A competition we’re running in conjunction with CILT, the National Centre for Languages. It’s a really great competition which encourages students to explore the importance of learning a language in the context of the Games and using multi-media skills to express their views. The prize is a trip to the Olympic Park and a visit from an athlete…

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Owain Wright

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Michael ODonnabhain,

These awards celebrate and reward the professionalism and flair of those teams making an outstanding contribution to primary and secondary schools in both the maintained and independent sectors. They are open to all schools in every part of the UK.

The awards encompass innovation in teaching, leadership and community involvement.

This is an introductory workshop covering the principles, educational benefits, practicalities and viability of global school partnerships. A local school with an established Global School Partnership will also tell you about their experience. The workshop is for school staff who are interested in establishing, or who have just initiated, a Global School Partnership. The workshop explores: motives for partnerships; partners’ perceptions of each other and how this affects learning; a global dimension curriculum; partner-finding and; preparing for partnership. For more informtion contact Sandy Betlem.

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Regina Erhart.

An Arabic immersion course will take place in Cairo, Egypt from Saturday 13th February – Saturday 27th February 2010. The two-week course will involve Arabic tuition in the mornings and cultural activities, including lots of contact with young native speakers in the afternoons. All course activities, accommodation, transport and meals will be organised by British Council.

Apply by 23 Oct 2009!!

Chinese New Year, also known as the spring festival, is the most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The spring festival celebrates the start of new life and the season of ploughing and sowing. New Year festivities start on the first day of the lunar month and continue until the fifteenth, when the moon is brightest. The first week is celebrated with visits to friends and family following special traditions designed to bring good luck. The second week ends with the Lantern festival on the evening of the 15th day of the lunar month.

Shrove Tuesday is the last day of Epiphany in the Christian calendar and is often known as Pancake Day in the UK. It is a day on which all the good things in the house are used up in preparation for Lent, which begins the following day. Lent is the period of forty days which comes before Easter in the Christian calendar. Beginning on Ash Wednesday, Lent is a season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter. By observing the forty days of Lent, Christians replicate Jesus Christ's sacrifice and withdrawal into the desert for forty days. Lent is marked by fasting, both from food and festivities.

Comenius School Partnerships enable pupils, students and staff from across Europe to work together on joint projects.

Comenius Regio is a great opportunity for local authority linking within Europe. The partnerships will give educational authorities, in cooperation with schools and other actors in education, the opportunity to work together on topics of mutual interest.

Proclaimed by UNESCO in November 1999, and observed every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. Today, about half of the 6,000 or so languages spoken in the world are under threat. Over the past three centuries, languages have died out and disappeared at a dramatic and steadily increasing pace, especially in the Americas and Australia. At least 3,000 tongues are endangered, seriously endangered or dying in many parts of the world. According to recent estimates, very few people speak most of the 6,000 known languages around the world. Half of today's languages have fewer than 10,000 speakers and a quarter have fewer than 1,000.

The theme of Fairtrade Fortnight 2009 is ‘Make it Happen: Choose Fairtrade. More information about Fairtrade Fortnight 2009 is available from the Fairtrade Foundation.

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Owain Wright.

This is an introductory workshop covering the principles, educational benefits, practicalities and viability of global school partnerships. A local school with an established Global School Partnership will also tell you about their experience. The workshop is for school staff who are interested in establishing, or who have just initiated, a Global School Partnership. The workshop explores: motives for partnerships; partners’ perceptions of each other and how this affects learning; a global dimension curriculum; partner-finding and; preparing for partnership. For more informtion contact Nikki Lamb.

This is an introductory workshop covering the principles, educational benefits, practicalities and viability of global school partnerships. A local school with an established Global School Partnership will also tell you about their experience. The workshop is for school staff who are interested in establishing, or who have just initiated, a Global School Partnership. The workshop explores: motives for partnerships; partners’ perceptions of each other and how this affects learning; a global dimension curriculum; partner-finding and; preparing for partnership. For more informtion contact Kevin Quinn.

This one-day workshop considers how school partnerships can be consolidated and enhanced through community involvement. The workshop is for schools wishing to involve local communities in their school partnership and for schools with experience of global school-community partnerships. The workshop explores: community profiling; the global and national influences affecting local communities; the benefits and challenges of community involvement in global school partnerships; community cohesion and global citizenship; ways of improving school-community involvement. If you would like to attend any of these workshops please conact Sarah Hamlet at UKOWLA.

