RISC
Reading International Solidarity Centre
Arising from a course led by RISC in Bracknell Forest LA, Harmans Water Primary School requested support with project planning for the school's Africa fortnight. The planning group visited RISC for a meeting and learning outcomes were agreed, useful resources identified and artefacts booked. The school considered the project such a success, they published a book about it, which Bracknell Forest distributed to every primary school in the local authority, a large exhibition of children's work from the project was displayed at Bracknell Forest education centre, and a great deal of positive feedback was received.
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Read headteachers' accounts of their global schools... SS Mary and John, Clanfield and Redlands.
RISC has also been working with the October Gallery - "the first London gallery to exhibit cutting-edge contemporary art from all cultures around the planet"
Download RISC INSET/CPD Programme 2008-2010 (Word 44kb, opens in a new window)
Download Course flier (PDF 5.7MB, opens in a new window)
What RISC does …
working with six local Global Schools, primary and secondary, to embed Global Citizenship and disseminate good practice, (see Challenging Stereotypes Powerpoint to demonstrate children's knowledge and attitudes at the outset of the project)
an urban roof garden which provides a model for delivering Global Education on the use of reclaimed materials, renewable energy, water conservation, biodiversity and the economic importance of plants
publishing teaching resources including a half-termly e-bulletin for topical Global Citizenship, teaching packs, exhibitions and on-line resources
work with Teacher Training Institutions inc (see Inside/Outside Powerpoint for example of work with Art & Design students at Reading University)
The World in Their Hands handling collection of artefacts from the Majority World to support the Global Dimension across the curriculum...
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Read more about Global Citizenship Advocates CPD >>
Read more about working with local authorities >>
Website: www.risc.org.uk/education
