A selection of assemblies to welcome your pupils back for the start of a new school year.

A selection of assemblies to welcome back, and inspire your students as they start a new school year.

Free workshop are aimed at teachers, lecturers, assistants and advisors working on any area of the curriculum and want to know more about eTwinning

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 cost of each workshop will be met by Global School Partnerships, meaning places are free to teachers, although booking is essential.

International Literacy Day is designed to draw attention to the importance of literacy for both personal fulfilment and the economic success of a nation. Oxfam Education has created a series of Literature and English lesson plans which also deal with global citizenship themes.

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival and commemorates the creation of the world, it lasts for 2 days. The traditional greeting between Jews is "L'shanah tovah" ... for a good New Year. Rosh Hashanah is also a judgement day, when Jews believe that God balances a person's good deeds over the last year against their bad deeds, and decides what the next year will be like for them. A lot of time is spent in the synagogue on Rosh Hashanah, when there are special services that emphasise God's kingship.

Eid-Ul-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan when Muslims celebrate the end of fasting and thank Allah for His help with their month-long act of self-control.

Joint curriculum projects, where partner schools work collaboratively on a project of mutual interest, are an excellent way to enrich the international dimension the curriculum. We are only able to accept applications from primary / secondary state schools and sixth form colleges in England which have an established partnership with a school in France.

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)

To celebrate five years of partnerships online, the British Council is holding an eTwinning Fifth Birthday Card Competition to design a birthday card. Get involved with the celebrations and encourage your students to design a fifth birthday card and they could win a £250 voucher for the school and have their work displayed in a special online gallery!

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Comenius Regio seminars are aimed at local authorities, not individual schools. Seminar takes place 2 to 4 December

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees. Seminar takes place 20 to 24 October

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.



Seminar aims

• to develop new project ideas and to establish new Comenius school partnerships and etwinning partnerships

• to give staff, working in upper secondary schools, an insight of international cooperation

• to provide information about Comenius & eTwinning and the use of technologies in the 21st century education

Seminar takes place 3 to 6 November

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.

On this occasion, we are aiming at creating networking opportunities for institutions wishing to develop school partnerships in order to stimulate the creation of learning communities which can handle the complex challenges that today's schools present.

Seminar takes place 15 to 19 November

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.

Seminar takes place 17 to 21 November

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.

Seminar takes place 24-28 November

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.

Seminar takes place 1 to 5 December

Yom Kippur is the most solemn day of the Jewish year as it is the day on which all Jewish people seek to atone for any wrongs they have done and seek the forgiveness of God.

Funding is available for teachers and headteachers to undertake short visits to a partner school in any country to set up a curriculum based partnership or develop an existing link.

Travel, board and lodging costs can be funded. The maximum grant per person for a visit within Europe is £500. Higher travel costs to a maximum of £1000 for visits further afield can be considered. Applications must be for visits to take place before 1 April 2011

Schools and colleges of further education in England with a partner school in China can apply for a grant of up to £5,000 to support their project. This grant could be used towards the costs of student and teacher travel to China, materials, specialist inputs and other eligible project costs. Project visits must take place before 1 April 2011.

The International Day of Peace was first celebrated in 1982 as a result of a UN resolution. Since then the UN has strengthened the resolution and now calls for global ceasefire on this day. It also aims to have an impact beyond this day by encouraging peaceful solutions to ongoing conflicts.

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Comenius Regio seminars are aimed at local authorities, not individual schools.

Sukkot commemorates the years that the Jewish people spent wandering in the wilderness before finding their way to the Promised Land. It is a celebration of the protection which God gave them during these difficult years. The feast runs for seven days, in 2010 from the 23rd - 29th of September.

If your school partnership is considering applying for a reciprocal visit or global curriculum project grant, our grant preparation seminars will help you prepare your application.

Each seminar will look at:
Features of successful partnerships and curriculum projects
Application processes and assessment criteria
Support available

There will also be time to discuss any questions you have.

All seminars run from 10.00 to 15.00 and lunch will be provided. Although places are free, registration for these events is essential.

The course is aimed at Headteachers, leadership teams, governors, middle leaders and international co-ordinators. It will explore in detail the requirements of the International Schools award and how this award fulfils Ofsted and SEF requirements. It will raise awareness of how to apply for funding for international work in your school as well as provide ideas for projects that you can undertake. Keynote speaker: John Rolfe, Manager of the International School Award. Price: £139 (£157, £185) per person

If your school partnership is considering applying for a reciprocal visit or global curriculum project grant, our grant preparation seminars will help you prepare your application.

