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NewsNEW****FREE ETHICAL PURCHASING GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES***NEW The Centre for Global Education YORK (CGE) together with The Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation (W.I.S.E.) have researched and developed an important guidance document that will assist schools and colleges with 'Ethical Purchasing'. The purpose of the guidance is to support and encourage a school to adopt a consistent and ethical approach to its purchasing and consumerism practices.Government guidance has a strong focus on ‘Environmental Sustainability’ but negligible advice on ‘Ethical Trading and Consumerism’. Absence of this reduces a school’s ability to be able to reflect in practice core moral principles that affirm a school’s ethos and their pupils’ values. This document addresses this shortfall within a compromising climate of a national ethical food controversy (Horsemeat scandal-January 2013)), global manufacturing tragedies (Bangladesh Factory Disaster-April 2013), limited Government standards monitoring and financial restraints. It is important that schools and their pupils know that ‘Trade and Consumerism’ is a complex chain that can so easily be exploited but remains everybody’s responsibility both corporate and individual. We commend this guidance to you and your school.Click to download a free copy. ***CGE YORK and CRAVEN DEC celebrate their first GTA Level 1 Teachers!*** On the 23rd January 2013 at the Yorkshire Fair Trade School Conference, 5 teachers received their GTA Level 1 certificates from the Sheriff of York, Paul Firth. It was a wonderful way for them to celebrate and have their achievements recognised. All participants shared how useful the course had been in helping them to develop key skills and broaden and embed global learning into their settings and school. Well done to all of them! Click for more GTA courses.
FAIR TRADE SCHOOL CONFERENCE 2013 Another successful Conference took place on the 23rd January 2013 with over 150 participants in attendance ranging from students, teachers, parents, Fair Trade Retailers and the Sheriff of York councillor Paul Firth and the Sheriff's Lady, Mrs Jenny Firth. Two schools, Kirby Hill Primary and Bootham School York and Amy Trumpeter founder of Kigali Crafts gave inspiring presentations on how and why they are involved with Fair Trade. Everybody left well prepared for Fair Trade Fortnight when we are all being challenged to take one 'FURTHER STEP FOR FAIR TRADE!' CGE YORK and the LOCAL COMMUNITY MAKING A SUSTAINABLE DIFFERENCE! York Young People and Climate Change Group-CGE York created and managed this group resulting in the production of two short films on the young people’s response to climate change( one with another local group of disadvantaged youngsters);the production and delivery of a play at York Theatre Royal (Young people acted as creative consultants and the Youth Theatre performed the production); this Youth group also worked with York Environment Centre on different day activities such as composting and bike maintenance. They also ran workshops at Space 109, with other young people to share their knowledge and understanding around Climate Change. In addition their skills were utilised to work alongside youngsters from ‘The Stable Project’ in York. HOW CAN GLOBAL LEARNING HELP SCHOOL'S MEET THE NEW OFSTED CRITERIA? Schools in England are currently facing a new set of Ofsted criteria. A guide developed by Oxfam and Bridges Global (August 2012) shows how a global learning approach can help schools to meet them, and suggests ways to present this to inspectors. The report evidences that global learning can be an important part of any schools approach to meeting the new inspection criteria. This includes developing the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils, but also includes supporting improved teaching, pupil behaviour, school leadership and pupil achievement. To read the report click here.
***SEAL, GLOBAL DIMENSION and SMSC TRAINING*** To support schools with SMSC, CGE York and Craven DEC have organised a training event on the 13th June 2013. Please refer to our courses on our website ****GLOBAL TEACHERS AWARD**** LEVEL 1 Following the very successful course in September more dates for the one day course are now available!! 14th March and 19th June 2013. Please contact Rosina for more details or to book a place: r.gilboy@yorksj.ac.uk ..................................................................................................................... ***NEW CGE YORK RESOURCE BOX AUTUMN 2012*** **FREE** LOAN FOR MEMBERS Learning from Afghanistan-a range of artefacts and resources are now available for loan to support educational activities and learning from Afghanistan. More information also from www.afghanaction.com ......................................................................................................................
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