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International Partnerships and Work
International Work International School Award Accreditation in:-
July 2015, December 2018, July 2021 and July 2024
In July 2021, we successfully achieved re-accreditation in the British Council International Schools Award for the third time. As part of this project we worked closely with staff and children from our partner schools in Rajkot, India and France and held various themed activities across school. Monkhouse’s international work includes learning how to say hello and greetings in a
range of languages and using these at different times across the school day, exploring the
commonwealth with our youngest pupils as part of their project on ‘What it's like to be Royal’,
Year Three looked at becoming sustainable by growing and planting food and having a
whole school focus on Fairtrade. By corresponding with pen pals in a school in France
across the year, it not only improved our French language skills, at the same time as
learning about their culture and festivals but allowed our pen pals to develop their English.
During the last year, we recognised the significance of mental health and wellbeing was
vitally important and it raised the awareness of inequality around the world even though we
are all facing this pandemic together. When we returned to school, we created a display of
photographs showing what made us happy and kept us going through the national
lockdown. We worked with our partner schools to share creative work indicating what made
the children happy. Staff and pupils were praised in the letter from the British Council:
Monkhouse’s ongoing international work includes learning how to say hello and greetings in a
range of languages and using these at different times across the school day, exploring the
commonwealth with our youngest pupils as part of their project on ‘What it's like to be Royal’,
Year Three looked at becoming sustainable by growing and planting food and having a
whole school focus on fairtrade. In Year 6, by corresponding with pen pals in a school in France
across the year, it not only improves our French language skills, at the same time as
learning about French culture and festivals but allowed our pen pals to develop their English.
During the last year, we recognised the significance of mental health and wellbeing was
vitally important and it raised the awareness of inequality around the world even though we
were all facing this pandemic together. We worked with our partner schools to share creative work indicating what made the children happy. Each week, children have enjoyed Yoga activities and sharing Yoga routines and activities with our partner school in India and China.
International Partner Schools and their locations
As a school, we have close links with three other international schools;
- Panchshil School, Rajkot, India
- Huafu Primary School, Shenzhen, China
- Jean Rostand, 64 rue Doyens A. et P. Bouzat - 35000 Rennes Brittany. France
We have collaborated on a number of projects as part of the International School Award work and look forward to continuing this work.
Panchshil School Information
Some information about Panchshil School
International links with Panchshil School
Celebrating the Hindu Festival of Holi with our partner school in India
Our children have been learning about Holi, the Hindu festival of spring and colour. Across school, they focussed on showing their learning in different ways. In Nursery, they had an amazing morning painting their faces and decorating t-shirts, Year Three used paint to create their own Holi tee shirts.
Across school, we sent messages of happy Holi to our friends at Panchshil School.
Holi is a Hindu festival that celebrates spring, love, and new life.
Some families hold religious ceremonies, but for many Holi is more a time for fun. It's a colourful festival, with dancing, singing and throwing of powder paint and coloured water.
Holi is also known as the "festival of colours".
When is Holi?
Holi marks the arrival of spring and the end of winter. It is usually celebrated in March.
How is Holi celebrated?
On the first night of Holi, people light bonfires and throw roasting grains, popcorn, coconut and chickpeas onto them.
The next day, people of all ages go into the streets for fun and paint-throwing. Everyone gets involved!
Hindus have fun by smearing each other with paint and throwing coloured water
Holi Festival March 2024
Celebrating wellbeing through Yoga with our International partner School
Panchshil School shared with us how Yoga supports their children to have a positive approach to life.
In school, we have been exploring how Yoga can benefit our children.
Yoga helps children manage their anxiety. The breathing exercises and relaxation techniques learned from practicing yoga can help children with stress management. Teaching children how to reduce stress in a healthy way is an important life skill that will help them as children and as adults.
Yoga can improve children’s emotional regulation. Another benefit of yoga for children is that it helps children learn to be in the present moment while relaxing and gaining a peaceful state of mind, which ultimately improves their emotional regulation.
Yoga boosts children’s self-esteem. Yoga for kids can do wonders for their self-esteem. Perfecting a pose or improving their balance and flexibility can give young children a sense of personal empowerment.
Yoga increases children’s body awareness and mindfulness. Going through a variety of yoga poses helps children learn about their bodies and the movements they’re capable of doing.
Yoga enhances children’s concentration and memory. One of the top benefits of kids’ yoga is that the different types of moves requires children to focus and work on their memorisation skills—both of which can translate over into their academic performance.
Yoga develops children’s strength and flexibility. Yoga helps strengthen children’s growing bodies and helps them improve their flexibility, which can reduce their chance of injury.
Yoga teaches discipline and reduces impulsivity. Yoga can reduce challenging behaviors in the classroom by providing a physical outlet for children to express themselves. It also teaches children about discipline as they work on clearing their minds and perfecting their poses.
In school, we have been exploring how Yoga can benefit our children.
Yoga helps children manage their anxiety. The breathing exercises and relaxation techniques learned from practicing yoga can help children with stress management. Teaching children how to reduce stress in a healthy way is an important life skill that will help them as children and as adults.
Yoga can improve children’s emotional regulation. Another benefit of yoga for children is that it helps children learn to be in the present moment while relaxing and gaining a peaceful state of mind, which ultimately improves their emotional regulation.
Yoga boosts children’s self-esteem. Yoga for kids can do wonders for their self-esteem. Perfecting a pose or improving their balance and flexibility can give young children a sense of personal empowerment.
Yoga increases children’s body awareness and mindfulness. Going through a variety of yoga poses helps children learn about their bodies and the movements they’re capable of doing.
Yoga enhances children’s concentration and memory. One of the top benefits of kids’ yoga is that the different types of moves requires children to focus and work on their memorisation skills—both of which can translate over into their academic performance.
Yoga develops children’s strength and flexibility. Yoga helps strengthen children’s growing bodies and helps them improve their flexibility, which can reduce their chance of injury.
Yoga teaches discipline and reduces impulsivity. Yoga can reduce challenging behaviors in the classroom by providing a physical outlet for children to express themselves. It also teaches children about discipline as they work on clearing their minds and perfecting their poses.
International Work with our Partner Schools
Children from Huafu Primary School Visit Monkhouse
Teaching the school a traditional Chinese Song - 好想你 hao xiang ni