The project allowed teenage Romany Gypsies to explore their culture

The children, aged between 13 and 15, are halfway through a two-part project helping them to share their culture with the settled community.

Stage one involved making a DVD looking at the history of Romany Gypsies and how the culture is evolving.

The second stage, which starts this autumn, will lead to the development of teaching resources to go with the film.

The teenagers, from Angley School which is where the film preview will be held, have been working with English Heritage and a South East film company Open Productions.

I feel proud of what I am Henry Joe Stanford

The work was planned so that the youngsters could research aspects of Romany lifestyle including the use of bender tents, travelling wagons and settled homes.

Henry Joe Stanford, 15, said it was "better than normal lessons".

He said: "You're getting to talk about your own things, your own culture and people understand. I feel proud of what I am."

All schools in Kent will receive a teaching pack in the New Year so that Romany Gypsy culture can be taught as part of the National Curriculum.