13 Mar Senior Prefect Team Accept Invite To Germany
Over half term Mr Dunlop and 3 senior pupils travelled to Bochum in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The trip came about after an invitation given by the Alice Salomon School after 2 of their teachers along with a Hungarian teacher visited Ulidia in October to view Integrated Education in practice. Their staff were so impressed by the great work done at the College that they invited us over to Germany to look at partnering the three schools up together in an Erasmus+ funded project looking at conflict resolution.
The 3 pupils consisted of our head prefect Thomas Adams and his two deputies Katie McNally and Rachel Morrow. On the first day we visited the school itself and were able to compare how German education differed to our own. We also spoke to staff and pupils about Integrated Education and how the College was formed. The following days were spent working hard on our European application as well as visiting a local coal mine and looking around the City of Bochum.
A definite highlight was a day trip to the beautiful university city of Munster. A must see for anyone visiting this part of Germany.
Other day trips included the old West German capital of Bonn and the amazing city of Cologne which was gearing up for its annual festival. On Monday the pupils and staff went to Düsseldorf by train for the annual Rosenmontag Festival. 1.5 million people lined the streets and watched a huge parade with everyone dressed in fancy dress!
A wonderful trip and a massive thank you must go to our hosts. We look forward to many more trips to our partner schools and also welcoming them to Ulidia Integrated College again in the near future.
