Global Education Leicester includes representatives from Centre for Citizenship Studies in Education, Skillshare International, Leicester City Council, Leicester Masaya Link Group, Leicestershire County Council, Just...fair trade, Support for Education in Environment and Development (SEED)		There are many organisations who work with teachers and education institutions to promote greater understanding of global perspectives. This page provides information about some of the activities supported by EMNGPS. To contact Global Education Leicester, click here.
Ruth Godfrey and Claire Plumb

Claire Plumb presenting at the EMNGPS conference 2010

Robin Marlin, Claire Plumb, Ruth Godfrey, Danielle Stone and Morcea Walker

Local Activities Global Education Leicestershire Showcase April 2010 - GELS (Global Education Leicestershire) meeting Global Education Leicestershire (GELS) Meeting Unicef Rights Respecting School Award Global Education Leicestershire Group meetings in January 2009 and May 2009. Minutes of June 2008 meeting The Big Question Company October Locality Group meeting Leicestershire activities for 2007-8 Sharing progress in 2006-7 Global Citizenship Teacher Network Global Horizons in the Local Landscape MA in Global Citizenship Just... Education and Training

Global Education Leicestershire Showcase
On 29th June GELS held a showcase event involving teachers and pupils from schools who had worked on a variety of Global Education projects - click here to see the programme. The event also involved displays from a range of NGO and education partners including the Universitry of Leicester's Botanical Gardens, Leicester Council of Faiths, The Library Service and EMNGPS. Read more about the event on the Citizeneye website
GELS (Global Education Leicestershire) meeting
On 13 April Rohini Corfield joined 12 other educators from schools, universities and NGOs at GELS, which was hosted by Castle Rock School in Coalville by teacher Kerry Major. After introductions, Kerry fed back on an ambitious Community Cohesion Project between Castle Rock Schoool and Newbridge High Schools. This involved the whole of year 7, 8 and 9 off timetable for a week with a host of organisations providing a variety of workshops . The focus of year 7 activities was Diversity and Identity and included sessions by:- Diversity Hub A Curry Challenge run by Bobbys restaurant Inclusive Sport organised by Leicester Education Business Company International Folk Dancing Mime/Physical Theatre Ju Jitsu - martial art including Japanese language use Olympic Challenge - language champions Gay and Lesbian Centre awareness raising of homophobia Students shared their learning through producing posters and giving presentations Year 8 focussed on Community - Business and Faith and had interactive inputs about:- Faith day Islamophobia Show Racism the Red Card An inter-faith exhibition Global food tasting Film and Dance Year 9 explored how Communities can Work Together through:- Passage Day - experiencing the journey of an asylum-seeker Visiting Snibston Discovery Centre Discussing Our Britain - There is more that unites us than divides us Session on older and young people led by the Youth offending service Wheelchair Basketball players Colliery tour Katch 22 - issues around Knife Crime Act Now - Terrorism Split second - Armed response Hearing the powerful testimony of holocaust Survivors Rewind - Racism and Roots Evaluations by students and teachers demonstrate that the project has had a profound impact. The project grew out of an Enterprise day funded by GELS, through EMNGPS. Rohini then gave an update about the DFID Global Learning England tender, and its implications for EMNGPS. Noel Singh then introduced Leicestershire County Council's new Community Cohesion page for schools - see website GELS are planning a summer showcase event on 29 June to showcase a range of GELS activities - Claire Plumb and Clare Carr would be in touch with GELS members to organise details
Global Education Leicestershire (GELS) Meeting
On 14 October 15 teachers, Local Authority Officers, NGO staff and Consultants met at the GLOBAL EDUCATION LEICESTER/SHIRE (GELS) meeting. The agenda included:- 1. Introductions and welcome to Southfields Library – Claire Plumb Brief introductions Tour of the library New base, new opportunities 2. News from Department for International Development (DfID) – Rohini Corfield DfID reviews Visit to EMNGPS and Moat College on 18 September 2009 3. Updates on current and forthcoming projects and events, including: 18 October - One World Interfaith Fair at Beauchamp College, Oadby 24 October One Day Conference – Climate Change and the Challenge for Religions, 10am to 5pm, John Foster Hall, University of Leicester, 15 Manor Road, Leicester LE2 2LG. Contact Dr Alan Race 5 November - Building Effective Partnerships, a training day run by DfID Global Schools for teachers who have already been actively involved in school partnerships with Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Caribbean. 9.30am to 3.30pm at Beaumanor Hall, Loughborough LE12 8TX 15 to 22 November - First National Inter-Faith Week in England 15 to 22 November - Islam Awareness Week on the theme of recognising our common humanity, celebrating our diversity and respecting each other 18 November - Open Day Multicultural, RE and Curriculum Resource Centre, Quorn Hall, Meynell Road, Quorn LE12 8BG 20 November - Universal Children’s Day – an event at Southfields Library for local schools 24 November - Community Cohesion - Your School and the Wider World 9.30am to 3.30pm at Beaumanor Hall, Loughborough LE12 8TX 8 December - Global Dimension Training Day for Primary PGCE students at the University of Leicester 6 to 8 January 2010 - Food for Thought at the University of Leicester Botanic Garden Contact Janice Hodgkinson for further information and booking – 0116 271 2933 22 February to 7 March 2010 - Fairtrade Fortnight “The Big Swap” Fairtrade Schools Summer 2010 - Conference to show case 2009/2010 projects The meeting enabled staff from education to network with NGO staff and organise events to bring the Global Dimension to life in schools across Leicester/shire.
Unicef Rights Respecting School Award

