ENACT: Around the World Club free package for schools across the UK and worldwide
The Around the World Club helps teachers bring the world to their classroom! Schools across the North East, UK and worldwide can access a fantastic free educational package from ENACT at Newcastle University.
Schools can set up their own Around the World Clubs, so that children and young people can learn about different languages and cultures while doing hands-on cultural activities with the help of a free online resource, ENACT.
Who is it for?
- Schools in the North East of England, UK wide and worldwide
- The ENACT app can be used by people of all ages and all nationalities to learn about a range of languages and cultures.
When and where will it happen?
- The free education package is available anytime
- The ENACT team offers in person support to set up Around the World Clubs in North East schools
What is the activity?
Explore a growing collection of free, multilingual, and multicultural activities designed by contributors from around the world. Each activity is hosted on the ENACT web app and can be easily delivered by teachers, parents, youth workers, or volunteers.
Around the World Club is ideal for all school-aged children in schools, homes, libraries, museums, community centres, or anywhere multicultural learning can thrive. Originally created with refugee and migrant children in mind, it effectively helps in developing mutual integration, cultural empathy, and cross-linguistic learning for all.
Activities include:
- Traditional crafts and paper-making (e.g. German lanterns)
- Calligraphy from China, Japan, and beyond
- Folk stories and performance traditions
- Authentic recipes and cooking tutorials
- Dances and games for movement and fun
- Exploration of traditional clothing and textiles
Children can also co-create and upload their own cultural contributions, supported by adults—making the club not just a space for learning, but also for active global partaking.
With rising global displacement, fostering inclusion, curiosity, and intercultural understanding is more important than ever. Around the World Club gives children the opportunity to:
- Discover new languages and cultural traditions
- Develop motor, linguistic, and digital skills
- Challenge stereotypes through fun, shared experiences
- Build confidence and global citizenship awareness
How do I get involved?
Everything schools need is freely available . Start by downloading the relevant schools pack, which includes step-by-step instructions and links to all available activities.
- Click here for the ENACT webpage for Around the World Clubs, with FAQs and suggested activities and approaches
- Click here to download the ENACT UK schools pack and set up guide
- Click here to download the ENACT worldwide schools pack and set up guide
If you would like assistance with setting up ‘Around the World Clubs’, please contact the ENACT project team at enacteuropa@newcastle.ac.uk
If you would like to set up an Around the World Club in a school anywhere in the North-East, please contact the ENACT team at Newcastle University on enacteuropa@newcastle.ac.uk. They may be able to visit or give advice via zoom or come in person to your school.
Further information and links
ENACT: Learn Language through Culture has demonstrations of cultural activities with their associated languages which you can follow and use at home or in a group or classroom setting.
- Visit the ENACT website here
- Follow on social media: twitter @enacteuropa, instagram @enacteuropa and facebook/enacteuropa
Linguacuisine has demonstrations of cookery and cultures from across the world in different languages
Who is organising this?
- Organisation name: Newcastle University
- Contact: Dr Müge Satar
