I hope that the new school year has started well for you all. This is our first
e-news of the term and it’s full of courses, resources and opportunities to bring
global issues into your classroom, including:
- Last chance to get involved with Global School Partnerships – a programme that offers funding for schools to visit a partner schools in
Africa, Asia, Latin America or The Caribbean. See the events section and www.dfid.gov.uk/globalschools for more details.
- The first time that the Global Student Forum is coming to the region. It’s a great opportunity for sixth form students to
learn about current global issues and active global citizenship. See below the
events section for more details.
This year we’ve seen events such as the Arab revolutions and the Japanese Tsunami
unfold. In the summer we witnessed the English riots and already this term the
anniversary of 9/11. Young people are affected by what they see and hear. However,
helping your pupils to make sense of these world events and to understand how they shape their world and future isn’t always easy. We
have included some links in the resources section to help you. OWNNE can also
support you by delivering:
· Challenge days for pupils tackling global events.
· Staff meetings for staff to develop their skills and confidence.
Do get in touch to find out how we can support your school.
Events, Courses & Workshops
2. Introduction to Global School Partnerships
Tuesday, 27
th September 2011, 09:30 to 15:30 - Choppington, Northumberland
Thursday, 29
th September 2011, 09:30 to 15:30 - Middlesbrough
FREE (Grants available for supply cover)
Free one day professional development workshop covering the principles, educational
benefits and practicalities of global school partnerships. The workshop is for
school staff who are interested in establishing, or have recently initiated, a
Global School Partnership. It will also cover details of applying for grant funding.
Global School Partnerships is a highly successful school linking programme. Many
schools in the North East have taken advantage of the programme to establish educational,
equitable and sustainable school partnerships
3. Planning a friendship week with a Global Focus - Be prepared for National Anti-Bullying Week: 14th - 25th November 2011
Wednesday 28th September 2011, 16.00 to 17.30pm – Middlesbrough
Cost: £30 including refreshments
Need inspiration for organising a friendship/anti-bullying week? This workshop
will help primary teachers to plan a week with a difference using ideas and case
studies from around the world. The focus will be on exploring global issues relating
to equality and diversity using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
the Child as a starting point. Teachers will learn how to encourage a human rights
approach to PSHE/ Citizenship across the school from foundation stage upwards
which places emphasis on Democracy and Justice, Rights and Responsibilities and
Identities and Diversity: living together in the UK.
4. Fairtrade Schools Award Networks
FREE
Durham – 4th October 2011 - St Andrew’s Primary School, Bishop Auckland
Sunderland – 11th October 2011 - St John Boste Primary School, Washington
Newcastle / Gateshead – 13th October (venue tbc)
Join us and other schools from your area for a free twilight session to learn
practical ways to help your pupils learn about Fairtrade and support your school
to work towards the Fairtrade School Award. This session will focus on activities
to bring the issues into subjects across the curriculum. You will leave with resources
and ideas and hopefully be inspired to apply for the award!
All sessions will run from 16:00 to 17:30 (...and will include some Fairtrade
refreshments!)
Places are free, but registration is required. To book a place, please email
Jeanette Flatman
Jeanette.flatman@ownne.org with the following information:
Name:
School:
LA:
Phone:
Email:
Where are you up to with the Fairtrade School Award?
5. Economic Wellbeing with a Global Dimension - Be prepared for Global Entrepreneurship Week: 14th-20th November 2011
Wednesday 5th October 2011, 16.00 to 17.30 - Middlesbrough
Cost: £30 including refreshments
This workshop aims to help secondary school teachers get children thinking about
the skills that they will need to survive in order to achieve a bright economic
future. Using the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a starting point, namely
the right to a decent standard of living, the workshop focuses on how to tackle
topical issues relating to money such as: What is money for? Standard of living:
what do you need to survive and thrive? Barriers to achieving economic well-being,
attitudes to work, spending and saving, does money = happiness?
Using case studies from around the world in order to bring a global perspective,
teachers will learn different techniques to help encourage young people to reflect
on their own personal money habits and teach them how to make wise economic decisions
in the future.
6. Start with a Story
Wednesday, 12th October 2011, 13:00 to 16:00 at Tees Valley One World Centre,
Middlesbrough
Cost: £45 per person including refreshments and a resource
Find out how to use your favourite stories to address global issues and values
including rights and responsibilities, stereotypes and sustainability. Look at
stories that other schools have used to bring global issues to life.
7. Diversity in the UK – Investigating who we are (KS2)
Monday, 17
th October 2011, 13:00 to 16:00 at Durham Leadership Centre, Spennymoor
Cost: £80
“Pupils have too few opportunities to develop an understanding of the diversity
of life in present day Great Britain” (North East Primary School, Ofsted 2010)
“The curriculum offers (pupils) insufficient insights into the experience of
other communities and faiths within the UK.” (North East Primary School, Ofsted 2009)
This half-day workshop will improve your skills, knowledge and confidence to
teach about diversity in the UK and equip you with resources to develop the curriculum.
The workshop includes:
- Strategies to teach about diversity and controversial issues and to put them
in to practice.
- Recommended resources and background information about the cultures, communities
and faiths in the UK and North East.
8. Global Citizenship and International Links Primary Network
Tuesday, 8
th November 2011, 15:30 to 17:30 - The EWE Centre, Esh Winning
FREE (for schools that are partners/affiliates of Durham’s Education Development
Service)
This network aims to support teachers that have been given the role of global
/ international / sustainability / rights coordinator in their school. The network
will provide the opportunity for such coordinators to develop their skills and
knowledge and stay up to date with the latest resources, opportunities and policy
and to share their experience and learn from other coordinators.
One World Network North East is coordinated this network on behalf of Durham’s
Education Development Service. The network is free for schools that are partners/affiliates
of Durham’s Education Development Service, but it is also open to schools from
across the region.
