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26/4/2010 |
| We are currently migrating the core of this website across to our sister sites.
We are no longer adding news items to this site, please visit our sites below.
www.eastendtalking.org.uk will have a primary teacher section.
www.globalfootprints.org will have a secondary school global dimension section.
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23/11/2009 |
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Award sponsored by The World Photography Organisation
Young People aged 11 to 19, resident in the UK, can WIN A TRIP TO CANNES AND MEET WORLD RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHERS
Deadline for submission 14 December 2009
One lucky young photographer has the chance of winning two round trip flights** to Cannes, France, plus two nights accommodation, to attend the annual Sony World Photography Awards ceremony and week-long event produced by the World Photography Organisation.
The talented young photographer will have the opportunity to meet the organisation leaders and world-renowned photographers.
**The winning youth must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to be granted this prize.
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23/11/2009 |
| The theme for 2009: “Making the MDGs Inclusive: Empowerment of persons with disabilities and their communities around the world”.
The theme has been selected by the UN to draw attention to and promote a better understanding of disability issues and mobilize action for the empowerment of persons with disabilities.
http://www.un.org/disabilities/
Download a report on the lives of children with disabilities, click here.
Download the UNICEF report on 'Promoting Rights for Children with Disabilities' including case studies from around the world, click here.
Download an action pack for people with disabilities to set-up their campaign groups , click here.
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12/11/2009 |
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2/11/2009 |
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School Council UK went into liquidation and from their ashes has been set-up Involver. To find out more visit their website. They were one of several national organisations to facilitate student and teacher workshops at the first Tower Hamlets School Council Conference.
Click here to visit their website.
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21/10/2009 |
|  Tower Hamlets held its biggest primary school council event on 13th October, with 14 schools and 72 children at the Town Hall exploring the life of Barack Obama, as part of Black History Month and Local Democracy Week.
They were helped by Gimbala Sankare from the American Embassy, and were guests of the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, councillor Ahmed Omer, first Somalian Mayor outside of Somalia.
To see the children's interviews and get resources about Barack Obama, and see our other events at Tower Hamlets Town Hall, click here.
 There are many brilliant resources for Black History Month, one of these is an interactive timeline from the Guardian, this can be downloaded as five single posters, or you can buy them for £15 for the set.
Click on picture for interactive timeline and to order the posters.
For links to posters etc go to 'read more'
For Tower Hamlets Black History Month events click here.
Also Black History Walks are the most recent addition to the Tower Hamlets walks collection - they lead visitors to places and events with significance for black and Asian history in the borough.
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2/10/2009 |
| Tower Hamlets Young Mayor is encouraging the borough’s younger generation to have their say on multi-million pound plans to improve Victoria Park.
So far more than 1,000 people have given their views on the improvement plans, however Young Mayor, Uma Akther, along with Tower Hamlets Council, is calling on more young people to get involved.
Click here for page on Tower Hamlets website.
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23/9/2009 |
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New support materials for young people to work on setting-up and running co-operatives, click here.
Click here, for the young co-operatives website.
A new Action Kit providing information, activities, and resources for groups of young people who want to set up their own Young Co-operatives is now available.
The Kit contains background information on co-operatives, activities to generate enterprise ideas, lots of details on the practicalities of running a business, and exercises to help evaluate the success of the project.
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17/9/2009 |
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Download a pdf of this useful card here
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29/7/2009 |
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Click on image for webpage in the Enterprise Village to visit the Co-operative rooms, showing how to use co-operative enterprise in schools, with news, events, resources, case studies...
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15/7/2009 |
| The “No Outsiders” project comes at a crucial time to support primary schools and children’s services in meeting their statutory obligations. It explores the diversity of family groupings.
Funding is available to enable four Tower Hamlets primary schools to participate in the “No Outsiders” project and to share the resources and ideas developed in other project schools around the country. In addition, whole day, half day or twilight in-school training and professional development is available for a further ten schools (or cluster groups) over the next year.
This innovative project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, provides participating primary schools with a selection of children’s books featuring non-heterosexual characters. Teachers are supported to explore ways of using children’s literature to discuss issues of equality and diversity with the children they teach, linking these themes to the range of families and relationships found in all communities.
For further information email: sarah.gale@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Download an application form, with information about two levels of involvement, click here.
Click on 'Read More' to download other relevant documents, advice on legislation and book lists.
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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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19/8/2009 |
| The committee that oversees how countries throughout the world are implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child have created a document that comments on Article 12, and related Articles that are about the right to express an opinion. To download the section on education and schools click here. To see the whole document click here and then click on the top link of the table, The Right of the Child to be Heard.
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11/8/2009 |
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Following hot on the heels on the innovative duo's bakery success in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death', what do you think Wallace & Gromit should do next? Once you have decided, think about how intellectual property (patents, trade marks, designs and copyright) can help Wallace & Gromit to protect their creativity and make sure they gain value from it. Patents protect new inventions or gadgets, trade marks protect brand names, designs protect the way a product looks and copyright protects the creativity behind the idea (for example websites, advertisements, music or photographs).
See if you can submit a 'design' that includes global issues of sustainability, and effects of production and use on communities, the environment, the customers, the workers...
Click on the picture to go to the downloadable activities.
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5/8/2009 |
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On the first of April 2009 a new Duty to Involve comes into
force for local authorities and other best value organisations
across England, including all Local Authorities.
Find out more, click here.
See a single sheet pdf summary.
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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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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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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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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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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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