Each seminar will look at:
Features of successful partnerships and curriculum projects
Application processes and assessment criteria
Support available

There will also be time to discuss any questions you have.

All seminars run from 10.00 to 15.00 and lunch will be provided. Although places are free, registration for these events is essential.

If your school partnership is considering applying for a reciprocal visit or global curriculum project grant, our grant preparation seminars will help you prepare your application.

Each seminar will look at:
Features of successful partnerships and curriculum projects
Application processes and assessment criteria
Support available

There will also be time to discuss any questions you have.

All seminars run from 10.00 to 15.00 and lunch will be provided. Although places are free, registration for these events is essential.

Local authorities and clusters of schools that already have partners in China can apply for two new opportunities to further develop their partnerships over the coming year.

The European Day of Languages (EDL), a Council of Europe initiative, is held annually on the 26 September to celebrate language and cultural diversity. The Day was first celebrated in 2001, the European Year of Languages and involves more people every year. EDL aims to: To alert the public to the importance of language learning; To increase awareness and appreciation of all languages; and To encourage lifelong language learning.

If your school partnership is considering applying for a reciprocal visit or global curriculum project grant, our grant preparation seminars will help you prepare your application.

Each seminar will look at:
Features of successful partnerships and curriculum projects
Application processes and assessment criteria
Support available

There will also be time to discuss any questions you have.

All seminars run from 10.00 to 15.00 and lunch will be provided. Although places are free, registration for these events is essential.

On this occasion, we are aiming at creating networking opportunities for representatives of regions which are interested in setting up Comenius Regio Partnerships and take first steps of project planning

Comenius Regio seminars are aimed at local authorities, not individual schools.

If your school partnership is considering applying for a reciprocal visit or global curriculum project grant, our grant preparation seminars will help you prepare your application.

Each seminar will look at:
Features of successful partnerships and curriculum projects
Application processes and assessment criteria
Support available

There will also be time to discuss any questions you have.

All seminars run from 10.00 to 15.00 and lunch will be provided. Although places are free, registration for these events is essential.

If your school partnership is considering applying for a reciprocal visit or global curriculum project grant, our grant preparation seminars will help you prepare your application.

Each seminar will look at:
Features of successful partnerships and curriculum projects
Application processes and assessment criteria
Support available

There will also be time to discuss any questions you have.

All seminars run from 10.00 to 15.00 and lunch will be provided. Although places are free, registration for these events is essential.

The Spanish Tourist Office and the Consejeria de Educacion launch a competition on the Camino de Santiago. The competition is open to primary and secondary school teaching staff in UK schools providing Spanish as a foreign language.

Entries should consist of ideas to develop school projects and activities aimed at disseminating the history, geography and cultural legacy of the "Camino de Santiago". Entries must be submitted by the 28th of September by e-mail.

The aim of the Comenius Regio contact seminar is to bring together key actors in education from regions who care for high quality education in the region and who are interested in setting up a Comenius Regio partnership with colleagues from different parts of Europe.

We offer participants the opportunity to:

• Exchange information and experiences
• Work in groups and in tandems to find and form partnerships
• Discuss and develop project ideas
• Get acquainted with application requirements

Black History Month is an annual celebration of the contribution that black people have made to the history and culture of, not only the UK, but the whole world. The aims are to: Promote knowledge of Black History and experience; Disseminate information on positive Black contributions to British Society; and to heighten the confidence and awareness of Black people in their cultural heritage.

Free workshop are aimed at teachers, lecturers, assistants and advisors working on any area of the curriculum and want to know more about eTwinning

These conferences give young people aged 14-17 the confidence to take action in their community and beyond, through interactive workshops, debates and first-hand accounts from Oxfam programme staff. This autumn’s conferences will explore the Millennium Development Goals and the impact of climate change on global poverty. They will be held in London, Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool from 4-22 October.

Free workshop are aimed at teachers, lecturers, assistants and advisors working on any area of the curriculum and want to know more about eTwinning

Free workshop are aimed at teachers, lecturers, assistants and advisors working on any area of the curriculum and want to know more about eTwinning

If your school partnership is considering applying for a reciprocal visit or global curriculum project grant, our grant preparation seminars will help you prepare your application.

Each seminar will look at:
Features of successful partnerships and curriculum projects
Application processes and assessment criteria
Support available

There will also be time to discuss any questions you have.

All seminars run from 10.00 to 15.00 and lunch will be provided. Although places are free, registration for these events is essential.

Free workshop are aimed at teachers, lecturers, assistants and advisors working on any area of the curriculum and want to know more about eTwinning

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.

