted that ourpartnership is going from strength tostrength,” said Mrs Wood. “In fact,Seoras Strain, teacher of RE andcitizenship, and Debbie Hill, teacher ofScience, will be returning to GHS Bueain May and we eagerly await news oftheir travels.”