Children at Kingswood Prep School in Bath will be having a very different school day when they celebrate International Day next Friday 24 March 2017 joined by the Mayor of Bath, Councillor Paul Crossley, Mayoress and Councillor Alan Hale.
Coinciding with Red Nose Day, children and staff will be arriving at School dressed not only as someone from another country, but also sporting the customary red nose!
Kingswood Prep will hold 14 workshops throughout the day run by parents, visitors, friends and staff on the theme of “Health and Happiness” which is the unifying idea behind this year’s International Day. The children will learn about aid work in Rwanda, conflict and resolution, healthy eating, comedy humour, look at humanitarian work through story-telling as well as every member of the Pre-Prep taking part in a Ghanaian drumming workshop.
Philip Dixon, Deputy Headteacher of Kingswood Prep School and organiser of Kingswood’s International Day said: “This is a very popular annual event now in its 13th year and a really exciting experience for young children. The aim of the occasion is to help promote respect and tolerance in our children of other countries, races, religions and cultures by giving them an insight into, and understanding of, other parts of the world. We not only celebrate our differences but also examine what people from around the world have in common.
“International Day is also an opportunity to look at challenges that face nations of the world and how we can try to work together to tackle them. One only needs to look at international news headlines to appreciate the need to educate our children to help create a more tolerant and understanding world. Kingswood Prep School International Day also helps us, as a school community, to value the backgrounds of the various nationalities we have represented within the Kingswood Community.”