Elgol Primary School on Skye in Highland was involved in a “Local Foods for Local Schools” project, which initially involved pupils in growing vegetables in the school garden. Not content with this, however, they then decided to do a project on Food Miles. Some of the P7 pupils went shopping with a parent volunteer, and bought healthy foods, including fruit, cheeses, bread, and salad. When they got back to school, they looked at where everything had come from, and used a map to establish where these places were to be found. They then added up all the miles the food had travelled. The furthest-travelled were spring onions from Mexico and the closest was bread from Benbecula.
The pupils also took part in “Youth Speaks” which is a public speaking competition for schools, held annually in Portree on Skye. Their team’s theme was Food Miles, and they urged the audience to choose local produce wherever possible.

September 2006 saw the school busy making their own jam, using locally grown fruit – cultivated & wild. They made many different kinds, including bramble, plum, rhubarb and damson, as well as rowan and mint jelly. In November 2006 they developed this idea further & invented “Food Miles Marmalade” which was mostly made from local apples. They added the orange peel from their Scottish Executive free fruit supplies – and it was a great success. They sold it in the Local Food Market in Portree in December 2006 and this enterprising approach won them £1000 in the Scottish Executive’s "It’s Our Future" competition; as runners – up in the 'Food' category.

Kirkliston Nursery School in City of Edinburgh Council has developed an extensive, age-appropriate global element to their curricular planning, and have actively involved the wider community in many aspects of their work. All forward plans are shared with parents via email, website and the Eco notice board. Parents are encouraged to comment upon the plans and suggest any additional items.
When appropriate, staff liaise with members of the wider community to plan for particular events. Examples of this include a Tai Chi instructor during Chinese New Year, a French Language Instructor, and International Storytellers.
A good number of parents attended the International Food evening in 2007 – commenting positively on the experience and some parents voluntarily attended the school on World Storytelling day to tell stories to the children.
All children are invited and encouraged to participate in international work and whole-class stories, songs and lessons ensure that all children become aware of the various events.

Assessment profile records are kept for all children. These ‘All About Me’ books highlight children’s participation in numerous activities, including photographic evidence of children’s participation in international work. Staff frequently review these records and target children appropriately.
The school openly welcomes and promotes the visitation of friends from the global community. Over recent years, they have hosted many guests, including Icelandic Early Years professionals, Austrian High School students, South African visitors following their Head Teacher’s work in SA with Link Global teaching.

Pupils earnestly welcome participation within numerous international activities and events, displaying enthusiasm and curiosity throughout. Pupils participate in a number of international activities out with the educational establishment such as: French and Spanish language classes and Scottish Highland Dancing classes. Their Head Teacher participated in a 5-week voluntary Global teaching experience within Ikageng Primary School in South Africa – via 'Link Community Development'. As a result, they now have a connection with this school. The children have participated in fund raising activities for the school, including a Shoe appeal and Goat appeal.

The school is currently in the process of linking with an Eco-School in South Africa.

The school recently received a grant of £9000 from 'Awards For All' to explore and develop a garden project depicting their link with South Africa. This garden will incorporate recycling and sound-making features.

This project will incorporate many different elements of the 3-5 curriculum, including: Exploring - pupils visiting the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh Zoo and other cultural organisations to look at the lifestyles, landscape, flora and fauna of Africa and exploring how this can feed into the Nursery School garden design.

Drums and Stories - pupils and staff will work with an African drummer to learn about the rhythms and sounds of Africa. A story teller will help the participants learn more about life in Africa.

Art and Construction - Colour, pattern shape and texture will be used to make art work (using recycled materials) that will inform the design of the outdoor space. Using the ideas and images gathered from the visits, pupils will create flags, paintings and other work which can be sent to the exchange school. The garden space will provide an area that can be used everyday for sound making, as well as a stage area for performing some new storytelling, music and drumming learnt throughout the project.