Global Citizenship magazine for schools

News

A round-up of Global Citizenship events, projects and CLPL from IDEAS members.

New Professional Learning

Scotland’s Global Learning Centre’s continue to provide high quality, professional learning in Global Citizenship, Learning for Sustainability and Rights based learning. 

Teach Peace Secondary

The Peace Education Network has launched Teach Peace Secondary, a collection of over 50 lessons contributed by dozens of organisations including Amnesty International, War Child, Values Based Education, and WOSDEC.

Refugee Week 2024

The theme for Refugee Week 2024 is ‘Our Home’. From the places we gather to share meals to our collective home, planet earth: everyone is invited to celebrate what our ‘Our Home’ means to them.

Creative for Climate

This September, we are inviting Scotland’s schools to share their thoughts on the climate emergency with MSPs in an exhibition at the Scottish Parliament.

New Christian Aid Resources

‘Speak Up or Stay Silent’ is a new RE resource covering all stages from early years to the end of S2. It has been written to fit with ‘faith in action’ questions often explored in the RME curriculum.

Global Neighbours

Global Neighbours is an accreditation scheme which offers schools the opportunity to gain recognition for everything they are doing around Global Citizenship Education and supporting their young people to become courageous advocates for change.

Laudato Si’ Schools Programme

The Laudato Si’ Schools Scotland programme was set up in response to the Catholic Church’s Laudato Si’ document which actively seeks climate justice for the world’s most climate vulnerable communities.

Vision Schools Scotland

Established in 2017, Vision Schools Scotland is a partnership between The School of Education and Social Sciences and the Holocaust Educational Trust.

Call to Action

Scotland’s DECs and other IDEAS members joined Education Scotland, Scottish Government and a wide range of national partners in December to issue a national Call to Action for People, Planet and Prosperity.

OutRight Campaign

The new OutRightcampaign 2023/24 from UNICEF, focusses on climate action. The campaign aims to empower children and young people to learn how climate change threatens children’s rights and how to protect them!

Global Citizenship calendar

April to June 2024

2 April

International Children's Book Day

SDG 4: Quality Education

22 April

Earth Day

SDG: 14 Life below Water
SDG: 15 Life on Land

8 May

World Fairtrade Day

SDG 8: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

21 May

World Day for Cultural Diversity

SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities

1 June

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month

SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities

5 June

World Environment Day

SDG 13: Climate Action
SDG 15: Life on Land

12 June

World Day Against Child Labour

SDG 1: No Poverty
SDG 4: Quality Education
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

20 June

Refugee Week

SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities

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