Curious Minds

Knowsley Park Learning Centre look at Community Cohesion

Helping their learners to have a greater understanding of the community that they are part of is at the heart of Knowlsey Park Learning Centre's third year Change School Programme.

Curious Minds practitioner Joanne Holt has worked with staff to develop a new and innovative curriculum that reflects this ambition.

On Thursday 31st March a special Community Cohesion day was held to mark the progress made. In science and technology Years 9 and 10 looked at science within local industries visiting Jaguar, Knowlsey Safari Park,Stadt Moers Park and Cains Brewery. These visits helped put learning into context and develop an understanding of how it links to job's in the local community.  

The atrium held a faith market place where pupils were introduced to people and artefacts from different faith communities completing an investigative journal on their experiences . Another visit took pupils to Manchester Art Gallery to look at how artists had explored cultural identities. On the day there were also opportunities to study Urdu and Mandarin, to participate in Bollywood style dancing and to rap in Spanish.

Curious Minds were taken around the school by members of the 'super team' whose enthusiasm was a credit to the school. This is an exciting and ambitious Change School programme that connects learners and their learning to the world and community surrounding them.