The link between Earlington School in South Africa and Prince Henry's Grammar in the UK is going from strength to strength.

Prince Henry's teacher, June Brighouse, writes: "The students have worked together to develop a theme song and are trying to put together a dance reflecting Zulu, Indian and English traditions. We also now have our own link headed notepaper, with both school crests!"

Following a flurry of exchange visits between South Africa and the UK over the summer, students have also been writing their own poetry, celebrating the link between the two schools:

"Building strong bonds and shattering the great dividing walls of stereotypes
Through the link we built
The seas that divided us seem like a narrow slit."

Jevika from Earlington Secondary School took part in an exchange visit to the UK. She reports:

Visiting Prince Henry's Grammar School in the UK was a great learning experience for me and I feel that this trip has changed my perceptions of people around the world.

It is important for schools to have such an important link with international schools. It allows students as well as teachers to interact and learn more about each other. The great distance should not create a barrier but an opportunity to cross the borders and meet each other, and that is exactly what Earlington Secondary and Prince Henry's Grammar School have done.

The teachers that I went with on this trip were amazing and made the trip possible. I am truly grateful to all of them for the experience, sacrifice and hard work they put in.

It is an important, valuable and memorable experience that will stay in my heart forever.

How did they do that? 

Earlington Secondary School in South Africa have a partnership with Prince Henry’s Grammar School in the UK.

Their link began when Prince Henry's Geography teacher, June Brighouse was put in touch with Earlington through a project called Positively Global. From that point on the partnership between the two schools grew into a very strong link and Prince Henry’s now visits Earlington at least once a year and has played host to the country’s minister for education, Ina Cronje.

They have also completed project work via the online learning community, Rafi.ki.

Their partnership is partly funded by a DFID Global School Partnership grant.

The curriculum areas covered by this partnership include Geography, Technology and Citizenship.

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