Rights Respecting Schools
Rights Respecting Global Citizens (RRGC) - Training Course for Rights Respecting Schools and Schools Engaged in Childrens Rights Work in Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset
The DEED Rights-Respecting Global Citizens course is designed to embed Global Citizenship within the whole school ethos, curriculum and governance of schools in Dorset and the southwest as part of their Rights Respecting Schools Journey. The training course delivers a comprehensive, innovative and challenging programme of whole school training, advice and resources to support Headteachers, Senior Leaders, teaching staff and pupils as young Global Evaluators to significantly raise awareness of Global Justice and Sustainability.
The Millennium Development Goals - what can we do to reduce global poverty by 2015? Come along to a half day training event for KS2 and above teaching staff to be held in Wimborne on 1st February to 2012. Local schools and the British Red Cross will be sharing activities and resources to support your work in the classroom. Click here for flyer and more information. You may also be interested in these websites for further information and resources on the MDGs.
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/category.htm?37
http://teachunicef.org/explore/topic/millennium-development-goals-0
http://www.cafod.org.uk/primary/mdg
The Rights Respecting Schools Celebration 2011 - was held on 17 Oct 2011. See photos from the afternoon here.
The Gillingham Area Schools Partnership (GASP) started their Rights Respecting Global Citizens course with us in 2011. More than 70 teachers from 8 schools took part in a day training event at Gillingham Primary School. See photos here.
“An opportunity to reflect on what being a global citizen is & how I can link it in the classroom”
For examples of other Rights Respecting Global Citizen Schools we have worked with see photos here for Pimperne Primary School, Beechcroft St. Pauls Primary School in Weymouth, St. Mary the Virgin Primary School and Stower Provost Primary School in Gillingham, Mudeford Junior School in Christchurch, St. John's First School in Wimborne, The Prince of Wales First School in Dorchester, Henbury View First School in Corfe Mullen and Downlands Primary School in Blandford.
"The interactive nature of the day has been positive and thought-provoking about language and stereotyping."
Participating teacher from the Dorset Area Schools Partnership on the RRGC course day 1, Introduction to Global Citizenship and RRS.
The new eco garden at St. John's First School, Wimborne.
The garden has been created so each class has the benefit
their own vegetable path, to learn how to grow their own
food and to understand the importance of sustainability.
The RRGC Course & Project is subsidised thanks to funding from:
