Global Citizenship

November 25th, 2008

Scottish Education Awards 2009 - now open

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The Scottish Education Awards are a celebration of good practice and innovative developments taking place in Scottish education. The awards highlight best practice in Scottish classrooms, celebrate schools, and recognise the excellent work of individuals who help young people fulfil their potential.

Nominations for the Scottish Education Awards can be made until Friday 27 February 2009. Awards will be given across 17 categories, including ‘International School’, ‘Greener Schools’ and ‘Active Citizenship’. One new category is the Homecoming Scotland Award, to tie in with Scotland’s Year of Homecoming 2009. This award will recognise how schools and young people have explored and celebrated Scotland’s great contributions to the world, including Scots who have emigrated around the world and played a part in the development and history of other countries.

The SEA 2009 website provides full details of the awards and the nomination process.

November 18th, 2008

European resource on animal welfare

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The European Commission has produced an online resource called ‘Farmland‘, an interactive game for children aged 9 to 12 which aims to increase their understanding about responsible farming and treating animals in a respectful and humane way. The Commission hopes this kind of educational approach will help the consumers of the future to make informed decisons about the food they will buy.

November 7th, 2008

Remembrance with Airdrie pupils

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Today’s ‘TES Scotland’ includes a story “Airdrie is remembered” about pupils from Caldervale High School visiting the battlefields and war graves in Flanders (Belgium) and France. This is the culmination of a whole-school cross-curricular approach to Remembrance and the effective learning of History.

November 7th, 2008

Healthy eating and Global citizenship

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School pupils in East Ayrshire can now take part in an innovative incentive scheme which links healthy school meals to global citizenship. The ‘Get Stuck In’ project will be run by East Ayrshire Council in partnership with charity Save the Children, and rewards healthy meal choices with ‘points’ which help purchase resources for communities in the developing world.

A story in ‘The Herald’ gives more detail.

November 6th, 2008

Foreign language skills

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Recent events in the global economy may mean more interest in languages from young people in Scotland, as they recognise the value of a foreign language to their employment prospects.

Last week Maureen Watt, Minister for Schools and Skills, spoke to the Scottish Association for Language Teaching (SALT) conference. She said ”We must ensure that our young people understand and can respond to the challenges that are presented by globalisation. If the curriculum is to be excellent, it must incorporate an international perspective; if it does not our society and economy will be poorer.”

A more detailed news story “Importance of language skills” is on the Scottish Government website.