Projects

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Sustainability and Climate Change – developing a whole school approach

How is your school responding to the climate and nature emergencies? Large numbers of young people globally do not believe their education is preparing them for a changing and uncertain future. The Department for Education’s ‘Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy’ wants all schools to appoint a Sustainability and Climate Change Coordinator and to put in place a Climate Action Plan by 2025. Our online course can help - book now for 50% off our March training date.

Sustainability and Climate Change – developing a whole school approach

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P4C and the ethical importance of freedom and responsibility – video

Watch Grace Lockrobin's 20 minute talk given at DECSY's AGM. 'Too small to make a difference? P4C and the ethical importance of freedom and responsibility.' The talk explores some of the ways to optimise freedom and responsibility drawing on examples of dialogue with children around the climate and ecological emergency.

P4C and the ethical importance of freedom and responsibility – video

Coping with Covid

Coping with Covid – training sessions for teachers

Coping with Covid  is a set of fully-funded one hour sessions on Friday afternoons this term, where teachers and school leaders in Sheffield can meet for mutual support and reflection about the pandemic, facilitated by DECSY, an independent educational charity that runs P4C courses and wrote the British Council’s new, Learning from a Pandemic teaching resource.

Coping with Covid – training sessions for teachers

Gender Action – Gender Equality in Schools

Gender Action is an award programme which promotes and supports a whole-school approach to challenging stereotypes. Tiered progression levels put gender equality at the heart of policy and practice, recognising those striving to ensure there are no limits on young people reaching their full potential. Register your nursery, school or college as a Gender Action supporter and book a place on one of our 'Gender Equality in Schools' workshops.

Gender Action – Gender Equality in Schools

Non-Violent Action: A Force for Change

How do we all live well together? We have now completed the fourth year of this 'Non-violent action: a force for change' project and are pleased to announce that we will continue disseminating the materials with some JRCT underspend and an additional small grant from the Edith M Ellis Charitable Trust.

Non-Violent Action: A Force for Change

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Gender Equality Charter Mark, Europe wide

DECSY is working as one of nine partner countries bringing the Gender Equality Charter Mark to countries across Europe.

Gender Equality Charter Mark, Europe wide

Learning from a Pandemic – teaching resource

This new resource and associated free training sessions will help teachers make a contribution to a recovery curriculum in schools, and beyond this, by providing interesting, engaging and relevant content that encourages pupils to recall, discuss and process some of their thoughts, feelings and memories. The next training session - January, 2021, TBC.

Learning from a Pandemic – teaching resource

Resources for Home Schooling

These resources are aimed at children / young people learning at home. They are aimed at parents and carers but can also be used by teachers and in some cases for self-directed study.

Resources for Home Schooling

Snapshots From The Borders

Snapshots From The Borders aims to improve European, national and local decision makers’ critical understanding of migration flows, as well as that of the public and their opinion of the movement of people.

Snapshots From The Borders

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School Linking and Outdoor Learning

This project supports primary school pupils in Sheffield to gain hands on experience of an organic farm, paired with classroom learning surrounding sustainability based on those experiences.

School Linking and Outdoor Learning

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Philosophy for Communities

Philosophy for Communities is a progression from P4C in schools; realising that adults can benefit from this methodology as much as children. DECSY has been running Philosophy for Communities groups since January 2020, both face-to-face and virtually. 

Philosophy for Communities

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Philosophy for Children P4C

Subsidised training for Sheffield and Rotherham schools. P4C has long been valued by teachers as a method for developing critical and creative thinking skills through real dialogue about issues that matter to children. Whole-school P4C Level 1 training is available for three schools for the academic year 2023/24 (FREE instead of £1,800). For further information contact: bookings@decsy.org.uk

Philosophy for Children P4C

The Schools Linking Programme

The Schools Linking Programme brings communities together by linking schools from different areas across Sheffield and Rotherham. We would love to have you on board - contact info@decsy.org.uk for more information.

The Schools Linking Programme

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Fairtrade

Recommended resources tried and tested by a group of teachers during a 'Preparing for Fairtrade Fortnight' workshop in 2013.

Fairtrade

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P4C national SAPERE project

Evaluation project designed to find out the extent to which P4C can raise standards in schools with substantial numbers of pupils in areas of lower socio-economic groups.

P4C national SAPERE project

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Building Communities through Dialogue

Using dialogic learning methods to enable young people to have increased ability to communicate constructively and build trust with people from different backgrounds to their own.

Building Communities through Dialogue

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SEAL & The Global Dimension

Embedding the Global Dimension within the Social & Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) programme, engaging schools across South Yorkshire and beyond in the personal, political and planetary implications of development.

SEAL & The Global Dimension

Gender Respect Education Project

This project embeds critical global learning in teaching and learning of mathematics in school. The focus is on 10 - 12 year olds and their teachers.

Gender Respect Education Project

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Gender Equality Charter Mark

Create whole-school change for 13 - 18 year olds that will impact on young people's expectations of gender roles and challenge gender stereotyping.

Gender Equality Charter Mark

PiCaM

This project embeds critical thinking and global learning within the teaching and learning of mathematics in school. The focus is on 10 - 12 year olds and their teachers.

PiCaM

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