Welcome to the teachers’ section of our web site.

This web site came about because of the friendship link between the village of Kilvayattanan Kuppam in Tamil Nadu and Bishopston in Bristol. The simple objective of the web site is to provide information about everyday life in a South Indian community for teachers and anyone else who is interested in learning about how other communities live. There are many India resource packs on the market so there has never been any intention to replicate some of these very good teacher resources. What we have provided is an insight into what it is like to live in a village in India with hopefully enough information to allow a comparison between life there and in the UK.

There are obvious links to subjects such as geography (particularly QCA, KS2 Unit 10-A Village in India) and citizenship but we hope that, as teachers, you will want to use the information on this web site creatively with your pupils in a variety of ways, across the curriculum and in different key stages. The Teachers’ Forum facility may be useful to share ideas with other teachers.

If you wish to link to this website, feel free to use the icons and resources on the Web Resources page.

Acknowledgements:

Website text by Pam Morris
Photos by Pam Morris
Original website graphics by Clive Townsend
Website creation by Clive Townsend
All logos are copyright of their respective owners

With thanks to the people of K.V.Kuppam for their generosity and willingness to share their culture and way of life with us.

Thanks also to Pippa Whittaker and the pupils of Cheney School,
for letting us share in their Big Fairtrade Adventure.

 

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