Education Book Corner Christmas stories

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Dear Readers, We have had a wonderful year and featured a multitude of schools and universities, alongside many experts in education and social mobility. We are looking forward to a very exciting 2023 Dear Readers, and being able to interview more exciting school leaders and This is a very exciting edition and is packed with news and university experts. Our Education Corner Podcast is fast growing information from nursery choices to thinking about writing and is very popular with many parents and families, so do book a a personal statement for university. Special thanks to Lee slot for the New Year! Thank you to all those who have supported Elliot Major OBE, Mrs. Jane Lunnon (Alleyn’s) and the other Education Choices thus far - we are so grateful to you all! headteachers, writers and education experts for sharing their Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!!! wise insights and expertise. Enjoy the Spring sunshine! Chloe Abbott (Founder) Chloe Abbott (Founder)Email: chloeabbott@educationchoicesmagazine.com

‘The year end brings no greater pleasure than Email: chloeabbott@educationchoicesmagazine.com the opportunity to express your season’s greeting and good wishes. May your holiday “If we are to reach real peace in the world, and New Year be filled with joy!’ we shall have to begin with the children.”

Charles Dickens~ Mahatma Gandhi

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Christmas Stocking Fillers Multicultural Children’s Books about PEACE

1. Can You Say Peace?How The Grinch Stole

by Karen KatzChristmas - Dr. Seuss This book takes readers The Grinch hates on a journey around Christmas and all things the globe to meet festive. Consequently, he different children and hatches a plot to steal it, but does learn about the many this go to plan? different ways to say peace.

The Snow Dragon -

2. Peace is an OfferingAbi Elphinstone and by Annette LeBoxFiona Woodcock Peace is an Offering In Griselda Bone’s is a warm, comforting gloomy orphanage, poem about finding daydreaming is banned, skipping is peace in a community forbidden and Christmas is well and of neighbours. truly cancelled! But for Phoebe and her sausage dog, Herb, is it possible 3. The Peace Rose by Alicia Jewell that magic awaits in the swirling, snow-filled air? The Peace Rose encourages independent and peaceful conflict resolution in the classroom, at home, or anywhere else. The Night Before Christmas – Clement C. Moore ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. On the night 4. Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winter When Wangari returns before Christmas, a father catches an unexpected glimpse of St. Nicholas himself. Along with his eight reindeer, Santa is here to fill the family’s stockings with toys. home from studying in the US, she is shocked

The Snowman –

Raymond Briggs A wordless story. A little boy rushes out into the wintry day to build a snowman, which comes alive in his dreams that night.

Letters From Father

Christmas – J.R.R. Tolkien Every December, an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches.

Jim’s Spectacular

Christmas – Emma Thompson & Axel Scheffler Emma Thompson magically weaves the real-life tale of Jim - beloved dog of Sir Henry Cole, who created the first Christmas card - with a fantastically warm and heartfelt Christmas romp!

100 Best Christmas Poems For Children –

Roger McGough From traditional verses by Christina Rossetti and William Blake to modern classics by Julia Donaldson and Benjamin Zephaniah, this is a heart-warming Christmas anthology.

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe –

C.S. Lewis Hidden beyond a cupboard, frozen in eternal winter, Narnia is a land of snow and pine forests, and its creatures are enslaved by the terrible White Witch - will Aslan (the lion) save them?

A Christmas Carol –

Charles Dickens This traditional Christmas tale tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge and the visitations by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley, as well as the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come.

to see whole forests being cut down. She starts planting trees and soon inspires great change.

5. The Peace Stick

by Nidhi Misra The Peace Stick is a beautiful book, inspired by the native American legend of The Talking Stick.

6. Peace

by Wendy Anderson Halperin “For there to be peace in the world, there must be peace in nations”. Based on the Tao Te Ching, this lyrical picture book ponders the eternal question: How can we bring peace to the world?

7. Malala: Activist

for Girls’ Education Education Choices Magazine is by Raphaele Frier deeply saddened by the crisis Beautifully in the Ukraine and we send our illustrated Malala: Activist for Girls’ thoughts and prayers to all those affected. Education is the latest picture book about Please support: www.donate. redcross.org.uk/appeal/ukraineEDUCATION CHOICES MAGAZINE crisis-appealthe brave girl from Pakistan. | WINTER 2022 | 3

Malala Yousafzai stood up to the Taliban and fought for the right for all girls to receive an education. At age 18, Malala became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work.

8. Putting Peace First: Commitments to Change the World

by Eric David Dawson Using the inspiring stories of real life peacemakers, Putting Peace First highlights different aspects of peacemaking, from ‘Opening Your Heart’ to ‘Taking a Stand’. With clear, step-by-step explanations of how each peacemaker achieved their goals, this book is the perfect guide for aspiring young peacemakers.

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Some Christmas stocking fillers... 06-09 Christmas is coming!

Top 10 Christmas activities in London 10-11 Lighting up your Christmas

The best places to visit Christmas lights in the UK 12 It’s behind you!

London pantomime and Christmas shows listing 13 Christmas time: a time for giving

Packing shoebox gifts with Operation Christmas Child 14 Why should we add yoga into our already busy curriculum?

Benefits of yoga for children 15 Inspiring children to read

Noah’s special story 16 Celebrating culture through Anisa’s International Day

Embracing each other and our differences 17 Getting things done

Females, fashion and forging futures 18 Love really is forever

The story behind the bestseller The Invisible String 19 Telling the tall tale of Bessie

An inspirational young woman

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20-25 Education Corner Podcast Interview

Mr. Andrew De Silva, The Oratory Prep School, Oxfordshire

26-31 Education Corner Podcast Interview

Mr. Kevin Doble, Broomwood Schools’ Group, Clapham

32-37 Education Corner Podcast Interview

Miss. Amy Wallace, Queen’s Gate School, Kensington

38-41 Dreaming of dancing

One boy’s inspiring journey 42 Inclusion and diversity in children’s television

Walt Disney Studios introduces first plus-size heroine 43-44 Lifting Limits

Overcoming gender stereotyping in education 45 Wellness and wellbeing in young children

Combatting the increased demand for occupational therapists 47 Partnerships at St Paul’s Girls’

Creating a brighter future for the community 48 Forging a better future

Considering COP27 and climate change at Putney High School 49 Mitigating mental illness in education

Wellbeing at Westminster School

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