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Visit Global Footprints for ideas and activities aimed at empowering
all
participants to take steps towards a more sustainable future
www.globalfootprints.org
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2/7/2009 |
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Theme for 2009: "Driving global recovery through co-operatives" 4 July 2009
Read about our project on social enterprise and co-ops, and how they can help our children learn about trade and business developing communities locally and globally. Click here for Banking on the World. Click here for Social Enterprise as part of participation. Click here for Boy Bows Co-op project.
Click here to go to the International Day Website.
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24/6/2009 |
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'Community Cohesion - Connecting through sameness, growing through difference' organised by Tower Hamlets Scrutiny and Equalities, 18th May 2009 at the Atlee Community Centre.
For documents presented at this conference simply click on 'Read More'.
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17/6/2009 |
| Children's Rights Alliance for England is sending an anniversary pack to all schools. Click here for a website with links to help you celebrate.
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17/6/2009 |
| There are one day training events around the country, including London, that includes: Ready Steady Change - a children's rights framework for participation; Building a Culture of Participation - how organisations can embed participation; Hear by Right Workshops - mapping and planning participation, Safeguarding in Youth Participation - safe policies and procedures; Youth at the Table - how young people can be trustees; and Saying Power - training for young people, 16-25.
Download the full programme, click here.
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17/6/2009 |
|  The Ministerial Shadowing Programme will provide disadvantaged or under-represented young people with the opportunity to shadow a Minister for the day. They will be able to sit in on various important meetings and events, question the Minister on their role and responsibilities and see how they engage with and are supported by their teams. We will work to ensure that the young person’s involvement is featured positively in the local press. All travel and refreshment costs will be covered as part of the programme.
Download an information sheet, click here. Download the application form, click here. For the website of the organisers, National Body for Youth Leadership, click here.
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16/6/2009 |
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Explore our Banking on the World project. How you can use co-operatives and social enterprises in your school to change project and charity work into businesses that are seen by the United Nations as vital tools for empowerment, democratic action and reducing poverty... Find out how you can work with Credit Unions as well... click here for more about turning financial literacy into active global citizenship.
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12/6/2009 |
| Click Read More to find out about EMA Innovations Grant
Closing date for applications is Thursday 2nd July 2009
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27/3/2009 |
| We are currently working with Somali families from Marion Richardson School. We will be creating a resource for their school and community. Pupils will interview their parents to find out more about Somalia. We have been very lucky to get permission to use the following resources to help us:
"When you lived in Somalia" A guide to how Somali children interviewed their parents in Globetown. Edited by Rachel Warner. £6 -Pop into Humanities Education Centre for a copy. We are working with Rachel to further develop a resource for schools. Download here.
"Somali Children in Our Schools." A guide and information booklet for teachers and professionals working with Somali parents and children. Edited by Jack Naidoo
Free if you pop into the Humanities Education Centre.
Click here for full information
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28/5/2009 |
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On the National Curriculum website links to resources, guidance and case studies on Community Cohesion.
The QCA is also running a government consultation on the curriculum, focusing on four areas:
the proposed primary curriculum
proposed changes to PSHE education
proposed changes to subject level descriptions
updated religious education guidance
Click here for more information on Community Cohesion also Click here for the consultation website.
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5/5/2009 |
|  Your class can learn about world development issues such as water, health, education, open governance and trade, and what the government is doing with them through the Department for International Development by holding an exciting class debate. Their views can then go on to be expressed in the governments online consultation on its support of development issues that will feed into a new White Paper to be launched in June.
Get your students debating and taking part in real politics. Click here to download advice about the consultation, and click here for the invite to take part in a concluding video conference, click here for the teacher information and advice about the class debate. Click here for the webquest.
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29/4/2009 |
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Sign-up your school to a national project that is supporting schools in implementing the new curriculum ensuring that the Global Dimension is addressed. How can your normal school delivery ensure your students are becoming critically thinking, active global citizens?
See the TeachersTV programme, with downloadable resources.
Download the project flyer and then e-mail us if you are a London school, to join the growing project.
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28/4/2009 |
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Save the Children have a brilliant website called Eye to Eye that has a range of resources and activities to explore the issue of Child Labour. The site is up for one more year, and you can order from it hard copies including DVDs of the resources from the site, as well as downloading materials.
An invaluable resource for teaching about child labour. Click on the image to go to the site.
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24/4/2009 |
| The Childrens Rights Alliance for England have produced several great new publications. These include:
Two young people's reports, a summary and a full report, on the state of children's rights in England, click here.
A report on what local authorities are doing to help implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. You could get your students to look for relevant data and then write to their local authority to see what it is doing... and how as young people in the Borough they can help! Click here to download the report.
A review, with case studies of how the participation rights training pack 'Ready, Steady, Change' - for adults and children - is being used successfully around the country. Click here to download the report.
