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The Board received a presentation from the Head of Spanish, the International Links Co-ordinator and the Mission Charities Co-ordinator on a recent trip to Guatemala and how this feeds into the theme of ‘Internationalism’ and Charities/voluntary at CLSG.

The Head of Spanish provided the Board with an overview of the trip and the voluntary work undertaken by the students. The Board were informed that the feedback from all those who participated in the trip had been overwhelmingly positive with the students drawing much inspiration from the voluntary aspects of it.

The Head of Spanish expressed her gratitude to the Board for granting them the opportunity to undertake this trip.

The presentation covered the following points:

·        How work was progressing to embed Internationalism and cultural/international awareness into all aspects of the curriculum;

·        October 2015 saw the launch of CLSG’s International Policy;

·        In November 2015 CLSG had been awarded an intermediate level award from the British Council recognising it as an International School. The trip to Guatemala had been named as one of three important international activities undertaken by the School in its application. The application had been praised for demonstrating passion and commitment to the cause. CLSG would be applying to the British Council next year for full accreditation.

·        The School’s Mission Charities Co-ordinator had taken up her post in April 2015;

·        The School were now keen to move away from associating overseas trips with languages and to offer them to all Sixth Form students in the future;

·        Similar trips to Guatemala were now planned and a two week trip to Sri Lanka in Autumn 2016 was currently being explored;

The Chairman thanked the presenters for this overview of International activities at the School and emphasised that the Board were very supportive of the School continuing this international approach.