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How schools can help people affected by cancer
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acmillan Cancer Support is asking schools around the UK to make time for what really matters on 27th September by hosting a World’s Biggest Coffee Morning and helping raise over £15 million for people affected by cancer.
World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is not only an enjoyable fundraising event but a perfect opportunity to bring the whole school together. The event supports the curriculum and is a great chance to talk to pupils about cancer, the importance of kindness and helping people. In addition, it is a chance for students to learn cooking skills, consider healthy eating choices and hear about the food and language of other countries. What’s more, pupils will develop entrepreneurial skills whilst working together to organise the event; from setting up, creating invites and greeting guests, to taking and calculating money. In 2012, more than 11,000 schools in the UK hosted a coffee morning, raising an astounding £1.5million, with coffee morning as a whole raising a record breaking £15 million! Each year in the UK 2,022 people aged 15–24 and 1,578 children aged 0-14 are diagnosed with cancer. The valuable funds raised by coffee morning help Macmillan provide vital support for these children and young people. Once registered, schools will receive the new free Coffee Morning Kit with everything needed to get started, including a ‘how to’ guide, posters to advertise the event, engaging assembly plans and activity sheets. Additional items such as stickers and balloons can also be ordered from Macmillan to help ensure the event is as fun and successful as possible.
Vicky Keen, Head Teacher said: “Coffee Morning is really inspiring and there are lots of opportunities to weave it into the school’s needs. I love to see children really coming to understand that looking after other people, and bringing kindness into the world really matters. And I love to see their cheeks bulging with cake for a treat! All in all, it’s time really well spent.”
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Hungry students missing out on school food says global report
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ne in five children get a daily meal during school in 169 developing and developed countries, but children from poorer countries are missing out, according to a new report launched by The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
The State of School Feeding Worldwide report provides a global picture and analysis of school feeding programmes in well-off countries as well as in developing nations, and data on how governments use school meals as a ‘safety net’ in times of crisis. Global investment in school food programmes is about $75 billion, with most coming from government budgets. However, despite the global nature of school feeding, the report found coverage of these programmes is lowest where they are most needed. In low-income countries, where children are most likely to be poor and hungry, only 18 percent receive a daily meal at school, compared to nearly 49 percent of children in middle-income countries WFP’s Executive Director, Ertharin Cousin said of the findings: “School feeding assures that where quality education is available, children are able to take advantage of the opportunity to learn.
“It’s an investment that pays off in the future with better-educated, stronger and healthier adults and it’s also a critical safety net to prevent the most vulnerable from suffering in times of crisis.”
In the past five years, at least 38 countries have scaled up their school feeding programmes in response to a crisis, whether related to food prices, conflict, natural disaster or financial volatility.
State of School Feeding Worldwide lead author Carmen Burbano added: “During the food and fuel crises in 2008 many governments struggled to protect the most vulnerable from hunger and looked to school meals to achieve that. In the current recession, even wealthy nations are examining how school meals can prevent families sliding deeper into poverty and hunger.” For every $1 spent by governments and donors WFP estimates that at least $3 is gained in economic returns, according to the report. WFP has been operating school meals programmes in developing countries for close to half a century and in 2012, the organization provided meals or nutritious snacks in school for 24.7 million children in 63 countries, including take-home rations for 1.3 million girls and 500,000 boys – providing an incentive for poor families to keep their children in class, rather than pull them out to work in the fields, in factories or in the home.
UK schools tackle climate change in local communities S
tudents from 59 UK schools are challenging their local communities to tackle climate change in the area, with a series of climate science events.
Organised and run by the students themselves, the imaginative events range from a live build of a solar powered car, to a recycled ‘trashion’ fashion show and a cinema powered by pedals.
The projects are part of a nationwide scheme run by the Science Museum to help students get involved and passionate about issues around climate change. Detailed proposals were submitted by pupils in order to bid for funding and support, which has been generously provided by Science Museum sponsors including Siemens. Example events include the first ever climate fair held by St. Paul’s Way Trust School, East London. The event featured an eco-treasure hunt, themed fairground games and a recycled fashion show. To round off the day, everyone
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“At Siemens we are passionate about engaging young people in climate science. The Science Museum’s Climate Science Outreach project is perfect for achieving this, as it allows pupils to engage their peers and local communities with the key issues.”
The outreach programme forms part of the Climate Changing programme – a series of activities that support the Science Museum’s Atmosphere gallery. The Atmosphere gallery is a dedicated space for visitors to deepen their understanding of climate science in an engaging and memorable way.
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attending had the chance to plant a tree or plant to help raise awareness of how to lower their carbon footprint. Roland Aurich, CEO Siemens and North West Europe, said of the initiative: “We have been overwhelmed by the quality of responses and events and would like to congratulate all the pupils.
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