Inverclyde Academy

My school Inverclyde Academy has been partnered with Chiradzulu Secondary School for the past two years, we have been developing our links with the school, progress as expected has been slow but both sides are committed to the scheme. Through these discussions we have discovered that Chiradzulu School is in need of a secure wall around the building as well as work done on their water tank. Our main point of contact is with the school head teacher and we hope to develop our links further in the future. Our pupils have sent letters, pictures and information regarding what life is like in a Scottish secondary school and hope that this will be the first in many projects involving pupils and staff from both schools. Through various events such as a car wash, bag packing and coffee mornings we have raised over £2000 of which £400 has so far been sent to Chiradzulu to allow work to be carried out within the school building and for the initial work on the school wall to be initiated. We are currently organizing a school fashion show all proceeds going to our partner school. Our aim is to aid fund the building work needed in Chiradzulu as well as fund a teacher exchange programme to enhance the teaching and learning of pupils in both school.