On 4 June Claire Plumb from GELS joined Paul Conneally from Leicester City Council and Charlotte Hunt from Unicef to run a session for Leicester City teachers about the Rights Respecting School Award. www.unicef.org/rrsa


19 teachers from 15 schools attended and heard presentations about the award and how it can be used as an instrument for bringing the Global Dimension to life in schools. Teachers will now decide if they want to use the Award as a framework for Global Dimension work in their schools.

The event was delivered in partnership by the threee organisations and funded by EMNGPS.

Global Education Leicestershire (GELS) Meeting

On 12 May 2009,10 teachers and NGO staff met at Moat College for the summer term meeting of GELS. The session started with an opportunity to  network and to see the printed tiles produced by students as part of the Cold Shoulder Project.

Neil Anderson from Rafiki (www.rafi.ki) demonstrated the interactive rafiki website which allows pupils and teachers to communicate with their counterparts in 106 countries across the world. Rafiki functions like a social networking site enabling young people to dialogue with peers from many different countries , as well as encouraging schools to work on curriculum projects with schools in other countries, bringing the Global Dimension to life.

Examples of school projects include:-  

1. Cold Shoulder about exclusion and discrimination

2. Carbon Footprint

3. Climate Change

4. Free and Fair Trade

5. Darfur

6. Perspectives on Africa

The website is moderated and there is a subscription for UK schools.
 
Project Funding Updates were given - EMNGPS has funded the following projects for this financial year:-

1. A Fairtrade project between Brocks Hill Primary School and their partner school in South Africa

2. Crown Hills Secondary School and Leicester City of Sanctuary will produce a KS3 resource about Refugees and asylum seekers

3. Rusheymede Secondary School are doing a Humanities project with their partner school in Turkey using archaeology as a focus

4. Students at Castle Rock School organised a day of activities about Trade Justice

5. Globe United is an action research project for primary schools about the Olympian idea of Fair Play

6. A group of teachers will develop resources about a Zero Carbon School

7. GELS will run a Global Citizenship conference for primary PGCE students at Leicester University

8. 15 Leicester City schools will work towards the Unicef Rights Respecting Schools Award

9. The Food for Thought case-study will be turned into an online resource

Global Education Leicestershire Meeting

Twenty educators (teachers, Local Authority advisers, staff from NGOs etc) met at Rushey Mead College on 20 January 2009 to share information about Global Dimension events and projects. These included:-

• Activities for International Education Week

• The Leicester City Council delegation to Nicaragua and Guatemala

• A Growing Together event organised by the Global Youth Work Project East Midlands

• One World Multi-faith fair at Oadby, organised by a student at Beauchamp College - Shabaana Kidy

• The City of Sanctauary Christmas party

• Food For Thought
  

The EMNGPS funding application process was discussed and the group decided to investigate Ning and speed dating as a way of enhancing communication between members.

Moat College shared the art work produced by students in different countries as part of the Cold Shoulder project and information was given about another Philosophy for Children training course.

Various members of GELS would also be contributing to the programme for the DFID visit to EMNGPS, sharing the range of work and partnerships developed through GELS.

Leicestershire Group Meeting in June 2008

The locality group met on 10th June 2008 at Brocks Hill Primary School. Download the minutes. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 9th September at Beauchamp College at 4 - 5.30pm.

