--- title: "British Council - Connecting Classrooms" url: "https://chorleystmarys.lancs.sch.uk/our-school/curriculum/british-council-connecting-classrooms" school: "St. Mary's Catholic Primary School & Nursery" --- # British Council - Connecting Classrooms At St. Mary’s we believe that with the ever changing nature of our world as we know it, socially, economically and environmentally, it’s vital that young citizens know their place in the world. We intend to promote children’s interest and understanding about diverse places, people and environments as they develop into active global citizens As part of our windows and mirrors work around diversity, Laudato Si, the make-up of our school and geography and PSHE work to develop pupils as Global citizens we are establishing two new links with international schools. I have consulted with Pupil Parliament on this and they were in support of this move. The first school is Stepping Stones in Malawi, Africa. A private/independent school where children are mixed gender and aged 0-11 and some have SEND. The second is Newton Global School in Indonesia, A private/independent school where children are mixed gender and aged 0-11 and some have SEND. Semi-urban area. www.instagram.com%2Fnewtonglobal.schoolcilacap%2F&is\_from\_rle We are delighted to announce that in February 2021 we were awarded the Global Schools Award Level 1 and St Mary's is now a certified Global School ![Global Schools Award - home page](https://chorleystmarys.lancs.sch.uk/images/pages/da9a5b317f012c8716123ac0cce1e91f.jpg) We are also pleased to announce that in July 2022, St Mary's were awarded the British Council International School Award - Foundation Certificate and would like to share the following documents with you. ### British Council Foundation Letter 93 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-mary-s-catholic/files/documents/Success_letter_Foundation.pdf) British Council International School Award 180 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-mary-s-catholic/files/documents/International_School_Award.pdf) ### Our School - [Admissions Information ](https://chorleystmarys.lancs.sch.uk/our-school/admissions) - [Assessment Results](https://chorleystmarys.lancs.sch.uk/our-school/assessment-results) - 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