PSHE - Playing an Active Role

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Around The World (from Rob Gayton at Save the Children):

Families - Find out about the daily life of a family in Burkina Faso, with this story, interview and related activities.
Modelling a Community - Develop your children's understanding of different communities in the world, and how they are similar or different.
What Influences Me? - Encourage children to think about how things can be changed, from personal to global levels.
Working Children - Resources giving information and activities to develop children's understanding of child labour and what can be done about it.

Environmental / Eco Issues:

Eco Week Ideas - A wonderful collection of ideas for having an Eco Week at your school. Contributed by Margaret Kunzer.

'Make a Difference' resources: (from CSV Make a Difference Day)

Teaching Sign Language (from Deafsign):

Signing Article - An introduction to the benefits of signing with young children.
Animal Counting - Count animals using sign languages, with this handy guide.
Numbers - A reference guide showing numbers and the different ways of signing them.
Everyday Things - Signs for everyday things which children are familiar with.
Verbs - Teach your children the signs for a range of useful verbs.
Colours - Do you know the signs for different colours? Find out here!

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Free Money Lesson Plans
Download effective lesson plans & resources for delivering money lessons from KS1 to KS4.
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Circle Time
An introduction to Quality Circle Time. Thirty imaginative lesson plans, ideal for KS1 and KS2.

Links to other sites:

The £25 Challenge - Get your pupils involved in the £25 Challenge, and get them to explore what life is like in Sudan and help young people like themselves who would otherwise miss out on an education.
The Cow Files - A resource site with educational materials about Africa, poverty and the work of the charity. There are lots of lesson plans, images, powerpoints, animations and practical ideas available.
Plan - Plan is one of the largest child-centred community development organisations in the world, who also provide free resources for educators.
RSPCA Education - The RSPCA provide free online tried and tested curriculum-linked resources written by teachers.
Renewable Energy Resources - Lots of free resources covering aspects of renewable energy. Great for different curriculum areas.
Your Justice, Your World - a free educational resource to help young people from 7 to 16 understand the justice system.
World Food Programme - A huge collection of resources to help teachers to educate their pupils about hunger and hunger-related issues.
Red Cross Education - Lots of resources, teaching tools and assembly ideas, which can be used for citizenship teaching.
DirectgovKids - A fun site for teachers, parents and children, helping to bring PSHE and citizenship lessons to life.
Bottle2Bottle - Lots of educational resources and interactive information linked to the recycling of plastic milk bottles.

Depaul for Schools - Depaul UK helps young people who are homeless, vulnerable and disadvantaged. They have lots of free resources for primary and secondary schools to use.
Peace One Day - Supports active learning in the areas of conflict resolution, global citizenship, human rights and the link between sustainability and peace, using Peace Day 21st September as a focus.
Saving Londoners' Lives - This scheme aims to increase the number of people in London who are ready, willing and able to give life saving help, by teaching basic life-support skills to schools around London for free.
Go-Givers - A eye-catching site which aims to develop an understanding and lifelong commitment to GIVING in all its forms, whilst enhancing children's citizenship skills.
Rays of Sunshine - A Children's Charity, who exist to grant the wishes of children who are living with serious or life-threatening illnesses between the ages of 3-18.
Kids Crack Crime - Helping young people become more aware of the Police Services, and enabling them to create their own campaigns against anti-social behavior and related social problems.
Time for Citizenship - Information and resources for children, parents and teachers. A very useful resource.