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Ethical Purchasing Guidance for Schools & Colleges
Published
2013
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PDF
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FREE
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This free guidance document will assist schools and colleges with 'Ethical Purchasing'. It has been developed by the Centre for Global Education York together with the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation.
There is already government guidance available with a strong focus on ‘environmental sustainability’ but very little advice on ‘ethical tr...
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Global Learning Guidelines
Published
2013
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- PDF
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FREE
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These Guidelines are designed for primary and secondary schools to support them in developing a whole school approach to global learning.
The guidelines are a starting point for schools to reflect upon how they could use global learning activities (such as international school partnerships, Eco-schools, subject specific activities etc) to provide purpose to a whole school vision, and co...
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IF Campaign teaching activities and lesson plans
Published
2013
Type
Website
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FREE
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Use these IF Campaign teaching resources and activities to help your pupils understand more about the challenges of hunger and food in developing countries. The campaign joins 100 charities around the themes of food and hunger. The main message is that the world produces enough food for everyone, but not everyone has enough food. The ppt lesson is a good starter to set the scene about food and ...
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- Campaigns,
- Charities,
- Climate change,
- Development,
- Farming,
- Food,
- Global citizenship,
- Poverty,
- Sustainable development
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African Gardens DVD
Published
2012
Type
DVD
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£12.00
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This DVD is the perfect way to start on an engaging school gardening project. It is full of great film clips - animations and instructional videos where learning is brought to life as African young people teach you and your pupils all sorts of useful gardening skills! As well as showing gardens being built by African families, there are also examples from schools in England. There is a strong e...
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- Design and technology,
- Environmental studies,
- ESD / global citizenship,
- Geography,
- Local and global citizens,
- Science,
- Social and environmental,
- Technology and design,
- Whole School
Topics
- Appropriate technology,
- Environment,
- Farming,
- Food,
- Global citizenship,
- Natural resources,
- Sustainable development
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Nkonjeru school gardens
Published
2012
Type
Image- PDF
- Website
Price
FREE
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This case study of a poor school can be used to inspire your pupils in their school gardening project. It tells the story of a small and poor school in rural Uganda who have been working hard to grow their own crops and produce food at school. The pupils all help out and have learnt some really valuable gardening skills that they are using at home and will be useful for the rest of their lives....
Subjects
- Environmental studies,
- ESD / global citizenship,
- Local and global citizens,
- Social and environmental,
- Whole School
Topics
- Development,
- Education,
- Farming,
- Food,
- Global citizenship,
- Natural resources,
- Poverty,
- Sustainable development
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Stand Back! How to let pupils lead
Published
2012
Type
Booklet- PDF
Price
£5.00
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You go to a conference. Someone smiles and greets you at the door and escorts you to your place. You listen to a series of passionate, inspiring talks. You attend a workshop that really gets you thinking. So what? Well, all the people involved are aged 9–12.
This is a guide to show how you can encourage your pupils to gain skills and confidence through leading events and activitie...
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Ecotales: Project Gloop
Published
2012
Type
- Website
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FREE
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Ecotales aims to educate and raise awareness of environmental issues. They have developed a short film, Gloop, which they describe as "a twisted fairytale about the price we pay for our love affair with plastic".
They have also created primary school resources based around the film, including an assembly and a series of cross curricular lessons. These can be used as stand alone activiti...
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- Art and design,
- Assembly,
- Design and technology,
- English,
- Geography,
- Mathematics,
- Science,
- Whole School
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The Literacy Shed
A treasure trove of visual literacy resources.
Short films, animations and images to ignite discussions and inspire writing.
There are resources on here to suit every age of child from EYFS to A Level. I include teaching notes and a resource section is coming soon which will include downloadable paper based resources to use in class.
Subjects
- Assembly,
- Citizenship,
- Drama,
- English,
- English: literature / story,
- History,
- ICT / IS / IT,
- PSHE / PSE / PSED,
- Whole School
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Keyhole Gardens - sustainable African garden design
Published
2011
Type
- Website
- Website
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FREE
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Keyhole Gardens are a great addition to any school grounds and a really successful technique used across Send a Cow projects in Africa. The design - which looks like a keyhole from above - incorporates a central ‘basket’ where compostable waste is placed and water is poured. Keyhole Gardens are especially useful in areas where good soil is scarce, often adding nutritious ve...
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- Design and technology,
- ESD / global citizenship,
- Geography,
- Science,
- Social and environmental,
- Whole School
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African Walk on Wednesday - Walk to School
Published
2011
Type
- Website
- Website
Price
FREE
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This Walk on Wednesday, why not do something different to motivate your pupils and help them be healthy and learn about Africa while they walk? You'll be joining in with the thousands of children across Africa who walk to school every day. There are ideas and resources for what you can do on each day, (such as playing African games, making plastic bag footballs and eating African fr...
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