World Class eNewsletter - Climate Change Interactive
Climate Change Interactive
Schools share views on climate change for the UN Copenhagen summit taking place now.
Join in and give your pupils and opportunity to have their say.
Click on the
map to read comments from schools around the world.
This week
BBC Radio 7's
Big Toe Books online are streaming a special reading of Michael Morpurgo's
This Morning I Met a Whale to co-incide with the Copenhagen Climate Conference.
In the story, a whale swims up the Thames to warn children about the damage being done to the environment. You can listen online until Sunday 13 December.
150 years since the publication of The Origin of Species, schools around the world are taking part in the Explore with Darwin project. Read stories from Galapagos, Kent, Taiwan, Russian, Cape Verde and download our Explore with Darwin PDF
here.
World Class Stories
Thanks to all the schools who have shared
your stories with the BBC:
Sports Tour - UK school takes netball and football teams to play fixtures against KEEA district schools in Ghana.
Remember together - schools in the UK and Germany share their Remembrance Day service.
Business bonds - schools in UK and Ecuador set up international trade project.
Ghost town - Leicestershire school visits Beichuan, a city destroyed by the Sichuan earthquake.
Dance partners - East Cape school in South Africa starts to choreograph dance routine to be performed with their Hertfordshire twin school.
Mock EU - 29 UK schools involved in linking projects convene a mock EU council and grapple with climate change finance.
World Class Partners' News -
SoundAffects SoundAffects links children across the globe through audio material and currently runs projects in Ghana and Sri Lanka. SoundsAffects is now making this large archive of audio (interviews of children talking about everything from their families, pets or schools, to climate change or sex education and HIV) more widely available. SoundAffects invites teachers and heads to answer a short survey to aid in developing the material, and is giving away audio and lesson plans worth £30 to participants. Please go to
http://survey.soundaffects.org.uk
World Bird Project
January 2010, Kent are launching the World Bird Project, working with the RSPB [free to schools]
Also on Superclubsplus and Goldstar cafe [free 6 weeks access to new users, otherwise charges apply]
Rafi.ki
In January,
Blood Diamonds project launches: students to discover the effects of consumer decisions that they make themselves. Blood Diamonds includes whole school activities and awareness raising campaigns [free to schools via silver membership] Rafi.ki Kidogo online learning community for primary schools launches three new projects about Climate Change, Global Health and another about the challenges of living together peacefully [free to schools via silver membership]
DFID Global School Partnerships Teacher Taster Sessions
Whether you are considering a partnership or just want to find out more, this free session provides information about what DFID Global School Partnerships can offer your school. All sessions run from 16.30 to 18.00. To book a place contact DFID Global School Partnerships on +44 (0) 20 8780 7396 or email
globalschool@vso.org.uk
8 December Berwick
9 December Newcastle
10 December Hartlepool
Conferences: European Schools Project
Conference hosted by the British Council takes place in London 3-7 March 2010
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