Getting in touch with the different cultures in a school community can present a way to build and strengthen family school partnerships.

The benefits of bringing representatives of local cultural communities into school and giving the exploration and understanding of those cultures a curricular value is illustrated in this video about Nagle College in Bairnsdale, Victoria.

http://www.vimeo.com/5269042

You’ll see that this is presented by the NAB Schools First initiative – as we have reminded you for the last few months, this program is offering $5 million in funds to reward successful partnerships between schools, families and communities.

Applications close 14 August 2009.

http://www.schoolsfirst.edu.au/