World Mental Health Day may seem an odd event around which to base a school assembly, but it is likely that many of your students either suffer from, or have relatives who suffer from, some form of mental health problem. This can lead to isolation and bullying, and ultimately lead to a worsening of their situation and an increased likelyhood of disruptive or self-destructive behaviour. For this reason it is important that students of all ages realise that if they have problems they can get help and support, and most importantly that mental health problems need to be treated, not hidden.

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN celebrates World Food Day each year, the theme for 2010 is “Feeding One Billion Hungry”.

For Early Years Practitioners, Primary, & Secondary teachers, HLTAs, TAs, ITT, Governors,
Youth Workers, DE workers, and Community Groups.
Study Visit Course includes 3 days of workshops on previsit preparation & training; in-country
group visits; 1 ½ days workshops forpost-visit support. Return of booking form & £300 deposit
deadline Fri 26 March 2010. For more
information and to register your interest as
soon as possible contact: Mary I’Anson
mary@glade.org or Liz Johnson-Idan on
07841 312665 or lynn@glade.org

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.

We are looking for 12 new clusters of schools - each supported and co-ordinated by a local authority/federation, or affiliated body - to build links with clusters of schools and districts in Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam in the 2010-11 academic year. Each cluster should consist of a mixture of four primary and secondary schools. A grant of £1,000 per year for two years will be given to the local authority/federation (or other co-ordinating body) to cover the costs of co-ordinating the project on behalf of the school cluster. This grant can be used for resources, materials, staff time, meeting venues and catering, etc.

We are currently recruiting clusters of UK schools - supported and co-ordinated by their local authorities, federations, or affiliated bodies - to build partnerships with schools and districts in India or Sri Lanka. Mixed groups of four UK primary, secondary and/or special schools will create partnerships with districts and groups of eight schools in India or Sri Lanka. We will offer grants of £1,000 per year for three years to each local authority, federation, affiliated body, or lead school that is co-ordinating a cluster of UK schools. We will also offer annual grants of £1,000 to each co-ordinating district in India and Sri Lanka. These grants can be used to cover the costs of co-ordinating the project, including resources, materials, staff time, meeting venues and catering, etc.

We are looking for seven clusters of UK schools - each supported and co-ordinated by their local authority, federation, or other affiliated body - to build partnerships with schools and districts in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. We will offer an annual grant to each cluster to cover the costs of joint projects, travel and subsistence over the first two years of the partnership. In addition, we will also offer a grant to the UK local authority/federation or other co-ordinating body to cover the costs of co-ordinating the cluster.

Halloween, which falls on the 31st of October, and All Saints Day, which falls on the 1st of November are two ancient festivals which have in recent times been adopted into the Christian tradition. They are now celebrations of the lives all the saints recognised in the Christian church, and acknowledgement of the fact that there may be many saints who are not recognised or remembered at any other time of year.

Global School Partnerships promotes partnerships between schools in the UK and schools in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Reciprocal Visit grants are for partnerships that are laying the foundations for long term collaborative work that will embed a global dimension in the schools’ curricula. This deadline is for travel between 30 December 2010 and 30 November 2011.

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.

Seminar aims

• to develop new project ideas and to establish new Comenius school partnerships and etwinning partnerships

• to give staff, working in upper secondary schools, an insight of international cooperation

• to provide information about Comenius & eTwinning and the use of technologies in the 21st century education

Diwali is the Festival of Lights and is most closely associated with Hinduism, though it is also celebrated by Jains and Sikhs. The festival extends over five days and is a celebration of the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance.

This day is held on the 9th of November each year in remembrance of Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass, when Jewish shopkeepers in Germany had their windows smashed and many Jewish people were attacked on the streets. This day is used to highlight not only the history of Fascism and Anti-Semitism in Europe but also to remind everyone that racism, fascism, and anti-Semitism are still a problem today. The website of United for Intercultural Action carries details of the day, and other Europe wide campaigns throughout the year.

November 11th is the day on which the 1st World War officially ended and it has now been adopted as the date on which people remember all those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars, and in all subsequent conflicts in which British troops have fought. It is worth reading and explaining that intention very carefully with children. The Royal British Legion has created a schools pack about Remembrance Day which fits into the Citizenship and History curriculum.

The Hajj is the Islamic Pilgrimage to Mecca. It is the fifth of the Five Pillars in Sunni Islam and one of the ten Branches of Religion in Shi'a Islam. Every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so is obliged to make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in his or her lifetime. More information can be found on the BBC Religion Hajj pages. The BBC Schools Hajj pages offer additional information, classroom activities and relevant weblinks. The Hajj is such a huge and important event that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia actually has a Ministry of Hajj to adminster all aspects of the massive annual pilgrimage

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.

