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The areas for major national initiatives are Community Cohesion, Sustainable Schools, Fairtrade Schools, Positive Contribution, Enterprise and the New Curriculum, Extended Schools, Building Schools for the Future, School travel, and Who Do We Think We Are. The duty on schools to promote community cohesion came into effect on 1 September 2007 and the duty on Ofsted commenced in September 2008. A comprehensive look at initiatives for schools to become sustainable and the role of citizenship and student voice. The Government wants all schools to be sustainable by 2020. Guidance on how a school can achieve Fairtrade status. This is the fourth area of the five that covers Every Child Matters. It is where you will find the opportunities young people should have of volunteering, being active in their community and having their voices heard. By using co-operative, social enterprise your children can be active global citizens learning about and using the key tools for tackling poverty around the world. Enterprise is a key area in your curriculum for active citizenship, bringing together participation, business and issues of world economics and sustainability. click here The new Key Stage 3 curriculum was launched in September 2008 with year 7 students and has a three year roll out - find out more Find out more about Extended SchoolsBuilding Schools for the Future A downloadable pdf of ten case studies exploring sustainability, click hereFind out more on about Building Schools for the Future, click here: To be added. The Who Do We Think We Are? Educational programme engages primary and secondary school teachers in the exploration of identity, diversity and citizenship with children and young people: in their schools, local communities and nationally - find out more
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