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CDEC is a member of theConsortium of Development Education CentresEducating for a fair and sustainable world
Cumbria Development Education Centre Email: [email protected] Nook, Rydal Road, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 9BB
Tel/Fax: 015394 31602 www.cdec.org.uk
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Elsewhere in this newsletter you can read about the work whichis happening in Cumbria schools as part of the groundbreakingGlobal Learning Programme - England. At CDEC, we’re hugelyexcited to be delivering services and support to schools as partof this initiative, because it represents a strong message fromthe Department for International Development. For the first time, nationally, the Government is advocating thatlearning about the wider world, how we’re connected toother people and places, learning about social justice andinclusive sustainability, are all crucial for our children if theyare to successfully address the challenges of the future. Notonly that, they are ‘putting their money where their mouthis’, and funding this learning for up to 50% of schools.However, the same cannot besaid for the Department for
Education. Let me reassure you that this isn’t just another article condemning the new curriculum, decrying the senseless narrowing of this country’s take on ‘education’, expressing outrage at the backward step that has been taken in the ‘traditional’ approach to teaching History, and lamenting thefact that what teachers know is good practice in involving children in their own learning and making it real and relevant to their own lives seems to be sidelined!Amongst Cumbrian teachers and school leaders, there is a spectrum of opinions on the new curriculum, from “Well, teachers will just carry on doing what they’re doing and ignore it. There’s likely to be a new government soonanyway” to “People don’t realise it, but this curriculum is a huge opportunity for schools to redefine what they’re doing.” CDEC has recently worked with the Local Authority to deliver training for Geography teachers, and for NQTs, around ways in which you can use global learning as a vehicle to underpin and bring to life other curriculum learning. We have developed a number of topic and cross-curriculum planning tools to help use global learning as a basis for reviewing and reviving your curriculum, and meeting the new 2014 requirements.Call us to find out about CPD we can tailor to meet your own schools’ needs in making a new curriculum that’s inspiring, progressive, challenging, creative, and will support your pupils to face the challenges of the future.
Katie Carr, Director
Welcome 2014... and the new curriculum!
“Very satisfied.
Best CPD in
2013!”
Teacher at Vicarage Park
School, Kendal
Challenge & Enquiry Pack
This exciting new teaching resource, recently enteredfor the Geographical Association Publisher’s Award isaimed at supporting teachers to introduce and teachabout development issues in the classroom, and in particular to link with literacy and citizenship. It’scrammed full of lesson plans to keep you and yourpupils engaged in a lifetimes worth of active global citizenship!
“This pack is easy to use, contains excellent active learning ideas, andI’m pleased to see that the literacy curriculum links are really meaningful, not atall tenuous. I can use this.” (Welcome feedback froma Cumbria Headteacher!)
Available to buy directly from CDEC or via our Amazon pagehttp://goo.gl/JR4hAO
Cumbria Development Education CentreLow Nook, Rydal Road, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 9BB
Tel/Fax: 015394 31602
Ghana comes to Cumbria Over 30 participating schools from across C
umbria signed up last September to take part in the final
phase of CDEC's 3 year 'Global Literacy for a Fairer World' project. The project, which
is funded by
the European Union, is supporting schools to explore global learning issues using the e
xcellent
Challenge and Enquiry Pack developed in the first 2 years, helping pupils take their own action for a
fairer world.
The 'Global Literacy for a Fairer World' project is working directly with partners from P
oland, the
Czech republic and Ghana in addition to Cumbria schools, and we were delighted to w
elcome
colleagues from Ghana on a visit to Cumbria in October. Our two Ghanaian teachers
, Agnes
and Ebenezer, touched everyone with their warmth,
openness and irrepressible enthusiasm for global learning.
