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RESOURCES
Eye to the future (KS2)
Transitions Optical provides free resources to stress the importance of eye health. It is currently campaigning for eye screening in primary schools.
• Visit
www.eyeknoweyecare.com.
Holocaust history (KS4/5)
A new Holocaust Educational Trust guide provides an overview of the key events of the period, offering topics for discussion, maps and photographic evidence, and looks at pre-war Jewish life and the rise of anti-Semitism.
• Contact
info@het.org.uk for an order form. £2 per copy with 20 per cent discount for ten or more.
Hostel help (Teachers)
Organising a school trip? To make this easier, Hostelling International has developed a website designed for group organisers. It features 200 hostels offering group facilities.
• Visit
www.hihostels.com/groups.
Fun phonics (KS1 & EAL)
Mr Thorne Does Phonics is a free channel of over 190 videos for teachers, parents with young children and anyone with English as an additional language.
• Visit
www.youtube.com/ breakthruchris.
Sporting skills (Adults)
BT's free online programme, Coaching for Life, aims to help adults improve their coaching skills for six to 11 year olds through new games to develop children’s skills.
• Visit
www.bt.com/coaching forlife.
Cry peace (KS2/3)
Sadako was two when the Hiroshima bomb was dropped. She developed leukaemia. While in hospital she folded 1,000 paper cranes for peace. CND has produced Sadako’s Cranes for Peace, a resource covering English, philosophy, art & design, citizenship and RE.
• Download it from
www.cnduk.org (go to information>peace education) or phone 01274 730908.
COMPETITIONS
Poetry please (KS2)
Write a poem on the theme of ‘Home’ for the Old Possum’s Children’s Poetry Competition, organised by Children’s Poetry Bookshelf. Roger McGough will chair the judging panel. Deadline is 15 October and there are cash prizes.
• Guide and details at www.
childrenspoetrybookshelf.co.uk.
Become a school of cooks (KS3)
TV chef Simon Rimmer has launched School Cooks to encourage pupils to learn about nutrition and food preparation. Over 200 schools have already signed up. Enter the 'eat the chef' competition, for £10,000-worth of cooking equipment for your school.
• Get full details, register and download lesson plans at
www.eatthechef.com/schoolcooks.
Events and opportunities
Burning issues (KS1)
To raise awareness of the dangers of fire, the Firefighters Charity and the Communities and Local Government Fire Kills campaign are encouraging primary schools to work with local fire services during National Schools’ Fire Safety Week – 4-8 October 2010.
• Order packs at firesafety@fire
fighterscharity.org.uk. Find out more at
www.nationalschoolsfiresafety
week.com.
Scrubbing up nicely (KS1/2)
International Handwashing Day, 15 October, promotes the message that washing with soap lessens the spread of germs and diseases, and in developing countries is a lifesaver.
• Download resources from www.
globalhandwashingday.org and
www.scrubclub.org.
Political influence (Teachers)
The Westminster Education Forum helps professionals and parents influence policy-making.
• For details of seminars, visit www.
westminsterforumprojects.co.uk. For booking enquiries email: jayne.
cole@westminsterforumprojects.co.uk.
Free films! (Teachers, all KSs)
Film Education’s National Schools Film Week runs from 14 to 22 October.
• Book your free seats online at
www.nsfw.org. See also
www.filmeducation.org.
Make a difference (KS3/4)
Get involved with CSV Make a Difference Day, the UK’s biggest day of volunteering, on Saturday 30 October.
• For free resources, including citizenship lesson plans, email
difference@csv.org.uk, call freephone 0800 284533 or visit
www.csv.org. uk/difference.
CPD overseas (Teachers)
The Iain Grant Charitable Trust provides professional development for teachers who want to travel abroad to study teaching methods. Applicants must teach children under 13, have at least seven years’ experience and plan to travel for up to six weeks.
• Apply to Trustees, Harrison Latham & Co, 97 Tulketh Street, Southport PR8 1AW. Tel 01704 500960.
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