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| Developing a Cross-Cultural Curriculum |
A
one year project in which 3 secondary schools have been
developing ways of working across Citizenship, History
and Geography to enhance cultural aspects of the curriculum. We
have been working with 5 overseas trained teachers who
are currently based in Birmingham. The participants have
undertaken 3 placements in their allocated school. The
project is supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
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more information please contact Sylvia: |
| sylvia@shropshirebridges.org.uk |
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| Global Village Project |
| We are working with four village communities in Shropshire
to enable them to celebrate events with a global dimension.
In the first year of the project, Hinstock in North Shropshire
held a Fairtrade Family Fun quiz, Maesbury held a Local and
African Food and Culture Festival, and Farlow and Bitterley
held events featuring Southern African gum boot dancing and
African food. Preparations for next year’s events are
now underway. |
| In the second year of the project, Hinstock had two events
celebrating culture in the Balkans: Téa Hodžic Trio
visited the village in January as an Arts Alive event and
the Mladi Metalac women’s choir came in May 09. Farlow
village celebrated the second Farlow Festival, a three day
event in June celebrating food and trade, local and global,
as well as community and school art. In Bitterley, the community
came together to open the new community garden space and
to christen the beautiful cob oven built by members of the
community. |
| The villages of Maesbury and Maesbury Marsh held a Green
Halloween event on 31st October with support from Bridges
to add a global dimension to the traditional celebration. |
| This is the final year of
a three year project funded by the ECCB and the Walker Trust. |
| For more information
contact Alison: |
| alison@shropshirebridges.org.uk |
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| Millennium Development Goal
Countdown |
| This project links schools
with community groups in their local area to contribute to
local community cohesion as well as global change. Each school
and community group will explore a global issue related to
the Millennium Development Goals and then take action to
make a difference to the issue they have been investigating. |
| The project started in Autumn
2009 and will run for three years to 2012. In 2009/10 we
are working with clusters of schools in Bishop’s Castle,
Oswestry and Telford & Wrekin, and in 2010/11 we will
involve a fourth group of schools from the West Midlands.
Following this we hope all the schools and groups involved
will continue to support the Millennium Development Goals
as the world counts down to their target date in 2015. Funded
by the Department for International Development. |
| If you would like to find
out more about this project, please get in touch with Nina
Cowley (community) or Sylvia Ruxton (schools): |
| Nina@shropshirebridges.org.uk |
| Sylvia@shropshirebridges.org.uk |
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| Picturing Our World |
| What’s your take on the major global issues of our
time? This project uses photography to explore some of the
major global issues, such as education, the environment or
health, highlighted by the Millennium Development Goals. |
| We are working with Shropshire
people and communities with direct connections overseas.
The groups have been taking photographs to illustrate their
story. The result is a series of exhibitions in Shropshire
and overseas that we hope will enlighten the way we think
about our world. 'Picturing Our World’ is a three year
project core funded by the Department for International Development
and sponsored by Fogarty and Co. Travel. |
| For more information download
the project introduction document and contact Alison: |
| alison@shropshirebridges.org.uk |
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| Through Your Eyes |
| How do you see the world?
What if you could see the world through another person’s
eyes… |
| This project will work with
community and youth groups for a series of sessions exploring
well-being and poverty at home and around the world. Groups
will share learning with other participants through art forms
such as drama, creative writing, photography or painting.
If you are interested in finding out more or getting involved
please download the introductory information to the right
of this page. This is a three year project funded by the
Department for International Development. |
| For more information contact
Nina: |
| nina@shrosphirebridges.org.uk |
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| Past Projects |
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| Views from Shropshire (2006 – 2009) |
| What is it like coming to Shropshire from India in the
1960s? And what was it like be the first black family moving
into the neighbourhood? These are some of the real life experiences
collected from various ethnic minority groups in Shropshire
and Telford and Wrekin, which have been developed into a
book, exhibition and resource pack for schools and community
groups. |
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here to view the ‘Views from Shropshire’ site
and download resources. For more information on purchasing
resources see our resources page. Funded by the Heritage
Lottery. |
| For more information contact Mel: |
| admin@shropshirebridges.org.uk |
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| The G8 Challenge |
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| A three year project working
with Primary School teachers and 7 – 11 year olds to
engage them with, and take action on, topical global issues
with the help of local MPs and leaders. 8 schools in Shropshire
have taken part in a schools G8 summits, with schools representing
non G8 countries such as Ghana, Jamaica and China. |
| The summits have led onto
action by school councils and a conference (June 2008) for
project schools to share with themselves and other schools
about how they have engaged with global issues such as poverty,
malaria and energy efficiency. Guidance on how to develop
pupil-led global action in school will be produced in the
final year of the project. |
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| Fairtrade School Status |
| Bridges is supporting schools
across the West Midlands who are interested in, working towards
or have obtained Fairtrade School Status. Fairtrade School
Status is a scheme run by the Fairtrade Foundation. |
| For more information about
the scheme visit: |
| www.fairtradeschools.net |
| Or email: |
| Sylvia@shropshirebridges.org.uk |
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| Our Community, Our Environment |
| Three local schools and
communities are addressing a global environmental issue that
affects their area. Pupils will find out from their communities
what people think and share this through an event. Members
of the communities will then come together to prepare to
take action on the global issue they have identified. |
Funded by the Aggregates
Levy Sustainability Fund.
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| For more information contact
Sylvia: |
| Sylvia@shropshirebridges.org.uk |
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| Global Food Chain (2007-2008) |
| Ever wondered where your
food comes from? Or whether it is more ethical to buy locally
produced or fair trade food? Three Shropshire Primary schools
have investigated food issues affecting their school and
local community via video diaries and local action. The Global
Food Chain website is now available for all schools to use.
Schools can upload their food issue videos and share their
thoughts with other schools. |
| To find out more information
on using the site, download the introduction sheet or contact: |
| admin@shropshirebridges.org.uk |
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Global Citizenship for Shropshire
Schools
(2005-2008) |
| A project working intensively
with three primary schools each year to help them bring the
global dimension to the whole curriculum. Funded by Oxfam. |
| For details of the ‘World
in Shropshire’ resource produced as a result of this
project please see the resources section of our website. |
| For more information contact
Sylvia: |
| Sylvia@shropshirebridges.org.uk |
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| Tackling Controversial Issues
(2007–2008) |
| Using Experiential Education
to Tackle Controversial Global Citizenship Issues in Secondary
Schools (2007–08). |
| This project explored the
extent to which experiential education methodologies for
tackling controversial issues add to the skills, values and
attitudes associated with global citizenship. |
We worked in partnership
with Telford Learning Innovation Centre and secondary school
citizenship departments in Telford and Wrekin. Funded by
Oxfam.
For details of the online resource exploring the crisis in
Darfur, and guidance on using experiential education methodologies,
please visit the resource section of our website.
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For more information contact
Davina.
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| Davina@shropshirebridges.org.uk |
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| The Carbon Trading Game (2006 – 2008) |
| Bridges helped to develop
an online pan-European carbon trading website that helps
pupils consider solutions to Climate Change, in a project
led by Field Studies Council and working with partners across
Europe. |
| Funded by the European Union.
For more information contact Davina: |
| Davina@shropshirebridges.org.uk |
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| Roots Music (2006 – 2007) |
| A project to use roots music
such as Bangra as a starting point for exploring global issues
and diversity. This project worked with secondary schools
in Shropshire. |
| Funded by the Youth Music
Action Zone. For more information contact Sylivia: |
| Sylvia@shropshirebridges.org.uk |