This is an introductory workshop covering the principles, educational benefits, practicalities and viability of global school partnerships. A local school with an established Global School Partnership will also tell you about their experience. The workshop is for school staff who are interested in establishing, or who have just initiated, a Global School Partnership. The workshop explores: motives for partnerships; partners’ perceptions of each other and how this affects learning; a global dimension curriculum; partner-finding and; preparing for partnership. For more informtion contact Hilaire Agnama.

This one-day workshop explores the meaning of a global dimension and considers the opportunities that arise within a school partnership to take this forward. The workshop is for staff who wish to develop a global dimension through joint curricular work with colleagues in partner schools. The workshop explores: the meaning of a global dimension; the curricular work that schools attending the workshop are already doing; collaborative curriculum development; connections between partner countries and the lives of learners in partner countries; ways of challenging and extending learners’ views of the world; exploring controversial and sensitive issues in partnerships. For more information contact Jenni.

Jewish celebration of the deliverance of the Jewish minority in Persia from genocide. People bring noise-makers (called graggers) to the evening service, to drown out the name of the tyrant Haman during the re-telling of the story of Esther. Some write his name on bits of paper which they tear up and toss into the air; others have his name written on the soles of their shoes which they stamp on the floor. The Talmud recommends drinking until it is impossible to tell the difference between "Cursed be Haman" and "Blessed be Mordecai."

Hindu spring festival dedicated to the god of pleasure. It is observed in a colourful and boisterous manner. People shower each other with colour water and smear red and green powder on each other. Holi is an annual Hindu spring festival. It takes place over two days around late March or early April on a Purnima Full Moon as per the Hindu calendar. It is also called the festival of colour. On the first day, a bonfire is lit at night to signify the burning of Holika. On the second day, known as Dhulandi, people go around until afternoon throwing colours at each other and meet and have fun. A special drink called 'thandai' or bhang is also consumed. People invite each other to their houses for feasts and celebrations later in evenings.

DFID Global School Partnerships supports partnerships between UK schools and schools in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Global Curriculum Project grants enable well established partnerships to further develop joint curricular activities with a global dimension theme.

The funding helps cover travel costs of at least two teachers from each school to visit the partner school as well as project costs such as materials, training and supply cover. Equal numbers of staff must travel from each partner school.

Pre-schools, primary schools, middle schools, secondary schools, special schools and sixth form colleges are all eligible. Further education and tertiary institutions are not eligible to apply.

Supported by the HSBC Global Education Programme and managed by the British Council, this opportunity is designed to help schools (primary, secondary and SEN), sixth form colleges and FE colleges across the UK to arrange events or activities that will help their students learn more about China or the Mandarin Chinese language. As part of the grant application, they must show how the students will pass on what they have learnt to other members of the community, supporting community cohesion. Schools and colleges can apply for grants of up to £750.

This deadline is for activity taking place between April and July 2010

This one-day workshop encourages participants to examine the quality of their school partnership relationship and consider how this can be consolidated and developed further. The workshop is for staff who have been actively involved in partnerships – particularly those who have visited their partner school and/or hosted visitors. The workshop explores: the features of a good partnership; partnership organisation and management; diversity in partnerships and; challenges to equity and sustainability. For more information contact Sharifa Khanon.

This one-day workshop explores the meaning of a global dimension and considers the opportunities that arise within a school partnership to take this forward. The workshop is for staff who wish to develop a global dimension through joint curricular work with colleagues in partner schools. The workshop explores: the meaning of a global dimension; the curricular work that schools attending the workshop are already doing; collaborative curriculum development; connections between partner countries and the lives of learners in partner countries; ways of challenging and extending learners’ views of the world; exploring controversial and sensitive issues in partnerships. For more information contact Jackie Zammit.

This one-day workshop considers how school partnerships can be consolidated and enhanced through community involvement. The workshop is for schools wishing to involve local communities in their school partnership and for schools with experience of global school-community partnerships. The workshop explores: community profiling; the global and national influences affecting local communities; the benefits and challenges of community involvement in global school partnerships; community cohesion and global citizenship; ways of improving school-community involvement. If you would like to attend any of these workshops please conact Sarah Hamlet at UKOWLA.

