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17 June 2010

Exploring Global Climate Change through Story in Primary Schools

22 April 2010

This day will provide an opportunity to explore local/global connectedness empowering you to become more effective global citizens, supporting you and your school to take action on Climate Change. We will use story as a basis for work with pupils across the primary age range while maintaining a focus on ‘pupil voice’ and an exploration of issues.

Tutors: Helen Griffin (DECSY) and Wendy North (Geographical Association)

Date: Wednesday 30th June 2010 9.30am-3.30pm

Course fee: £25 including lunch & refreshments (subsidised by YHGSA)

Philosophy for Children Courses 2010-2011

22 March 2010

Philosophy for Children Sapere validated Level 1

For head teachers, curriculum managers, teachers, classroom assistants, learning mentors and governors across KS1-KS4 with an interest in:

• Developing global citizenship
• Raising standards in literacy, thinking, speaking and listening
• Enriching spiritual, social, moral and cultural development

Course fee: £265 including lunches, refreshments and Sapere Level 1 Handbook/certificate

Philosophy for Children Level 2 Course

22 March 2010

Philosophy for Children Sapere Level 2 training course

This four-day, non-residential practical workshop will give further tutoring in the practice and theory of developing communities of philosophical enquiry.

Learning outcomes of the course are for participants to be:

• more skilled in the facilitation of enquiries
• better able to evaluate and plan for the progress of communities of enquiries
• able to coach colleagues in their practice of P4C.

10th, 11th, 24th and 25th June 2010

Fee: £465 for teachers already trained to Level 1 in South Yorkshire, includes lunches, refreshments, course materials

For further details contact Helen Griffin: helen.griffinATdecsy.org.uk substituting @ for AT

An Introduction to Philosophy for Children

11 March 2010

An Introduction to Philosophy for Children, A unique opportunity to see P4C in action with children

For head teachers, curriculum managers, teachers, classroom assistants, learning mentors and governors across KS1-KS4 with an interest in:

• Developing global citizenship
• Raising standards in literacy, thinking, speaking and listening
• Enriching spiritual, social, moral and cultural development

Date: Friday 18th June 2010 9.30am -4pm

Venue: Bannerdale Centre (am), Dobcroft Junior and Dobcroft Infant (pm)

Course fee: £80 including lunches, refreshments and a full set of course notes

Preparing for Fairtrade Fortnight 22nd February to 7th March 2010

22 January 2010

As a result of a training event at DEC(SY) last year, we have produced a possible plan for progression in learning outcomes and learning opportunities from KS1-4/5 around trade/Fairtrade issues. We want to acknowledge the work done at St Catherine's, Sheffield as a particular spur behind this. We have also drawn on material from CAFOD, FT Foundation, RISC, Oxfam and others.

The emphasis in the learning outcomes is to help develop an educational context for Fairtrade, with the aim that children will gain understanding of interdependence, trade, rights, citizenship etc which may lead to a more informed choice about why/whether to support Fairtrade initiatives (including Fairtrade fortnight, FT School status etc).

We have made active hyperlinks to the resources that relate to the learning opportunities, where these are available free on-line. Where a resource is not underlined, a hard copy would need to be obtained (from ourselves or elsewhere).

With FT fortnight approaching fast, we have not had time to put in curriculum links. Our hope is that the Excel grid can be adapted as required to your own needs. (It is currently set to print out on one page of A4 [portrait setting] but might be easier to read if it is set to print on two or more [landscape], or enlarged).

To download the grid click the following link: Trade Learning Outcomes & Opportunities Grid

Global Artefacts Boxes

19 January 2010

For an up to date list of artefacts available to loan to members click here

Primary Literacy Framework Global Books

23 July 2009

Up to date lists of books which bring a global dimension to the Primary Literacy Framework. Download the list here

Refugee Hotseat on Goldstarcafe

06 June 2008

See children's questions to DRC refugee James Kazadi from a live webchat that took place on Tuesday 3rd June at Goldstarcafe.net

Find out more about DEC(SY)'s project for 7-14 year olds using a protected online learning community to engage children and young people in global issues.

Log on to Gold Star Cafe and Superclubs for a tour

For more information on the One World pages themselves contact Toby Jenkinson: email Toby@decsy.org.uk or go to decsy projects

Philosophy for Global Citizenship

12 September 2007

Download a copy of a recent article which appeared in the magazine 'Teaching Thinking & Creativity' and explores the relationship between Philosophy for Children and Global Citizenship here

Cultural Mentor Service - Responding to Cultural Diversity - Parents Project

30 March 2007

Cultural Mentor Service - Responding to Cultural Diversity - A pilot project with parents

This Esmée Fairbairn funded project aimed to engage groups of hard-to-reach parents and carers through activity based courses exploring issues of culture, identity, values and the aspirations that they would like to pass on to their children. The plan was both to work with groups of parents and carers to increase their confidence and experience of expressing and articulating their wishes and to promote communication between teachers, early years practitioners and groups of parents and carers.

Read the report about the experiences of this one year project.

Government Response to Sustainable Schools Consultation published

12 December 2006

"My major concerns are the lack of respect people show to life, that people will hurt each other sometimes without even thinking and the lack of respect for the environment around us." (Secondary pupil)

Children and young people's views are summarised in the Government response. One of these concerns is 'at the continuing presence of poverty and injustice in the world and the backdrop of war'. Read more about this and the Government's proposed actions around encouraging schools to use 8 'sustainability doorways' including the Global Dimension here

Global Music Lesson Plans

12 October 2006

New downloadable lesson plans 5-16 with ideas for practical music lessons using music from a range of countries from Kenya to Bali. Includes ideas for linking music with Islamic art; songs of slavery and drumming styles from Kenya and Brazil. Downloadable images, videos and music clips for interactive whiteboards are included in the lesson plans.

Go to Oxfam's Coolplanet website click here

Earthquake in Pakistan

10 February 2006

A Sheffield College lecturer is hoping to raise £300,000 to rebuild a college that collapsed in the Pakistan Earthquake, killing 200 students.

Abdul Assim is also looking for people to go to Kashmir to help train teachers at the college in English and ICT. All food, accommodation and transport will be provided but participants will just need to raise funds for their own airfare.

For more information please contact Abdul on 0791 528 4009 or assim52@hotmail.com

Resources on Pakistan

As part of our contribution to building understanding and support for the people of Pakistan controlled ('Azad') Kashmir following the devastating earthquake, we have made available the 'Introduction to 'Azad' Jammu and Kashmir' section of our popular 'Mangla' teaching pack.

To download the pdf (1.5MB) click on the following link