There are 24 people in attendance today, representing a number of schools, charitable and educational organisations, as well as practitioners and consultants from city, county and further afield. Schools represented include:
- Crown Hills Community College, Leicester
- The Meadow Community Primary School, Wigston
- Newbold C.E, Primary School, Newbold Coleorton
- Outwards Edge Primary School, Loughborough
- Snareston Primary School, Snareston
- St Cuthberts C.E. Primary School, Great Glen
- St John Fisher, Wigston
- St Joseph's Catholic Prmiary School, Market Harborough
- Westfield Infants School, Hinckley
Global citizenship activity
We’re given an ice-breaker activity: “What does being a Global Citizen mean to you?”. This is taken from a UNICEF resource called “Just Living”, a secondary school resource pack to help young people develop a rights-based approach to economic well-being. Many of the activities can be adapted for use with KS2, post-16 students and adults.
Part 1: In groups, come up with one word beginning with each letter of the alphabet to describe the qualities and beliefs that a global citizen would have, including attitudes, skills, values, actions, feelings and knowledge. Here’s a summary of the words that the groups came up with (see if you can identify my contributions, faithful reader):
A
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All of us, awareness, aspirational, all-embracing, acceptance, appreciation, ambitious
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B
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Broad minded, better citizen, understanding…, bi-lingual, bothered, brave
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C
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Cultural, communication, co-operative, caring, courageous
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D
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Diversity, democratic, diverse, daring, determined
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E
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Equality, equal, empathetic, evaluative, education
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F
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Freedom, fairness, fair, fair (trade)
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G
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Growth, global, good citizen, giving, go-getting, globally aware
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H
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Happy, healthy, hospitable, helpful, hopeful, horizons
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I
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Interdependent, intelligence, inspirational, international, interested, inquisitive, inclusive
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J
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Joining up, justice
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K
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Knowledge, knowledgeable, kind
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L
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Links, learning, linking, love, languages
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M
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Multi-cultural, motivated
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N
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Not alone, neighbour, negotiator, nice, not prejudiced
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O
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Overseas, ownership, opportunities, open-mindedness, open
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P
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Partnerships, pragmatic, people, prospects
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Q
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Questioning, quality, quick to respond, quest for knowledge and understanding
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R
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Responsibility, relationships, responsible, resourceful, resilient
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S
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Sharing, safety, sustainable, smiley, searching
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T
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Team work, trust, tolerant, travelled
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U
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Understanding, unifying, universal, ungreedy
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V
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Versatile, variety, values, vision, vivacious, vibrant
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W
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Well-being, worldly, willing to help, willingness to learn, develop and change
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X
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Exciting, xenophobia-challenging,
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Y
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Youthful approach, youth aware, young at heart, yearning
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Z
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Zeal, zoologically considerate,
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Part 2: Choose the 3 words that seem most important to the members of your group and write a definition of a global citizen using those 3 words. Here are the definitions that each group wrote:
- “All of us are global citizens. We are not alone, but share responsibility.”
- “A global citizen is someone who builds trust and learns to understand their neighbours.”
- “A global citizen is someone who is open-minded enough to promote equality and sustainability.”
- “A global citizen is a person who is empathetic, hopeful and who challenges xenophobia.”
- “A global citizen is someone who is tolerant of diversity and difference, is aware of the reasons for this and understands that they can make a difference.”
Opportunities for schools
The formal part of the programme closed with the presentation of a number of opportunities for schools. Here are those opportunities and the groups and individuals who presented them (including mine):
The Mighty Creatives (Sarah Bailey)
This year, The Mighty Creatives has places to work with 11 clusters of schools on child-centred, creative school improvement. We want to help schools support improvement in learning and each cluster will be different according to your individual needs. So far, clusters focus on Literacy, Parental Engagement and Curriculum Development. We’d love to come and speak to school about how this offer can benefit their group of schools.
Christian Aid East Midlands (Judi Perry, Catherine Garsed)
All our Christian Aid resources, ranging from our paper resources, such as classroom activities and games, all the way up to our human resources such as coming in to run sessions or workshops, are completely free. If you would like to get in contact with us please either ring our office on 01509 265013 or email us; we would love to hear from you! Resources include simulation games and an interactive whiteboard resource. Primary topics include Fairtrade, Global Citizenship, Water and Sanitation. Secondary topics include peace and poverty. A resource is being developed around the 2012 Olympics and Global Citizenship. Catherine has a particular interest in Modern Foreign Languages.
