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April 15, 2008
Nine Gateshead teachers and an adviser visit Spain to study how I.C.T. is used in schools
Mr. Skilbeck was a member of the party of ten which set out from Central Station,Newcastle-upon-Tyne, at 12.01 p.m.,on Saturday, 5th April bound for Badajoz in South-Western Spain, via Madrid.
The group , led by Liz Gleave (Secondary Inspector), included:
Colin Carr, Gateshead Behavioural Service
Emma Pickering, Dryden School
Susan Holmes, Harlow Green Primary
Katherine Calvert, St.Aidan's Primary/Kibblesworth Primary
Kelly Lewis, Kibblesworth Primary
Lee Connor, The Drive
Rachel Heaney, Chopwell Primary
and Sue Turton, Whickham School
The visit was part of the 'Teachers' International Professional Development Programme' which sponsors exchanges of teachers keen on learning how education is managed in countries around the world.
We travelled by train to Edinburgh, 'Easyjet' to Madrid (overnight stay) then caught a train for a five-hour journey to Badajoz on the Spain/Portugal border. The return journey started on Friday, 11th April from the station at Merida, an hour's mini-bus drive from Badajoz.
To find out what the group discovered, please visit the blog at:
www.ictgateshead.org/tipd
If you would like to know more about Badajoz, you may like to watch a short tourist video , on 'You Tube' :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5orEB7_Rjz8&feature=related
Posted by D.Skilbeck at April 15, 2008 6:32 PM