20th December 2005

May we wish everyone a Merry Christmas a Happy New Year. I think 2006 is going to be a big year for ESD so get some rest because its going to be busy.

7th December 2005

The Regional Strategic Eco-Schools Partnership are meeting at The EWE Centre on 12th December to develop proposals to show how Eco-Schools can help schools to deliver their Every Child Matters outcomes. For more information or if you would like to attend please click here

7th December 2005

Wood Wizards from North Yorkshire kindly supplied a 'Noughts & Crosses' game and an Abacus for installation in the Creative Play Yard in the grounds at The EWE Centre.For more information on suppliers to the site click here.

29th November 2005

The UK is launching its response to the UNESCO Decade for Education for Sustainable Development. The launch event is on 13th December in London. Click here to see the flyer.

28th November 2005

The Durham Heritage Coast is now able to offer free Education Packs in PDF format to all schools in County Durham, on request. These education packs offer a wide range of topics ranging from rock pool habitats to the coal mining heritage of the area, providing links to the key stage 1 and 2 curriculum in several different subject areas within each activity. The Heritage Coast Education Officer will be able to help teachers deliver elements of this education pack within schools and lead visits to the coast and visits relating to the education pack.

Click here for examples of activities included in the Heritage Coast Education Pack. If you would like a copy of The Durham Heritage Coast Education Pack or would like to have sessions based on the education pack delivered to classes in your school please contact Dennis Frazer, Durham Heritage Coast Education and Community Officer, on 0191 383 3351 or e-mail: dennis.frazer@durham.gov.uk

15th November 2005

Anchor Fast Products supplied a new picnic bench in the wildlife area on the site complementing the other benches on site and showing the range of opportunities on the market for schools. Click here for more information.

10th November 2005

Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) has been asked by the DfES to compile a database of organisations working with schools on sustainability locally across the English regions. This is part of an initiative to strengthen regional strategic partnerships in order to support work which is taking place on the Education Outside the Classroom Manifesto and sustainable development.

Details from the networking questionnaires will be used to create a database of regional support thus making it much easier for schools to find out who can help them locally and how this can take place. This database is to be made available as a resource for teachers on the Growing Schools section of the government site, Teachernet, and it will also be linked to the new sustainable schools website that the DfES is currently developing.

Click here to download the form and then e-mail it to: janet@face-online.org.uk

10th November 2005

The DfES are requesting e-consultation on the development of the Education Outside the Classroom Manifesto. Click here to visit the site.

3rd November 2005

The keynote presentations from the conference held at The Assembly Rooms, Newcastle are now available to download. Click on the banner to view them.

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