Food For Thought - an innovative project developed in Leicester

Food for Thought is an innovative project which invites your class to explore how plants are grown and used in a tropical eco-system and discover how people and places around the world are interrelated. Click here for more.

The Big Question Company

The Big Question Company now has a website.

October Locality Group meeting

On 10 October 2007,a gifted and talented student co-ordinator and Religious Studies secondary teachers, LA advisers and NGO staff met at the Locality Group meeting held at Moat Community College. New members from Diversity Hub and the Leicester Council of Faiths were welcomed.

Members gave progress updates on the following projects:-

• Resources Fair and International School Award (ISA) Event , 23 January 2008 at Beaumanor Hall - a chance for primary and secondary teachers to learn more about how the Global Dimension can help with ISA and view a variety of resources.

• Fairtrade Schools Accreditation scheme & Philosophy for Children sessions - Clare Carr

• Food For Thought - Claire Plumb

• Tree of Life - an arts and environmental project

• Rwandan Drama Group available to visit schools in 2008 to lead work on Genocide and the Holocaust - Helen Trilling

• Skillshare Returned Development Workers project - Raul Pardinaz-Solis

• Plans to mark International Education Week ( 12 - 16 November) at Beauchamp College with a Japanese theme

• EMAS ( Environmental Management Audit System) for Schools

• Diversity Hub and Leicester Council of Faiths agreed to do presentations about their work at future meetings.

Leicestershire plans activities for 2007-8

Leicestershire Locality Group recently met to discuss their plans for 2007-8. Activities include:

• Food for Thought Project with Whitehall Primary school

• Forum with a Nicaraguan fair trade producer at Countesthorpe Community College and Beauchamp Community college

• Global citizenship Week at Beauchamp Community College

• Philosophy for Children sessions at Blaby Stokes Primary school

• Global Garndeners with Uplands Junior School

• Training about the International School award

• Globe United project

• Resources Fair

• Tree of Life Mosaic Project for six primary schools

A busy and interesting time beckons...

Sharing Progress in 2006-7

Leicester/shire locality group ran a variety of projects in 2006-7:

SEED Educational Programme at the Botanic Garden

• Delivery of year-long programme (including Whole World Cake, Journeys to Christmas) for schools involving up to 7,000 pupils and teachers

Food for Thought at the Botanic Garden – run by Leicester Masaya Link Group and SEED (Leicester Botanical Gardens)

• Delivery of 5 interactive days at the Botanic Garden, involving a total of 300 pupils and 20 teaching and support staff from 4 primary schools, 1 special school and 1 Community College

Food for Thought Regional INSET Programme – run by Leicester Masaya Link Group, SEED and Global Education Derby

• Planning meetings and delivery of INSET with partners at Global Education Derby

• Planning meetings and delivery of Regional Professional Development Network INSET with partners at Global Education Derby and MUNDI

Food for Thought in Schools - Leicester Masaya Link Group

• Support and delivery of sessions for Whitehall Primary School (63 pupils, 4 teachers/support staff)

• Delivery of half day session at Linden Primary School (60 pupils, 4 teachers)

Global Gardeners Project - Leicester Masaya Link Group

• Delivery of half-day session for Uplands Junior School (68 pupils, 6 teachers/support staff)

Intercultural Seminar - in partnership with Soft Touch Community Arts

• Event aimed at bringing together teachers and refugee and asylum seeker artists (75 participants)

Global Citizenship Teacher Network

A group of teachers in Leicester City and Leicestershire meet once a term to look at a particular global issue in more depth. The meetings take place at different schools, and are open to anyone with an interest. So far, topics have included International Education Week, and Fair Trade. The twilight meetings run for an hour and a half, and provide an opportunity to look at resources, share ideas, and plan activities. For information about future meetings contact Paul.

Global Horizons in the Local Landscape

Representatives from organisations throughout Leicester and Leicestershire came together at County Hall on Monday 27th March 2006 to share information and plan global perspectives work in schools. Three areas of work were identified for further discussion: International Links, Roots around the World Mosaic and Resources. For more information, and to find out how to get involved contact Claire.

MA in Global Citizenship

The Centre for Citizenship Studies in Education provides Masters level courses in Global Citizenship for teachers. For more information contact Paul.

Just Education and Training

The Just... fair trade shop in Leicester offers support for organisations to develop understanding of international trade and trade justice, with an emphasis on fair trade. For more information, contact Clare.

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