SUMMER 2015
Educating for a fair and sustainable world
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Gathering the ingredients for a brighter future ... Many teachers who attended our recent twilight sessions on ‘The World from Our Doorstep’ told us the trainings were ‘though t provoking’, ‘really engaging’ and ‘stimulating’. And they have made us think too. The sessions began with a concept-line activity , exp loring a series of questions around global learning to set the scene. Interestingly it was a last minute, almost a throw away question that promp ted particularly lively discussion . We asked colleagues to consider ‘When the children in our care become adults - do you think there will there be as much poverty in the world as the re is today?’ The response was alm ost unanimous, that there will be at least as much, if not mo re, poverty as there is today. Which begs a question: are we adu lts all pessimists, or perhaps just realists? And, in that context, what then is the purpose of glob al education, and what exactly will it take to create a fairer wor ld? Of course if you ask diffe rent questions you get different answer s, and on reflection if we had considered ‘Would you like a fairer wor ld in the future?’ I’m guessing most of us would probably answer ‘yes’. But if we wer e asked ‘Is a fairer future likely?’ the n our answer would necessarily our response to another, deeper hinge on question which is: ‘Is a fairer wor ld pos sible?’ So the twilight concept-line activitie s raise an important question: do we our selves as educators believe a fairer wor ld through our views we can help to create and actions? If so, then you could say that outcome is a potential we other hand, if we believe a fairer can achieve . On the future is simply beyond our gras p, then our view and our actions such a wor ld, no matter how muc will be powerless to create h we would like it to appear. It see ms reasonable to assume that with imagine a fairer wor ld we will nev out first being able to er go on to create it. One further question then comes to mind, whi global learning in the classroom, ch is as we deliver how much do children pick up on or assimilate our views as adults? I am hopeful about our prospects. Children’s sense of fairness and gro wing belief in their ability to affe environment are key to all our futu ct or shape their res. As is our own commitment to help them realise their potent these be the ingredients needed ial. Taken together, could to imagine - and so to create - a brighter future for everyone?
The World’s Largest Lesson - September 2015 On September 25th 2015 the United Nations will announce The Global Goals for Sustainable Development, a set of goals for the world that aim to make our planet fair, healthy and sustainable by 2030. These follow on from the Millennium Development Goals which were partially achieved this year. Wouldn’t it be amazing if in the week of the 27th September 2015 children across the world knew about The Global Goals and began to contribute to their achievement in whatever way they could? This is the ambition of the World’s largest lesson! It’s one great big opportunity to foster global citizenship in your school, support students learning across a range of subject areas such as science, geography, citizenship and technology and develop big ideas including human rights, poverty, and environmental issues. Find out more about how to take part and all resources available September 1st www.tes.co.uk/worldslargestlesson
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Global schools: Learning for the future Embedding global learning in the primary curriculum What skills and values will young people need in the future? What can education do to prepare them for an uncertain globally connected world? What role should we play, as teachers, to best support our students? These are some of the first big questions teachers will be discussing in the new 3 year project starting in August and September. We now have a complete group of enthusiastic lead teachers for 2015 who have volunteered and are ready to take on the challenge of ‘embedding global learning into the primary curriculum’. It is great to have such a talented and committed team who are keen to inspire others in putting global learning at the heart of their school and children’s learning! They will be meeting in September to address their own training needs and to collaborate and share their expertise to move the project on. The project is funded by the EU and involves 10 different countries, with our special partner being Italy. There will be teacher exchange between Italy and UK for lead teachers later in the project and plenty of opportunity for school linking and sharing of resources with other countries. In 2016, the lead teachers will be looking for 8 teachers each from other schools who are less confident in integrating Global learning into their classroom practice to do some ‘cascade’ training. If you are interested in joining as a ‘cascade’ school, email debbie@cdec.org.uk to register your interest now. This is a great opportunity for free and practical training to start your Global journey! We will also be looking for more lead teachers in 2016 for the second wave of the project, so if you missed out this year, do not Great news! A study for the despair! Contact me and I will send you more information and dates. Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) shows tha t “philosophy sessions Debbie Watson: debbie@cdec.org.uk can have a positive impact on pupils’ maths, reading and perhaps their writing skil ls”. http://www.bbc.co.uk/new s/education-33464258 No surprises for teachers alre ady committed to using P4C in the classroom , but welcome research. We’re teaming up with Jane Yates next year to offer Level 1 and Le 2015 is a milestone year for international vel 2 P4C training across Cumbria. Conta development issues; it sees the ct us to find out da tes near you! nium Millen conclusion of the Development Goals and the introduction of the new The Global Goals for Sustainable to develop discussion Development. Hence providing the perfect opportunity development with a and awareness around the issues of global justice and become involved. broader public, and so encourage more Europeans to mber – December Each month of the year has a ‘global theme’ and from Septe and online training rces, resou ng 2015 Think Global will have accompanying teachi pment. develo of s storie e for teachers provided based on EYD and positiv Wall planners are also available. Order yours here: http://globaldimension.org.uk/wallplanner/order
Philosophy sessions ‘boo st primary school results’ !