It also has free training for children and young people on 27 May 2009 in London. The day will include:
1. Children’s rights—what they are and how they’re protected
2. How to get involved in Get ready for change!
3. Top tips on being taken …
Click here for more information
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23/4/2009 |
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InterAct - Co-operative Solutions to Social Cohesion
Attend one of the best co-op education conferences. Two days at Moulton College, Northampton, with guest speaker Sarah McCarthy-Fry, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Schools and Learners... and the country's best co-operative education facilitators and trainers - CLADA, Dynamix and First Questions...
Download the flyer click here.
Click here for the website.
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2/4/2009 |
|  Click here for link to BBC news item about funding and opportunities for young people to be active in their communities, with links etc.
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25/2/2009 |
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 Do you want to end hate in Tower Hamlets? Do you want to contribute to creating an environment where everyone can enjoy living, working and visiting Tower Hamlets - free from fear, intimidation and attack?
Everyone has a part to play. Organisations and individuals can sign the pledge against hate. The No Place for Hate Campaign Pledge will strengthen our commitment to eradicate hate in Tower Hamlets.
Click here for further information and to sign the individual or institutional pledge.
Why not get your classes, students, school council or entire school signing or creating their own pledge and send a copy to Helen Jenner, click here.
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13/2/2009 |
|  A 156 page book celebrating the 18th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, including articles from UN experts and from children around the world. Excellent starting point to learn the history, values and stories of the implementation of the UNCRC, and to see if from a child's perspective. Click here to download the pdf.
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25/11/2008 |
|  Two children from Cayley Primary School filmed and interviewed the Minister for International Development Gareth Thomas, as well as the Principal of the Co-op College, and business people ranging from fairtrade companies Divine Chocolate and Liberation Nuts to Greenwich Leisure the co-op that runs Tower Hamlets sports centres. This was at the annual Co-op Party Conference. Last year the school, along with Ian Mikardo, were the first to film and interview the guests. This was so successful three schools were filming at the conference this year.
To see their films click here .
To find out about social enterprise and co-ops click here.
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17/11/2008 |
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A confidential local service for children, young people, parents and carers.
Tel: 0800 1216 753.
Mon-Fri 3:30-6pm
Find out more click here.
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5/8/2008 |
|  A three year project to get business people into schools working with enterprise but addressing the agenda of development and poverty eradication, as well as community empowerment, has got its webpages on-line. The pages include case studies, interviews, downloadable material, support, interactive resources and lots more... It is a growing site, with more video's and case studies being added during the summer.
Click here to go to the Banking on the World site, especially if you are a teacher who uses enterprise or a business person who volunteers in schools.
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22/7/2008 |
|  At London's first Fairtrade Schools Conference two Tower Hamlets schools, Cayley and Bow Boys, shared their good practice with schools from all over London.
Bow Boys have been running a student co-op that sells Fairtrade goods. Click here to go to the webpages that share the work of Bow Traiders, with interview video clips and a powerpoint.
Cayley have had their school council create a children's voice policy statement, that has been presented and discussed by the whole school.
Bow Boys have also, through an ASDEN project designed and produced Fairtrade shopping bags, these can be bought by visiting HEC at the Tower Hamlets School Library Service, PDC, English Street, E3 4TA. For teachers only £3.
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10/6/2008 |
|  A series of webquests with support material for teachers on creating school council consitutions and policies as well as using your local town hall (at the moment based on work at Tower Hamlets Town Hall).
Click here for creating a school council constitution.
Click here for creating school council policy on Fairtrade and poverty.
Click here to explore local democracy and Fairtrade and sustainability.
Suitable for primary and secondary schools.
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13/5/2008 |
|  Get your students researching and then acting on global issues focusing on poverty reduction and human rights. They can do webquests on issues ranging from how Dept for International Development should spend its money to making a sustainable world to health and water issues.
Visit the site, find out what its all about and contact us for advice or help. HEC tel: 020 7364 6405 e-mail: hec@gn.apc.org
Click here for the LgFL Global Homepage.
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18/2/2008 |
|  You can download a pdf with a 12 page class resource that can be used for KS2 and 3. Children learn about business and take the roles of shop keeper, plastic bag manufacturer, jute bag manufacturer, environmentalist and a government representative. There are briefing sheets, lesson plans, an activity to analyse decisions and outcomes...
Let the students debate what should happen to plastic bags... ban them, tax them, educate against them, or just use them?
Click here to download resources.
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8/11/2005 |
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Get your students to join Amp and have their voices heard locally.
Amp has been developed for young people by involving young people in the borough - it's there so you can have a say in how services are delivered, what's on offer to young people in Tower Hamlets and how things could or should be changed.
Being an Amp member allows you full access to amp.net.uk, with forums, multimedia post boards, chat rooms and more.
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8/12/2006 |
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A set of webquests have been created for primary schools on the themes of fair trade, health and water, refugees... The list is growing.
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We are continuing
to compile the database of recommended resources, currently
in use in Tower Hamlets Schools, which address the different PAL learning outcomes across Key stages 1 to 5.
This will be accessible via this website. Make your recommendations
through either:
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