Our International week dance workshops are really great for recognising all the different cultures and countries you have in a school. The UK is a mixture of so many different nationalities, which should be celebrated. It adds so much to our culture, and knowing about different places makes us more understanding and empathetic.
When we teach dance from around the world it makes students feel proud of their heritage, and it also gets everyone else educated on where other are are from.
Also dance is a great way to expand on a topic. We play lots of traditional music, and show costumes or photos of traditional dress relating to the dance style we are teaching.
Hampton Hargate School
We taught for three days at the end of last term at Hampton Hargate School in Peterborough. It’s the second year running we have taught some International Week dance workshops for them. They are a large school with three classes per year group. Each year group studies a different country during the week.
