In our new Climate Letters resource you an learn about global warming and the UN COP conferences on climate change and identify a locally important business that you can write a letter to in order to ask about the action they are taking to be more environmentally friendly.

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Description: Students create a travel guide for their twinned school's city or country, highlighting key aspects such as sights, food, culture, and essential tips for visitors. The guide can take various forms—booklet, website, or video—and once finished, will be exchanged for review and feedback.

Steps: Research: Explore the twinned school's local area. Create: Produce a travel guide in the chosen format. Exchange & Review: Share guides with the twinned school and provide feedback.

Objectives: Enhance understanding of the twinned school's culture, foster interaction between schools, and develop creative and research skills.

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Description: Students design and create an item reflective of their home country's culture, wildlife, or heritage, such as a model of a native animal or a box adorned with significant motifs. Upon completion, they write clear instructions for creating the item, which are then exchanged with their twinned school. Both schools build the item based on these instructions, photograph the result, and share the photos with each other. This activity emphasises the importance of effective communication and cultural exchange.

Steps: Design: Conceptualise and create an item that represents an aspect of your country. Document: Write detailed instructions on how to recreate the item. Exchange & Create: Swap instructions with the twinned school, create each other's items, and share the outcomes.

Objectives: To deepen understanding of one's own and the twinned school's culture, enhance communication skills, and foster international collaboration through a hands-on craft project.

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In this document you will find a whole host of ideas that you can develop to use for your twinning projects between the UK and the UAE.

Ideas in this resource include:

• Introductory Meet and Greet

• Video Introductions

• Roots & Shoots Video Summary

• Electronic Pen Pals

• Instructables

• Code Breaking

• Travel Guide

• Instructables: Local Cuisine version

• UAE & UK Have Talent

• Scavenger Hunt

• Development of Science and Technology

• Shared Story Writing

• Shared Experiences

• Junk `n Stuff

• Refugee Action

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In this activity you’ll find out about the mountains and uplands of the UK and UAE, and the animals that live there. Both schools will contribute to a shared card game which can then be used to learn about the animals from both regions.

In this activity you and your students will:

Learn about the mountain regions of the UAE and the UK, and the animals that live there.

Find out which animals are endangered and what your students can do to help.

Create a card game which both schools can use to learn about the animals from both regions.

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