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working with students to promote Fairtrade in schools
adding colour to education

linking to schools and communities in Uganda

learning about sustainable lifestyles

stimulating children's imagination through stories and folk tales from around the world

 

Devon Development Education

DDE seeks to promote the global dimension to education. It is responsible for delivering a series of projects and programmes to schools and colleges throughout Devon, Torbay and Plymouth. See the table below for our current projects and programmes in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay.

Food for Thought
Primary
One of the longest running and most successful DDE projects involving school linking between Devon primary schools and schools in two districts in Uganda. The project is successfully teaching children about the importance of sustainable food production. Click here for details.

 

Coping with Conflict
Secondary
A three year project involving the development of a framework for enabling young people in the UK to connect with the lives of young people in conflict situations in Uganda and Palestine. Click here for details.

 

 

Model United Nations Assemblies
Secondary and sixth form
Three highly successful Model United Nations Assemblies have been held in North Devon, Exeter and Torbay with a further Assembly planned for Plymouth in autumn 2008. The Assemblies involve students taking the part of UN delegates from various countries debating climate change and the Millennium Development Goals. Click here for details.

Cultural Champions
Primary, secondary and adult
An innovative Development Education programme, designed to give children and young people in Devon a better understanding of cultures and countries around the world through encountering people from Black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds. The core of the programme is a training course for a group of 8-12 people from BME backgrounds in Exeter and Devon, to enable them to run interactive sessions about their country /culture in schools and beyond, on a paid basis. Click here for details.

Global Citizenship in Special Schools
Primary and secondary
A 12 month project involving global dimension curriculum development for special schools in Devon and Uganda. Click here for details.

Fairtrade in schools
Primary and secondary
For the 2nd year, DDE ran conferences on becoming a Fairtrade School during Fairtrade Fortnight in March 2007. School Council members were targeted and the focus was on action planning to become a Fairtrade school. Click here for details.

 

 

The Calabash Club and Spinning Globe
Pre-school and infants
A project involving a decorated story tent which provides a magical setting for traditional folk tales and stories from around the world. The stories and related atrefacts and art and craft activities aim to capture the imagination of young minds and start them off on a journey of discovery. Click here for a photo montage and further details.

 

Other projects and programmes
Here is list of previous projects delivered through DDE and the Global Centre, or projects that have close links with us.

Play it Cool: Climate awareness in North Devon

Play it Cool was a DEFRA funded project which sought to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change in North Devon and help schools and communities to respond.

The project offered schools in North Devon & Torridge free training for both teachers and pupil educators and provided speakers for schools and public events. The project also offered tailor made classroom sessions for both primary and secondary schools. Click here for further details.

Edible Gardens in Schools
Edible Gardens in Schools (EGS) offers hands-on workshops to schools in Devon, to help schools establish sustainable, organic vegetable gardens within their grounds.

The project is developing a teaching resource to go with the practical work, linking work in the garden to the curriculum. Activities include building raised beds, building compost bins and Spring seed sowing.

For more details about workshop visit the Edible Gardens website

The White Rabbit Theatre
This Theatre-In-Education company have close links with DDE. They visit schools with thought provoking fair trade/justice related theatre. The company are committed to raising political literacy amongst students, now an important requirement of the citizenship curriculum.

The creative and interactive drama methods used by White Rabbit enable students to explore complex citizenship issues in an exciting and accessible way.

White Rabbit offer a 15 minute performance, timed to fit within an assembly, and a one hour workshop using the performance as a springboard to explore the issues raised, giving students the experience of learning through exciting theatrical techniques and games.

For further details visit the White Rabbit Theatre Group website.

Global News
This was a three year project funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) which concluded in 2006. However, the Global News website offers a wide range of resources and activities that encourage students to take a critical look at world news using the internet as a key resource. Using on-line English language newspapers and news services from around the world, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Post 16 students learn about important social, environmental and political issues.

A series of classroom activities are available through the website and have been designed to address key learning objectives in citizenship, ICT, geography, English and RE.

Global Education Network (Glen) for Devon, Plymouth and Torbay
DDE co-ordinates the Global Education Network (Glen) for Devon, Plymouth and Torbay. This is the 5th year of this EES (Enabling Effective Support for the global dimension of education in schools) DFID-funded work. We have been working with other Glens in the SW region to apply for another 5 year grant from DFID (Department for International Development).

During 2006/7, the major work was planning and running the highly successful Global Citizenship Conference in May. 110 people applied to attend, despite having to pay for a place (£30 a head). Professor David Hicks from Bath Spa University gave the key note address, pointing out the importance of Futures Education.

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