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We offer a wide range of cultural diversity events.
Our ‘Daytrips’ to India, Africa, Mexico and China have proved very popular in primary schools. This interactive experience, facilitated by an experienced educator from the country and supported by a DEC assistant, highlights the Global Dimension and also focuses on Numeracy, Literacy, RE, Music and Art. The charge for a daytrip event is currently £515 per day- reduced to £450 for DEC (Hull) members. This includes two sessions, each for a maximum of 30 KS1 or 35 KS2 pupils.
Half day cultural diversity events are also available, as well as storytelling and activities for pre-school children, fair trade sessions for schools and youth groups or shorter multicultural or themed events.
Other events recently delivered in schools include Activity days (cooking, dancing, African and Indian printing etc.) and African drumming sessions. We are always happy to work with you and tailor events to your needs, please contact us to discuss this further. |
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Full House at Howden Infants
‘Hola’, ‘por favor’, ‘gracias’, and ‘adiós’ are now part of Year 1 and Year 2’s vocabulary at Howden Infants, as well as lots of excitement from their Daytrips to Mexico on the 25th and 26th September. And they were able to share this with their parents, brothers and sisters on Monday evening. Over a hundred people came to the Mexican Evening, to share learning, and to look at Mexican artefacts brought by the DEC. Each year since 2003 the school has arranged that all children in Years 1 and 2 join in a multi-cultural Daytrip organised by the DEC. It helps prepare for harvest and thinking about other people in the world. Each year a parents’ event linked to the children’s experience has been run. This year the school excelled itself with such a large turn out for a family event.
It is no secret that food makes a difference in attracting people. The true Mexican food cooked by Mary and Miguel Del-llano, with guacamole prepared just before everyone arrived, helped all those there to realise how much we all learn from each other. And everyone enjoyed it!
Sylvia Usher, DEC (Hull) |
Facilitator Profiles
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Miguel, a DEC facilitator originally from Mexico City, Mexico, writes:
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Miguel, teaching children about Mexico
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It is my pleasure to tell school children of all ages about my country of birth, Mexico, about its immense riches of history, culture, language and traditions, its art, music and colourful dress. I try to link the cultural differences of Mexico and Britain and encourage children to learn about both rural and city life in Mexico. During my presentations we display Mexican folk art, traditional masks, toys and musical instruments and children have the opportunity to dress up in typical traditional Mexican costumes. We sing and count in Spanish, decorate masks and make ‘papel picado’ (cut paper decorations) and the sessions conclude with a traditional Piñata party. |
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Lawrence, a DEC facilitator originally from Zimbabwe, writes:
I enjoy telling children about my country and about Africa. I like the cultural exchange. Children always enjoy the drumming sessions and like to make lots of noise! I like to show them the way in which drums are used for many different purposes (communication, celebrations, etc.) and teach them how to play authentic rhythms.
Children learn about life in rural Africa but are sometimes surprised to learn that big cities like Harare are not so different from cities like Hull.
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Lawrence, a DEC facilitator originally from Zimbabwe |
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Jian Huang, a DEC facilitator from China describing an event:
To be a Chinese, I really want everyone to know about China. I let the students know some basics about Chinese food and cooking and we practiced the morning exercises which all pupils do every day. They enjoyed it very much! I also introduced some Chinese culture to the students, such as Chinese holidays, Chinese zodiac, famous places and so on. I taught them simple Chinese language in order to build up the pupils’ confidence and I showed them how to count from 1 to 10 in Chinese. I was very glad to see they could grasp it so fast. The Olympics will be held in Beijing in 2008 and I also told them something about the plans for Beijing Olympics. |
Jian, a DEC facilitator teaching children about China |
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Sunny, teaching Indian drumming
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Sushant Soni, a DEC facilitator from India, writes:
I am Sushant Soni, from New Delhi, India. I recently completed my studies at the University of Hull. I have been working with DEC for around three years as a facilitator in primary and secondary schools. The main role was to take the lead and develop friendly and creative ways to educate children about Indian culture. It involved working with schools and youth clubs with children from 8-15 years, in Hull and East Riding.
I like to give the children a little outline about Indian culture, religion, mythology. They dress in Indian costumes, and learn a variety of Indian dances, including cultural and more modern bollywood dances.
My sessions are very interactive and students are free to ask me any questions they might have about India or the way of life in my country. |
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Opah, a DEC facilitator originally from Harare, Zimbabwe writes:
I really enjoy telling school children about the vast continent during their Africa day trip experience. Even at a young age they know so much about the wildlife. I concentrate on life in the rural areas where the focus is on recycling materials to make other articles. The skills of making kitchen utensils, jewellery and clothing are passed down from parent to child. Many such artefacts are shown and the children are given the opportunity to buy fruit and handle money. Perhaps the most exciting session is where they learn how to play typical African drum rhythms on upturned plastic flower pots!
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