9. New ideas for a successful Global Focus Week
Thursday 10th November 2011, 16.00 to 17.30pm –Middlesbrough
Cost: £30 including refreshments and a resource
Twilight session for Primary school teachers. A whole school approach to planning
a global focus week. The session will include themed activities for the week,
curriculum planning and an introduction of work by a local artist/musician. There
will be resources to borrow, hire or buy including themed boxes of artefacts and
a free copy of ‘Global Learning through Global Focus Weeks: a Practical Guide’.
To book a place on any of these training events please contact Cecile Ord on
01642 322216 or
towc@towc.org.uk.
10. Global Student Forum's North-East England conference for students
Thursday, 17th November 2011, 10:00 – 16:00 in Newcastle
An exciting set of opportunities has arisen for your sixth form students! For the first time, the Global Student Forum conference is coming to the North-East.
The GSF2011 theme is Dying for Life, focusing on the greatest health inequity
in the world today - that a woman dies in pregnancy or childbirth nearly every
minute, and that 99% of these women live in the developing world.
The Global Student Forum gives sixth form students fantastic opportunities for:
- personal development and leadership
- learning about current global issues and active global citizenship
After an inspiring conference, they return to schools as peer educators, challenged
and equipped to share their learning with 1,000 students.
Places are limited to a maximum of 20 schools. Schools will be granted 10 student
tickets and two staff tickets, but you can request additional student tickets
(up to a maximum of 20) should you need them. The cost to schools has been kept
to a minimum - just £150 (plus VAT) will pay for all of your conference tickets
and a great set of Peer Educator resources for every student.
Resources
11. British Council Schools Online - new website
Schools Online is British Council's new website and community, supporting schools
to work internationally. The new website combines the school partnerships support of Connecting Classrooms
Online with the services of the Global Gateway, e-Languages and the International
School Award.
Features include:
- A partner finding service
- The International School Award
- Online forums
- Project spaces
- Funding opportunities
- Signposting to professional development and other resources
12. Oxfam’s Grow Campaign
There are lots of reasons why 1 in 7 of us will go hungry tonight. Use this campaign
to help pupils understand what the main issues are around food justice globally,
and be inspired to take action as active Global Citizens.
13. English riots, the anniversary of 9/11, Norwegian atrocities and the Arab revolutions
From the Japanese Tsunami to the anniversary of 9/11, there seems to have been
so many big events happening around the world and here in the UK. Helping your
pupils to make sense of them and to understand how they shape their world and future isn’t always easy. To support you, here are some useful resources:
14. Campaign! Make an Impact – New KS2-4 Citizenship / History resource
Campaign! Make an Impact is an innovative initiative that uses history to inspire young people into active
citizenship, ‘social action’ and the ‘Big Society’.
This simple three step model enables schools to work with museum and archive
collections, and get involved in local issues. A cross-curricular programme of
activity includes:
- Exploration of historical campaigns.
- Investigation of how these historical campaigners got their message across.
- Developing campaign skills, enabling and inspiring children and young people
to run their own campaigns.
The model is extremely flexible and can be used for: Key Stage 2 – 4 • PLTS skills
• new Citizenship GCSE • History and Citizenship curricula • Enterprise education
• cross-curricular days • Every Child Matters • Extended Services
15. World Maritime Day - last week in September
On 29th September the International Maritime Organization (IMO) celebrates World
Maritime Day. The theme for 2011 is Piracy. The World Maritime Day is used to
focus attention on the importance of shipping safety, maritime security and the
marine environment and to emphasize a particular aspect of IMO's work.. You can
find out more on the
IMO website and also on the
World Maritime Day web page.
You can find teaching resources to help celebrate World Maritime Day in your
school by browsing the global dimension website 'Transport' theme -
www.globaldimension.org.uk/resources
Opportunities
16. Project Earth Rock Lesson Trialling - eco-music resource
Project Earth Rock is launching a unique Key Stage 2 eco-music resource in January
2012, "Greening the World one song at a time - A multi-media tool for sustainability
education". It will enable classroom teachers to use songs to teach about climate
change and sustainability. There are twelve songs and they all have accompanying
song-teaching videos and lesson plans.
Project Earth Rock is looking for primary school teachers who work with Year
4, 5 or 6 who would like to help trial the lessons for the resource during September.
If you are interested in knowing more about this trial programme then contact
Jess Gold by email:
Jess@projectearthrock.com or on her mobile: 07946 568866.
All participating schools will receive a free copy of the resource when it is
published in January 2012.
GlobalTeach has been set up by Hilaire Agnama and offers schools in the North
East a wide range of opportunities to bring global issues into the curriculum.
GlobalTeach offers:
- Drumming, poetry and storytelling workshops in schools
- Diversity days and global weeks focusing on Africa and refugees
- CPD and Twilight for Primary and Secondary Teachers
- Escape to Safety exhibition: Cross-curricular activities using an interactive,
multi-media installation built into a 12.5m trailer that enable students to experience
something of what it is like to be a person seeking asylum in Britain.
18. Joint Venture to provide new Outdoor Education Opportunities
Durham’s Outdoor and Sustainability Education Service (OASES) has been approached
by senior representatives of a private company ‘Contour Education Services’ and
the charity the ‘Challenger Trust’. We have been offered an opportunity to develop
a Joint Venture with these two organisations to provide a central facility for
booking and managing trips and visits for all County Durham schools and to schools
across the North East of England. We believe that the ‘Joint Venture may offer
considerable benefits to schools through reducing costs to pupils, and reducing
the burden of administration. The net result- more high quality Outdoor Learning,
contributing to raised achievement.
19. Global Citizenship Opportunities in October, November and December
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