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NewsTeacher Resources Guide: We Need Your Help! SEEd is looking to develop an accessible base of research on EE/ ESD related education resources. We aim to make this information available on our website and structured in a way that is as easy-to-use and navigable for teachers as possible but we need your help in reviewing these resources. Read more >>
Ofsted launch their own Sustainable Development Action Plan Ofsted’s action plan for 2008-09 aims to build upon sustainable development work that Ofsted has been pursuing over the last year, setting ambitious but achievable new targets that they will report against annually. Read more >>
RHS Campaign for School Gardening celebrates its 1st Birthday The RHS was launched in September 2007 by Blue Peter gardener, Chris Collins. Since then 6,000 schools, nearly one million pupils, across the UK have signed up to get their hands dirty and fingers green. Read more >>
Minister for Schools and Learning and Mayor Unveil London School’s ‘Green-Zone’ The Under-Secretary of State for Schools and Learners- Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP and the Mayor of Newham (Sir Robin Wales) were among the special guests visiting Lathom Junior School last week for the unveiling of the school’s new ‘Green Zone’. Read more >>
Schools in UK Receive Over Half a Million Pounds to Become ‘Supergrounds’ Learning through Landscapes, the national school grounds charity, last week announced the names of 138 schools across the UK that will each be awarded £4,000 by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS). Read more >>
London School Grounds to be improved with John Laing Charitable Trust Awards The John Laing Charitable Trust - London School Grounds Awards are offering over 50 awards, including a first prize of £3,000, to schools across London to improve their outdoor spaces. Read more >>
RSPB Big Bird Watch The Big Schools’ Bird Watch takes place from 19 and 30 January 2009 and is a week when the RSPB will be asking children and their teachers to look out for and count the birds that share their school environment. Read more >>
Education Dialogue Group (EDG) - The EDG would like to hear the voices of the education sector The EDG are calling on ESD professionals to volunteer their personal experiences to help shed light on how our different sector-based approaches impact on the individual and on the effectiveness of our learning for sustainability. Read more >>
Learning Outside the Classroom Since the Learning Outside the Classroom conference, held at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich at the beginning of October, the new dedicated website for Learning Outside the Classroom has been launched. Read more >>
Role of Schools in Wellbeing - Workshop Summary As a result of interest shown in the DCSF consultation for the ‘Role of Schools in Wellbeing’, a workshop was held on 10th September 2008 with 45 stakeholders. Read more >>
Practice, Barriers and Enablers in ESD and EE This is a summary of desk-based research by writer Gillian Symons into ESD and EE (and the global dimension where relevant) looking at past teacher surveys and research: what they tell us about current practice, barriers to, and enablers for, sustainable schools. Read more >>
‘Teach Your Granny to Text & Other World-changing Ideas’ - free book for schools We Are What We Do is a social-enterprise charity which aims to get people to change the
world through their everyday actions. DCSF has been working with We Are What We Do to
produce a book for young people to raise awareness and inspire action on sustainable
Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2009 – now open for applications The Ashden Awards celebrate and reward champions who are finding solutions to climate change and bringing real social and economic benefits to their local communities. Read more >>
Investment in our schools - Unlocking innovation; leading change The Government’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme is a multi-billion pound commitment to re-build or refurbish every secondary school in England over the next 15 years; a similar commitment to the primary school sector has also been made. Read more >>
Nowhere to hide The Local Government Association is advising parents and teachers to defy the compensation culture by encouraging children to get involved in playing traditional playground games. Read more >>
UNESCO and UNEP to launch new kit encouraging sustainable consumption UNESCO and UNEP have created an online kit giving guidance on sustainable consumption. The kit is downloadable from the Youth Exchange website (YXC) and is divided into useful sections making it accessible and easy to use. Read more >>
Food Partnership for Life The Food for Life Partnership is a network of schools and communities across England committed to transforming food culture by revolutionising school meals, reconnecting young people with where their food comes from and inspiring families to cook and grow food. Read more >>
Posted: 7 August 2008 Sustrans, providers of the Safe Routes to Schools information service, have just launched a new newsletter for young people called TRACKS. Read more >>
A new educational book for children – ‘Who will save us?’ ‘Who Will Save Us?’ is an inspirational book for children which is being successfully used by both primary and secondary schools. It takes a positive and empowering approach to the issues of climate change and helping to resolve it. Read more >>
Posted: 7 August 2008 Ofsted have recently published their findings from a survey conducted over a selection of 41 schools to assess progress towards the ‘National framework for sustainable schools’. Read more >> |
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