This is an introductory workshop covering the principles, educational benefits, practicalities and viability of global school partnerships. A local school with an established Global School Partnership will also tell you about their experience. The workshop is for school staff who are interested in establishing, or who have just initiated, a Global School Partnership. The workshop explores: motives for partnerships; partners’ perceptions of each other and how this affects learning; a global dimension curriculum; partner-finding and; preparing for partnership. For more informtion contact Eleanor Knowles.

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Michael ODonnabhain.

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Karen Moses

World Book Day was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. The origins of the day we now celebrate in the UK and Ireland come from Catalonia, where roses and books were given as gifts to loved ones on St. George’s Day – a tradition started over 80 years ago. World Book Day 2010 in the UK and Ireland will take place on Thursday 4th March. Please note that this date applies to the UK and Ireland only. The initiative is so well established in schools here that we want to make sure that the Day happens in term time to really make the most of this opportunity to celebrate books and reading. Most other countries hold World Book Day on 23rd April every year. You can register your school to take part on the World Book Day website.

This is an introductory workshop covering the principles, educational benefits, practicalities and viability of global school partnerships. A local school with an established Global School Partnership will also tell you about their experience. The workshop is for school staff who are interested in establishing, or who have just initiated, a Global School Partnership. The workshop explores: motives for partnerships; partners’ perceptions of each other and how this affects learning; a global dimension curriculum; partner-finding and; preparing for partnership. For more informtion contact Alison Huntley.

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Michael ODonnabhain.

The origin's of International Women's Day lie in protests by female American textile workers against poor working conditions and child labour in 1909. By 1926 recognition and celebration of the day had spread to Europe and many other areas of the world. In 1977 the United Nations officially recognised the 8th of March as International Women's day and it has continued to grow since then.

The Young Commonwealth website provides information, quizzes, and games designed to teach young people what the Commonwealth is and what it does. The BBC's International Citizen webpage introduces young people to the EU, UN, and the Commonwealth and looks at the differences and similarities between the three organisations.

This one-day workshop explores the meaning of a global dimension and considers the opportunities that arise within a school partnership to take this forward. The workshop is for staff who wish to develop a global dimension through joint curricular work with colleagues in partner schools. The workshop explores: the meaning of a global dimension; the curricular work that schools attending the workshop are already doing; collaborative curriculum development; connections between partner countries and the lives of learners in partner countries; ways of challenging and extending learners’ views of the world; exploring controversial and sensitive issues in partnerships. For more information contact Sue Errington.

This is an introductory workshop covering the principles, educational benefits, practicalities and viability of global school partnerships. A local school with an established Global School Partnership will also tell you about their experience. The workshop is for school staff who are interested in establishing, or who have just initiated, a Global School Partnership. The workshop explores: motives for partnerships; partners’ perceptions of each other and how this affects learning; a global dimension curriculum; partner-finding and; preparing for partnership. For more informtion contact Lisa Sabey.

This event is aimed at practitioners from all phases currently delivering Arabic lessons or with an interest in introducing language or culture from the Arab world in school. E-mail the World Links team for a copy of the invitation and registration forms, which need to be returned by the 1st of March

National Science and Engineering Week (NSEW) is a 10 day programme of around 2,000 events running throughout the whole of the UK with the aim of celebrating science, engineering and technology and its importance in our lives. With no restrictions on who can organise events, the topics on which they are focused, the audience or the venue, the resulting programme is a hugely varied and eclectic mix suitable for people of all ages and abilities. For more details and a selection of teaching resources visit the National Science and Engineering Week website. To put a more international slant on your NSEW try visiting the Sustainable Technology Education Project (STEP) for some excellent examples of how science and engineering can make a real difference to the lives of those in developing countries.

This is an introductory workshop covering the principles, educational benefits, practicalities and viability of global school partnerships. A local school with an established Global School Partnership will also tell you about their experience. The workshop is for school staff who are interested in establishing, or who have just initiated, a Global School Partnership. The workshop explores: motives for partnerships; partners’ perceptions of each other and how this affects learning; a global dimension curriculum; partner-finding and; preparing for partnership. For more informtion contact Margaret Perry.

This one-day workshop considers how school partnerships can be consolidated and enhanced through community involvement. The workshop is for schools wishing to involve local communities in their school partnership and for schools with experience of global school-community partnerships. The workshop explores: community profiling; the global and national influences affecting local communities; the benefits and challenges of community involvement in global school partnerships; community cohesion and global citizenship; ways of improving school-community involvement. If you would like to attend any of these workshops please conact Sarah Hamlet at UKOWLA.

