This is a dedicated area on the globalgateway site for schools looking to start a school partnership or develop an existing partnership link. The site is built around three key areas:

• How do we decide where or how to link?
• We'd really like some links but there are too many options
• We've already got a link school but haven't really made a start

Links from each area take you to the 'idea engine'. This includes further areas to consider with links to possible ways forward. The site encourages you to think about linking before starting to link.

So if you want to find out what would suit your school best, you can find your own way through this tour of the options so that you can identify the partnerships, projects or programmes you would like to follow up. Go to:

http://www.globalgateway.org.uk/

The hyperlink to 'Thinking about Linking' is under the heading 'Special Zones' on the Gateway. Links under this heading also include:

• Teachers' ICT Toolkit: a summary of possible ways to link using ICT (with hyperlinks to further information).
• Festivals and Special days: A calendar across the world which includes activities and resources you can adapt for every week of the school year.