During a non-stop week of school visits across the county, Agnes and Ebenezer talked wit
h
Cumbrian children and teachers, sharing their culture through story, song and dance. They
shared
their proud social and economic history since achieving independence in 1957, and talked
about
their experience as teachers in present day Ghana. Class sizes reaching over 80 and teachin
g days
that start by 7am captured everyone's interest, but above all their visit underlined a sense
of
shared humanity that connects everyone:
'We are all one people' Agnes said when interviewed on Radio Cumbria, 'irrespective of our colour.
There are so many things we have in common; we are not different in any way.'
As well as giving time to answering child led questions, (such as 'what do
you do about the tooth fairy in Ghana?') Agnes and Ebenezer were keen
to learn something about Cumbrian culture and traditions before
departing for home at the end of a busy and mutually enriching week.
The Ghanaian visit gave a special impetus to start the 'Global Literacy for a Fairer Worl
d'
project, which is supporting children to find their voice and take their own action for a
fairer
world. The project culminates with a celebration event in March where pupils will shar
e
creative outputs from the different 'actions' they have been inspired to take.
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The Global LearningProgramme in Cumbria The Global Learning Programme has now been officiallylaunched across England and the 2 Expert Centres representingCumbria, Hawkshead Primary and Armathwaite Primary, havehad a fantastic response in creating clusters of schools who arecommitted to global learning. Each Expert Centre has just afew Partner School places left so if you want to get involved,get in touch! If you can’t commit right now then why notenquire about being an Expert Centre or Partner School in thenext phases of this exciting 5 year programme?
The GLP will support you to create a school curriculum thatcan link together and provide a coherent and engaging contextthat satisfies core, national and local curriculum needs and linkstogether many related initiatives and awards – a curriculumthat is motivating, meaningful and measurable. Many of theschools involved are seeing the GLP as the vehicle for makingchanges to their curriculum, using it to help achieve other initiatives and award schemes, and using the audit, action plan and frameworks provided to drive their school ethos and make positive change in their school.
The GLP has worked with the SubjectAssociations for English, Maths, Science,
History, Geography, Citizenship and R.E, to produce a curriculum framework that links each subject to GlobalLearning and the revised National Curriculum.
So why not take the Global Learning Programme as an opportunity for meaningful curriculum making? Get involved,work with like-minded people, have access to excellent globallearning resources, get free training, receive £500 e-credits tospend on your school, and be part of the biggest national programme of its kind. For more details please visit
www.glp-e.org.uk or contact the Local Advisor for the northwest, Rebecca Cosh - [email protected] on 07715 044 086.
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Access�CDEC�courses�for�free!Why not use your e-credits for some training with CDEC? A number of our courses are accredited through the GLP (visit http://globaldimension.org.uk/glp/calendar) or if you want something specific let us know so that we can tailor a course to suit your needs.
Email: [email protected]
www.cdec.org.uk
The Aliens are taking over!
“The project is well
planned to meet the
needs of the young
children with brilliant
inspirational
resources”
“Lovely balance of info, discussion, and
practical tasks”
Please don’t be alarmed! We’re talking about the new and beautifully crafted Zogg toys that have taken over the CDEC office and are slowly making their way into the World from Our Doorstep resource boxes. Take a look at our Facebook page to see some pictures, where you can also read about Kindergarten children meeting Zogg through our partners in Poland. The boxes and their accompanying activity guides have proved really popular with those on the project and will be available to borrow by CDEC members aroundSeptember this year.
Are you making the most of your CDEC membership?
“Excellent. I was
able to base the whole
topic of Buddhism
around the resources
supplied”
There are many excellent reasons to become a member ofCDEC and one of these is being able to borrow resourceboxes from our extensive collection. Each box is packed full ofstimulating resources, artefacts and activities to support andcomplement classroom work. Take a trip into the traditional cultures of countries such as Ghana, Kenya or India,sample a wonderful variety of ‘Toys and Games Around theWorld’ or experience a taster of world religions through aselection of amazing artefacts!
All our boxes can support delivery of a global dimension in theclassroom across a wide range of subject areas, and are designed to help pupils develop an understanding of the world around us.
So why not make the most of your membership and contact us to borrow a box or two next term?