This is an introductory workshop covering the principles, educational benefits, practicalities and viability of global school partnerships. A local school with an established Global School Partnership will also tell you about their experience. The workshop is for school staff who are interested in establishing, or who have just initiated, a Global School Partnership. The workshop explores: motives for partnerships; partners’ perceptions of each other and how this affects learning; a global dimension curriculum; partner-finding and; preparing for partnership. For more informtion contact Lisa Sabey.

This is an introductory workshop covering the principles, educational benefits, practicalities and viability of global school partnerships. A local school with an established Global School Partnership will also tell you about their experience. The workshop is for school staff who are interested in establishing, or who have just initiated, a Global School Partnership. The workshop explores: motives for partnerships; partners’ perceptions of each other and how this affects learning; a global dimension curriculum; partner-finding and; preparing for partnership. For more informtion contact Jackie Zammit.

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Jenny Compton.

UK-German Connection and the British Council invite you to attend their Anglo-German Conference. The conference will be a celebration of a number of Anglo-German projects. Many of these have been supported by the DCSF Anglo-German programme, which after 8 successful years will be withdrawn at the end of March 2010. The day will also focus on the possibilities of continuing and developing Anglo-German school cooperation and will cover a wide range of joint activities and opportunities which are cross-curricular and with or without a language element.This event is open to teachers of all subjects and age groups, headteachers and representatives of local authorities. Certificates of attendance will be issued to all delegates. We are able to reimburse travel expenses for this event. Participants are asked to pay the first £20; additional expenses above this amount will be reimbursed.

This is an introductory workshop covering the principles, educational benefits, practicalities and viability of global school partnerships. A local school with an established Global School Partnership will also tell you about their experience. The workshop is for school staff who are interested in establishing, or who have just initiated, a Global School Partnership. The workshop explores: motives for partnerships; partners’ perceptions of each other and how this affects learning; a global dimension curriculum; partner-finding and; preparing for partnership. For more informtion contact Kevin Quinn.

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was first established in 1966, following a tragic event that shocks the conscience: the massacre of young students peacefully protesting against apartheid laws, adopted by the South African government, a brutal regime that applied the theory of inequality between races, regardless of humanity's moral and ethical advances. Proclaiming the International Day, the United Nations General Assembly called upon the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination.

This one-day workshop explores the meaning of a global dimension and considers the opportunities that arise within a school partnership to take this forward. The workshop is for staff who wish to develop a global dimension through joint curricular work with colleagues in partner schools. The workshop explores: the meaning of a global dimension; the curricular work that schools attending the workshop are already doing; collaborative curriculum development; connections between partner countries and the lives of learners in partner countries; ways of challenging and extending learners’ views of the world; exploring controversial and sensitive issues in partnerships. For more information contact Eleanor Knowles.

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Owain Wright.

This one-day workshop explores the meaning of a global dimension and considers the opportunities that arise within a school partnership to take this forward. The workshop is for staff who wish to develop a global dimension through joint curricular work with colleagues in partner schools. The workshop explores: the meaning of a global dimension; the curricular work that schools attending the workshop are already doing; collaborative curriculum development; connections between partner countries and the lives of learners in partner countries; ways of challenging and extending learners’ views of the world; exploring controversial and sensitive issues in partnerships. For more information contact Sharifa Khanon

Enter the Japan Webpage Contest for Schools and win up to £1,000 worth of prizes for your school! We know that many schools are teaching Japanese or doing other projects about Japan, and we want to hear more about it. This contest is open to any UK primary or secondary school that is teaching Japanese or doing any kind of project related to Japan. Your school does not need to be teaching Japanese to enter the contest. To enter the contest, all you need to do is make a simple webpage about the work that your school is doing with Japanese or Japan. This could be a blog, a wiki, or a page that’s part of your school’s website. You can enter an existing webpage or create a new webpage from scratch. Your page can be made by just one teacher, or by teachers and students working together. If you have any questions, please contact Kim Woodruff at the Japan Foundation London.

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Jenny Compton.

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Michael ODonnabhain.

This one-day workshop considers how school partnerships can be consolidated and enhanced through community involvement. The workshop is for schools wishing to involve local communities in their school partnership and for schools with experience of global school-community partnerships. The workshop explores: community profiling; the global and national influences affecting local communities; the benefits and challenges of community involvement in global school partnerships; community cohesion and global citizenship; ways of improving school-community involvement. If you would like to attend any of these workshops please conact Sarah Hamlet at UKOWLA.

