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Staff development training

Teaching about immigration 'My Dad Says ....'  

Kent Innovation Centre - University of Kent

Tuesday 26th June 2012 2.30 - 5.00 pm

Cost: £65 (£55 WEDG members)  

Half day training to support Key Stage 3 teachers' knowledge, confidence and skills to deliver lessons on immigration and poverty linked topics using the materials that were tried and tested by six secondary schools during this three year project.

Develop students' knowledge, their levels of empathy towards immigrants and a more positive attitude towards their role in the world.

 All participants will receive the resources package from this project comprising three SoW on CD that have been tried and tested with students during this recently finished 3 year project.  

 ‘What’s really struck me is the students’ enthusiasm with the topic’ Lindsay, Researcher UKC

 ‘We realised early on that we needed a range of materials in order to reach students of all abilities’  Liz, Project leader.

 ‘A number of non-specialist teachers are able to follow these programmes of study’ Susie, Secondary, Head of Dept.  

Fairtrade in Schools - numeracy and literacy KS1 and KS2

 Kent Innovation Centre - University of Kent

Thursday 28th June 2012 2.30 - 5.00 pm

Cost: £65 (£55 WEDG members)


Would you like to include Fairtrade in your school year or even become an official Fairtrade School and send a message to the wider community about your values? 
 
Would you like to have an up-to-date and deeper level of understanding about Fairtrade?
 
This half day training will provide you with ideas, knowledge and practical activities on a CD with a special focus on numeracy and literacy. Booking form  

Olympics workshops

Swimming pools, bottles and taps at the Olympics

The water that will be used at the Olympics this summer in all its forms is the focus of this workshop.

Children build and test a multi layered water filter from everyday materials and investigate why we need bottled water at the Olympics?  Fascinating facts about water culminate in a competitive quiz. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 Equality and Respect?  - The baseball cap game.

To take part in a fun hands on activity, 'making' sports merchandise in factory conditions. To consider respect and equality as an Olympic value amongst the sportsmen and also amongst the people who make sports equipment.   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Playground Games from around the World and Olympic Values

Use simple equipment to take part in a selection of games from other countries and discover how they relate to Olympic values.  Be creative in developing your own games using natural or recycled resources.   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Holiday/After School/Transition Clubs

La Merienda Cookery Club

Each session participants prepare, cook and then eat together a dish that reflects the cultural diversity of their community. more info

Globetrotters Club

Based around a passport, participants 'visit' a different country each session and discover our global connections with people in other parts of the world through quizzes, games and hands on activities. more info

Citizenship through Art

Practical hands on sessions tryng techniques from China, Africa, Asia and Australia while finding out about artistic traditions and the similarities that link children around the world.

Partial funding available for some of these clubs.  For more information or to discuss your requirements This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

"My Dad Says ..." Watch the video

This project in partnership with the University of Kent worked with the same cohort of  young people and their teachers over  three years on the complex theme of migration, improving critcal thinking skills and raising levels of empathy. Six teams of young people presented their 'news reports' to the final Conference taking the theme of 'Money Migration and Me' as their starting point.

Ralph Leighton, Principal Lecturer in Citizenship at Canterbury Christ Church University and finalist judge said,

 'All the presentations show that the students have got it - this project demonstrates that young people can tackle complex global issues in today's world. '  

Free resources from this project 

After School and Holiday Clubs

Cookery Club - La Merienda

A club for children and young people cooking, eating and playing games together using recipes that reflect the cultural diversity of your community. 

Globetrotters Club

Each session the Globetrotters “visit” a country to find out about it and then look in more detail at an issue such as Fairtrade, energy or food miles through fun and engaging activities. More info.

food games

"My Dad says..."

For the project report and findings, downloadable resources and training opportunities click here

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