A comprehensive list of boxes available can be found at http://www.cdec.org.uk/resources_page/loans/
Not a member?
Join today!
Contact us on
015394 31602‘The�World�in�their�Hands’��Roose School, Barrow in Furness4pm - 6pm, 11th FebruaryA great session to help you get to grips with using our topic boxes effectively and to find out more about our fantastic range of resources for loan.Contact us now to reserve your place.
“Very clear and thought provoking”
“All fun and very engaging”
And we’re really excited to introduce a new character to CDEC – Fairtrade Thea, a teddy bear who will takechildren on an adventure to Belize to discover where Fairtrade chocolate comes from! Our new big storybookis part of the World from our Doorstep project, and has been written by Jeanette Milbourn, an aspiring writer currently studying for an MA in creative writing at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. As with our storybook Meet Zogg there will be resources to help bring the story to life, and Fairtrade Thea, designed and created locally by Sarah Preston (who made our wonderful Zogg soft toys). Look out for the book and resources in the autumn term.
The�World�in�their�Hands,�Barrow�in�Furness4.00pm�-�6.00pm,�11th�February
Introduction�to�P4C,�Kendal�4.00pm�-�6.00pm,�26th�February��
Finding�out�about�Forest�Schools,�Keswick4.00pm�-�6.00pm,�27th�March
Finding�Our�Voice,�Workington9.30am�-�3.30pm,�26th�March�
For a full programme of courses and other training available from CDEC please visit ourwebsite.
We offer a full and inspiring CPD programme aswell as twilight or full day INSET training forschools.
Please call us to talk through your requirements.
CPD highlights...
The Global Learning Association (a not for profit company)is working with Cumbria DEC to stage a one day trainingcourse specifically aimed at helping schools to gain theaward at any level and to suggest ideas for activities in andout of the curriculum that can be included in an application.The course will be on Friday 20th June 2014 (9.30 – 3.30PM) in Penrith. The British Council International SchoolAward is a well known and respected accreditation thatprovides schools with a strategic framework for their international and global education work. Schools can apply for Foundation, Intermediate or Full ISA or for re-accreditation when a previous ISA has expired.Other accreditation schemes can complement theInternational School Award so the course will also includesupport for becoming a Fairtrade School and for theUNICEF Rights Respecting School Award. We will also provide the latest information on Erasmus + (the new EU
funding programme for schools) and on the British CouncilConnecting Classrooms programme that supports schoolpartnerships further afield. The course fee is £120 (including lunch and support materials) but schools whichare registered with the Global Learning Programme(England) can use their e-credits to pay for this course.Please contact Ray Kirtley ([email protected]) for detailsof the course and an application form and CDEC([email protected]) for information on the Global Learningprogramme.
Cumbria Development Education Centre Email: [email protected] Nook, Rydal Road, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 9BB
Tel/Fax: 015394 31602 www.cdec.org.uk
The International School Award
and school improvement
The Fairtrade Schools
Award is changing
Early this year the Fairtrade Foundation
will be launching an updated Fairtrade
Schools Award designed to give schools
better support, more flexibility, a focus on
learning – and, crucially, to do more to
celebrate young people’s achievements.
Further details:
www.fairtrade.org
.uk/schools/
faqs/new_award_f
aqs.aspx
Newlaithes Junior recently bought some ethically sourced Fairtrade
footballs through Carlisle World Shop which have proved very
popular and a great way to promote Fairtrade. Please contact Jo
at Carlisle World Shop on 01228�550385 should your school
be interested in doing the same.Evaluation prize draw!Nicky Edwards from Dent CE Schoolwins a host of global learning resources.
If you have been on a course and notyet completed your online evaluationthen please do so athttps://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CDECevaluation� you will
be entered for the next draw which will be beginning of April.
Take your learning outside! An introduction to the John Muir Award for
teachers, Brockhole, the Lake District Visitor
Centre, 7th February and 7th March.
For more details visit
http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/
learning/johnmuiraward/trainingday
or email
