International Links :: New City Primary School

At New City Primary School we celebrate our rich diverse cultures in our school by organising a range of activities such as International Day, assemblies for different celebrations (e.g. Diwali, Eid, Christmas, Hanukah, Yalda night), and Go Gamelan. At New City we want to make learning enriching, dynamic and meaningful with a forward-thinking global outlook. From year 1 children learn Mandarin and for the last 3 years through collaboration with the Confucius Institute, we have organised different activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year, which included dancing and martial arts. We have also welcomed visits from head Teachers from Denmark on an annual basis to exchange ideas and strategies for school improvement.

New City Primary School - an International School

We are delighted to say in September 2021, New City has been awarded the International School Award by the British Council for building excellent relationships with partner schools across Asia, Africa and America. At New City we have clearly embraced the necessity for developing global awareness with our children and have ensured that there is a strong International dimension to our curriculum. Our international activities include: The Chinese New Year Festival, Gamelan workshops, Faith Tours (trips to a mosque, church, temple) and Earth Day.

As a school is developing an understanding and appreciation of the interconnection that completing International work can bring. This will help our children to understand themselves and their place in the world. We are excited about continuing our international journey and our partnerships with schools across the world.

Year 3 Gamelan

26th June 2023

Over the past 2 weeks year 3 have been learning all about Indonesian culture through the Gamelan project.

Asian Heritage Week

26th May 2023

This term New City was celebrating the lives of significant people from the continent of Asia.

'My week in China' - fun learning Mandarin

26th May 2023

Every day last week the children from Y6 all took part in 1-hour online lessons learning titled ‘My week in China’.

Earth Day

26th May 2023

On Friday 21st April, New City celebrated Earth Day by wearing green!

Chinese New Year at New City

24th January 2023

The children at New City took part in a spectacular performance put on by Chinese dancers, martial artists and musicians to celebrate Chinese New Year (also known as Lunar New Year and the Spring Festival), the year of the rabbit, which took place on 22nd January 2023.

Celebrating Black History Month

23rd November 2022

In October this year, the children at New City Primary School had the opportunity learn more about Black history.

A virtual exchange with our partner school in India on mindfulness

21st November 2022

On the 17th of October our year 4 classes had the opportunity to exchange thoughts and ideas with two year 5 classes from Vega School, our partner school in India, on the importance of mental health.