International Ethos
International Student Committee
The first International Student Committee met this year to discuss how to promote the international ethos at the school. The committee is made up of the elected International Representatives (global reps) from each form but any one interested is more than welcome. In order to show how international our students are, a Grey Coat International Community map has been put up on the International Notice-board. Students and teachers alike are invited to place a sticker on the map of the world showing where their family are from. It aims to highlight international events at the school and inform readers of international issues. This will be developed throughout the year.
International Music Project
In February students from The Grey Coat Hospital joined forces with students from Westminster City School to create and perform a musical international project. Fifty students from Year 9 were selected from a whole year group opera experience workshop. These selected students then wrote, composed and rehearsed the project in one week. Their final performance was on Monday 11 February 2008. The aim of the project was to increase awareness of the international community represented within both schools and in the Westminster wider community. The theme given to them was 'Worldly Wisdom' which links in with the school theme of ‘Wisdom’ at The Grey Coat Hospital. The students considered where we can find wisdom in the world, regardless of race, religion or creed. Working with internationally acclaimed opera singers, film makers and musicians from Tinderbox Artists and Three Blue Legs Films, the students produced an outstanding performance of drama and music entitled ‘One Wise World’. The project was a great success and the students should be very proud of themselves.
Intermediate International School Award
The school was successful in our application for the intermediate International School Award. Schools applying at this level are given recognition for international work already undertaken by the school. Therefore this is a retrospective look at the school's recent international work. We were given a certificate for this achievement. We are now applying for the Full International School Award.
Ongoing and to come:
  
Mondialogo International School Competition.
A team has been entered into the Mondialogo School Competition. It is run by UNESCO and funded by DaimlerChrysler for intercultural dialogue and exchange. It has been running for 4 years now and has included students from over 140 countries worldwide. It is a fantastic opportunity for Grey Coat students to find out more about their own and other cultures and to learn to work together with a partner team from another continent. Our school has been assigned a partner team in Argentina. The teams have started to make contact with each other, and will soon choose and agree on a topic and work jointly on a common project in a process of mutual exchange. The final project will be submitted by 31 May 2008. www.mondialogo.org
World Challenge
GCH will be taking a team on a trip with World Challenge in the summer of 2009. The team will spend 4 weeks travelling the Maya Route through Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. They will be trekking and undertaking community work. The students will be fundraising for this trip over the next two years so watch this space! (There are still spaces available should any new students be interested in joining us – see Miss Worsfold)
www.world-challenge.co.uk
The Amnesty International Youth Group
The Amnesty International youth group’s focus is to find out about human rights abuses throughout the world and campaign for individuals to be helped. This year we aim to broaden people's knowledge of what is going on in the world through assemblies and other events. The students have already prepared and presented an assembly to lower school on the problem of modern day human trafficking. The focus for the rest of the term will be China (linking in with the 2008 Olympics) and Burma. We meet every Wednesday lunch time in the chapel at lower school. All are welcome.
www.amnesty.org.uk
The International Ethos permeates across the curriculum and extra curricular activities in our students lives. If you would like to get involved in any of these international events or have any ideas on how we can improve the International ethos at the school please see Miss Worsfold, the International Co-ordinator.
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