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Jenny Compton

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Jenny Compton

FOR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED TO PARTICIPATE!

This competition, supported by the HSBC Global Education Programme and run by the British Council, is open to UK primary schools and SEN schools with an existing partnership with a school in China. The theme of this year’s competition is “Comparing Traditional Stories, Myths and Legends”. The competition provides an opportunity for participating linked schools to further develop their work together by collaborating on the research and production of a performance in English by the UK school of a traditional Chinese story, myth or legend. The winning school in each of the three categories will receive £3,000 to support their school partnership with China.

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Jenny Compton.

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.

This one-day workshop considers how school partnerships can be consolidated and enhanced through community involvement. The workshop is for schools wishing to involve local communities in their school partnership and for schools with experience of global school-community partnerships. The workshop explores: community profiling; the global and national influences affecting local communities; the benefits and challenges of community involvement in global school partnerships; community cohesion and global citizenship; ways of improving school-community involvement. If you would like to attend any of these workshops please conact Sarah Hamlet at UKOWLA.

Would you like to find out more about eTwinning? We run free professional development workshops throughout the school year in the UK for teachers interested in joining the eTwinning programme. These can be full day workshops, twilight sessions, or INSET days. The workshops provide: An introduction to the eTwinning programme, with the opportunity to register and to find out about the eTwinning tools available; Sessions by teachers for teachers on running collaborative international (eTwinning) school projects; Hands-on training in using ICT tools such as digital video, email, forums, chat etc; An eTwinning CD-ROM of resources, lesson plans, project ideas and ICT tutorials for each participant to take away.Please contact Jenny Compton

Ever thought of participating in an in-service training activity in another European country? You can attend a course or undertake a job shadowing activity with a partner school. This activity is not just for teachers, other school education staff can participate. This deadline is for activities starting on or after 1 September 2010

This one-day workshop considers how school partnerships can be consolidated and enhanced through community involvement. The workshop is for schools wishing to involve local communities in their school partnership and for schools with experience of global school-community partnerships. The workshop explores: community profiling; the global and national influences affecting local communities; the benefits and challenges of community involvement in global school partnerships; community cohesion and global citizenship; ways of improving school-community involvement. If you would like to attend any of these workshops please conact Sarah Hamlet at UKOWLA.

This one-day workshop considers how school partnerships can be consolidated and enhanced through community involvement. The workshop is for schools wishing to involve local communities in their school partnership and for schools with experience of global school-community partnerships. The workshop explores: community profiling; the global and national influences affecting local communities; the benefits and challenges of community involvement in global school partnerships; community cohesion and global citizenship; ways of improving school-community involvement. If you would like to attend any of these workshops please conact Sarah Hamlet at UKOWLA.

This one-day workshop considers how school partnerships can be consolidated and enhanced through community involvement. The workshop is for schools wishing to involve local communities in their school partnership and for schools with experience of global school-community partnerships. The workshop explores: community profiling; the global and national influences affecting local communities; the benefits and challenges of community involvement in global school partnerships; community cohesion and global citizenship; ways of improving school-community involvement. If you would like to attend any of these workshops please conact Sarah Hamlet at UKOWLA.

This one-day workshop considers how school partnerships can be consolidated and enhanced through community involvement. The workshop is for schools wishing to involve local communities in their school partnership and for schools with experience of global school-community partnerships. The workshop explores: community profiling; the global and national influences affecting local communities; the benefits and challenges of community involvement in global school partnerships; community cohesion and global citizenship; ways of improving school-community involvement. If you would like to attend any of these workshops please conact Sarah Hamlet at UKOWLA.

This one-day workshop considers how school partnerships can be consolidated and enhanced through community involvement. The workshop is for schools wishing to involve local communities in their school partnership and for schools with experience of global school-community partnerships. The workshop explores: community profiling; the global and national influences affecting local communities; the benefits and challenges of community involvement in global school partnerships; community cohesion and global citizenship; ways of improving school-community involvement. If you would like to attend any of these workshops please conact Sarah Hamlet at UKOWLA.

Ever thought of participating in an in-service training activity in another European country? You can attend a course or undertake a job shadowing activity with a partner school. This activity is not just for teachers, other school education staff can participate. This deadline is for activities starting on or after 1 January 2011 (All training activities must start by 30 April 2011 at the latest)