EYD 2015 European Year of Development
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Free Global Learning Resources for Early Years and Key Stage 1! Our EU funded ‘World from our Doorstep’ (WOD) project enters its third and final year after two fantastic years working with a group of enthusiastic and imaginative teachers from across the county. The purpose of WOD is to provide support and inspiration to infant teachers and pre-school practitioners to deliver global learning with young children. Along the way we have created a series of resources that do just that, including three big story books: ‘Meet Zogg’, ‘Thea Discovers Chocolate’ and ‘Lily’s Picnic’. These focus on three key global themes of interconnectedness (local-global links), sustainability and fairness (through Fairtrade), and are the back bone of the all new WOD ‘Practitioner Handbook’. The Practitioner Handbook was devised and trialled by KS1 teachers from the UK, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Poland, and contains over 30 age-appropriate and practical lesson plans that introduce the three key global themes. It is available free to schools that attend any of the twilight workshops taking place before half term in schools in Barrow, Kendal, Whitehaven, Carlisle and Tebay. You can also receive a free copy by providing feedback on Handbook activities downloaded from the website. The final rolling out phase of WOD got underway in the summer term with a series of highly popular twilights around the county introducing Zogg and exploring how it can be used to open up themes of
sustainability, environment and global citizenship for younger children. In the autumn term we are running more twilights in the same locations, focusing on ‘Thea Discovers Chocolate’ (Fairtrade) where participants will receive free copies of the Thea big book as well as the much anticipated Practitioner Handbook. For twilight dates, details and availability please contact: paul@cdec.org.uk or visit www.cdec.org.uk/news to download taster sessions from the Handbook.
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Are you searching for inspiring resources and new ideas for next term’s topic? Look at this treasure trove of fab resources – use them now!! As a new recruit at CDEC, I am shown round the ‘Topic Box store’ – it is like entering an Aladdin’s cave! There are shelves and boxes stacked with amazing objects and ideas from around the world - toys, clothes, Chinese tea sets, pan pipes from Peru, Tanzanian baskets, cocoa beans, games, stories and poems, literacy packs, fact books, photos, rainforest games, global learning activities, curriculum plans and that is before we start on all the RE resources! They are all organised into boxes and regularly updated for different themes and key stages with plenty of ideas on how to use them with children in the classroom – very easy for you to access and use straight away. Look on the resource section of the CDEC website and you will find photos and lists to help – there are over 40 to choose from under countries, global themes, literacy, Philosophy for Children, and religions. Some top tips: box before you plan for • Collect and investigaistesoyour much already there and it can your topic – there save you a lot of work! boxes for the next terms so • Plan ahead and request that you know they will be available. You can keep them for half a term. All boxes listed on the Resources section www.cdec.org.uk if there is not a box which exactly • Talk to us at CDEC may be able to help. we – fits your topic d new learning activities and • Try some of the suggeste things to improve. any , worked it tell us how • Use the cross curricular. ideas to inspire and support you and your children colleagues the resources and tell • Share and show yourhidden treasures. them about CDEC’s
To borrow resources your school must be a member of CDEC – from £30 for the whole school for the year. Contact Claire at claire@cdec.org.uk to join or to order your box. Borrowing is free and we may be able to assist with delivery as we travel within Cumbria, or it can be dropped off at your school and collected by carrier for £12. Make the most of these super resources for all key stages and add inspiration and hands on experiences for great global learning!
Children Leading for the Future part During the summer holiday, CDEC took ren child for me ram prog ing in a ground-break ers' Lead re Futu ess in Furness - the Furn year Academy, attended by almost 100 ten s serie a ered deliv We ols. olds from 23 scho ing learn sed e-ba leng of participatory, chal to experiences which invited the children ing 'lead of ons ensi dim explore the different ing runn and ning plan ugh for the future', thro n. paig cam n their own social actio model Underpinning all of their wor k was our k is thin we ich (wh ip ersh lead for young global el!): mod r' Suga n 'Ala the to a great alternative
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