The
Golden Tapestry was a project for primary and special schools
across the Commonwealth. Hundreds of thousands of children
contributed their own ideas and portrayed their own lives and
experiences in a unique collaborative artwork that has been
exhibited around the world. But the Golden Tapestry was far more
than that. Within the project, schools worked together with
schools in other countries. Some we introduced to each other for
the first time, others used the project to strengthen their
existing links. Our aim was that all these links would endure
beyond the project, providing a valuable legacy on which schools
and their communities could build. Through working on the Golden
Tapestry children have learnt to see their lives in a global
perspective, to take pride in their own communities and culture
and to understand and respect others’.