International Linking (Helen Trilling)
Helen is International Links Officer for Leicestershire County Council, working with county and city schools to help them develop partnerships all over the world. Most of the programmes/awards are now being run by the British Council. There is still some funding (mostly EU) available to support international school linking, but many of the programmes are coming to an end so Helen’s advice was to apply whilst the funding still exists. Helen’s presentation covered:
- The Comenius Programme
- Comenius multilateral school partnerships
- Partner finding and resources
- The International Schools Award
During the meeting, Helen was able to match up a Snareston Primary School with a school in Nepal with a view to developing a school link. Congratulations!
Global Learning for Community Cohesion (Linda Barker)
Linda has been working on the Global Learning for Community Cohesion Project, which was funded by the Department for International Development for 3 years. The project aim is to find the common ground between two agendas – global learning and community cohesion. It has been run through a partnership between the host organisation (Global Education Derby), the Schools Linking Network and Lifeworlds Learning. The outcome of the project is a web resource with activities for use in primary classrooms and CPD, suitable for staff meetings and dedicated sessions.
National Interfaith Week (George Ballentyne)
Third national Inter Faith Week will be celebrated in England, Wales and Northern Ireland from Sunday 20 to Saturday 26 November. Inter Faith Week is organised nationally by the Inter Faith Network UK. It has three main aims:
- Strengthening good inter faith relations at all levels;
- Increasing awareness of the different and distinct faith communities in the UK, in particular celebrating and building on the contribution which their members make to their neighbourhood and to wider society;
- Increasing understanding between people of religious and non-religious beliefs.
Leicester Council of Faiths is sponsoring a number of activities and events during this week, including an inter faith exhibition in Highcross shopping centre incorporating the new Faiths Trail created by the University of Leicester and De Montfort University and a photographic exhibition at the People’s Photographic Gallery (previously the Central Lending Library in Leicester). Details of these events are listed on a PDF flyer, which will be sent out with these minutes.
Food For Thought Project (Claire Plumb)
The Food for Thought programme, now in its eighth year, will be running from 30 January to 3 February and 17 to 21 September 2012. This programme is offered by the Leicester Masaya Link Group and the University of Leicester Botanic Gardens. Aimed at Years 5, 6 and 7, Food for Thought offers an interactive approach to global citizenship and brings Leicester's town-twinning link, with Masaya in Nicaragua (Central America), to life in a day of activities at the University of Leicester Botanic Gardens. Here, pupils encounter a wide range of plants that grow in Nicaragua's tropical environment and discover how these are used in food, medicine and crafts.
Endeavour Learning Centre (Nilesh Chohan)
Nilesh is Curriculum Enrichment Advisor for Leicester City Learning Services. He is based at the Endeavour Learning Centre, which is part of the National Space Centre. Workshops and programmes for pupils in KS 2/3 include Rocket Engineering, Asteroid Impact on Earth and Astronaut Training. CPD for teachers on raising standards in mathematics by enriching the learning environment is also available.
Global School Partnerships: Bangladesh Conference (Clare Carr)
A reminder that the British Council is holding a training day and conference for schools looking to develop a global school partnership with a school in Bangladesh on Tuesday 29 November in Leicester at the Campanile Hotel, Leicester LE1 3JE. The conference is not only free to attend but schools can also apply for a £250 starter grant to help you attend. Further information can be found at http://www.dfid.gov.uk/get-involved/in-your-school/global-school-partnerships/get-started/apply-for-a-starter-grant/
Please follow the link below for further information and course bookings:
Rajkot Twinning Association (Bharat Patel)
Leicester is twinned with Rajkot in India. The Twinning Association is making links with 25 schools in Rajkot. If any school is interested in making a link, please contact Bharat. The group will be running kite-making workshops in preparation for the traditional kite flying festival on 14 January.
SEAL and the Global Dimension (Roz Folwell)
This is an area of interest for Roz and she is keen to make links with primary and secondary schools to explore this.
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