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Dingwall Academy is proud and excited to be part of the programme. We have established a link with Rylands High School in Capetown, South Africa.

 

The Rector and Mr MacIntosh (Head of P.E, Health and Nutrition) visited South Africa during the October holidays and spent time at Rylands High and with the link staff. A three year plan has been agreed between the schools.

 

Rylands High is a 1,000 pupil school within an Indian community in Capetown. Sport is an important part of school life but only in extra curricular time. Physical Education as we know it is not taught in many South African schools. Part of our plan is to try and reintroduce P.E into the school curriculum giving it the status and relevance it formerly had in the country.

 

The link is very much a two way process. We can undoubtedly learn a great deal from South Africans. Their approach to education and sport is different from ours but, in some respects, better. We can learn from each other. South Africa’s diverse culture and recent political history may enable us to form links in curricular areas beyond P.E and sport.

 

In the near future, a number of pupils will be offered the chance to link up with a Rylands High School pupil via email and eventually through video conferencing. In the long term, it is hoped that groups of pupils from each school will visit each other.

 

In March 2010, Mr Oberay and Mr Searle from Rylands will visit us to further advance the link and to gain an insight into Scottish culture, education and sport.

 

The link will offer pupils fantastic opportunities to broaden their outlook and gain a real understanding of life in another country. A country that is rich in many ways and poor in others. The World Cup will propel South Africa into the limelight next summer. If successful, our link will enable pupils from both countries to take advantage of both the World Cup and the 2012 Olympics to greatly enhance their educational development - and have great fun into the bargain.