On this occasion, we are aiming at creating networking opportunities for institutions wishing to develop school partnerships in order to stimulate the creation of learning communities which can handle the complex challenges that today's schools present.

Free workshop are aimed at teachers, lecturers, assistants and advisors working on any area of the curriculum and want to know more about eTwinning

Tolerance of our cultural, political, and religious differences is becoming increasingly important as our communities become more diverse, and current world events seem determined to cause division between communities.

For Secondary Schools in England. The Mock Council of the European Union mirrors the main decision-making body of the EU.

The 2010 sessions of the Mock Council are being jointly organised by the British Council, The Representation of the European Commission in London, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Mock Council is aimed at 16-18 year olds, especially those with an interest in European affairs or politics and a passion for lively debate.

Free workshop are aimed at teachers, lecturers, assistants and advisors working on any area of the curriculum and want to know more about eTwinning

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.

World AIDS Day an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Teachers from Nursery level to Further Education are eligible to apply for grants to cover both their travel and fees.

Slavery is history, right? Unfortunately not, slavery is still happening in many parts of the world and this day aims to highlight this fact, and to promote action to get slavery abolished. Modern slavery includes child labour as many children are forced to work and are deprived of both childhood and education as a result. Anti-Slavery contains information about historical slavery and campaigns against modern forms of slavery. The education section contains assembly ideas and classroom activities. Breaking the Silence is an interactive website dealing with the Trans-atlantic slave trade.

Hanukkah is an eight day holiday starting on the 25th night of the Jewish month of Kislev. Hanukkah (The Hebrew word means 'Dedication') is also known as the Festival of Lights. The holiday goes back almost 2,400 years and celebrates one of the greatest miracles in Jewish history. More information about the history and traditions of Hanukkah can be found on the Chabad.org Hanukkah webpage, which also includes some excellent resources for kids and games related to Hanukkah.

One of the most effective ways to find partners is to attend a Comenius Contact Seminar. They take place every year from September to January in locations throughout Europe. Comenius Regio seminars are aimed at local authorities, not individual schools.

Hijra, the Islamic New Year, is the first day of the month of Muharram. It marks the Hijra in 622 CE when the Prophet Muhammad moved from Mecca to Medina to establish the first Islamic state. The Hijra, or withdrawal, is the emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622. Muhammad, preaching the doctrines of one God (called Allah) and the threat of the Day of Judgment, did not at first have much success in the city of Mecca. His tribe, the Quraysh, which was in charge of the Kaaba, persecuted and harassed him continuously. He and his followers emigrated to the city of Yathrib, 320 km north of Mecca, in September 622. Yathrib was soon renamed Madinat un-Nabi, the City of the Prophet, Medina in English. The Muslim year during which the Hijra occurred was designated the first year of the Islamic calendar by Umar in 638, 17 AH (anno hegirae = "in the year of the hijra").

Bodhi Day is a celebration of the day on which Gautama first attained enlightenment and became the Buddha. Buddhist Studies for Primary and Secondary Students, part of the Buddhanet website, provides an excellent set of resources and background information for teaching students of all ages about Buddhism.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the UN in 1948. It outlines the human rights standards the UN believes should be enforced by all nations - among them "the right to life, liberty and nationality, to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, to work, to be educated, and to take part in government." That day in 1948 could arguably be called the birth of the modern human rights movement. With widely agreed-upon universal standards in place, "atrocities" could be more concretely labelled "violations" and could be more readily acted against. States that have embraced these standards have, for more than half a century, observed December 10th as Human Rights Day.

In the twenty-first century growing numbers of people are leaving their native countries to live in different countries. In 2000, an estimated 175 million lived outside their country of birth. Of these, about 159 million were deemed international migrants; approximately 16 million were recognised refugees fleeing a well-founded fear of persecution; and 900,000 were asylum seekers. More information about migrants can be found on the December 18 website. The Moving Here website explores, records and illustrates why people came to England over the last 200 years and what their experiences were and continue to be. It offers free access, for personal and educational use, to an online catalogue of versions of original material related to migration history from local, regional and national archives, libraries and museums.

Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a traditional holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus with both religious and secular aspects, commonly observed on 25 December by prayers, exchange of gifts, and family celebrations. Christ's birth, or nativity, was said by his followers to fulfil the prophecies of Judaism that a messiah would come, from the house of David, to redeem the world from sin.