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Recycle old computers from home and your schools.
16 February, 2012 - 14 February, 2013
Help an African child or teacher have access to a computer
Please encourgae your school’s It department to send their old computer equipment to computers4africa.
http://www.computers4africa.org.uk/index.php/beneficiaries.html 
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Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Summer Term Competition
8 May - 1 August, 2012
Win the chance for your class to meet Dr. Jane Goodall!
Roots & Shoots is the education programme of the world famous primatologist and wildlife campaigner Dr Jane Goodall. Central to Jane’s beliefs is that every child or individual can make a difference every day to the planet in which they...
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All Maths teachers this may be really good for your students
13 June - 31 August, 2012
Workshops in Accountancy for students 15+
Please let all students interested in pursuing a career in ACCA/ Accounting/ Finance know of FREE workshops being held at a college in LONDON, Park Royal
This will give a great insight into what is involved in ACCA and some of them... 
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Tastetastic! cycle tour
4 - 25 August, 2012
Cycle across Scotland, visiting schools, youth clubs and food projects this summer.
Do you want to make the world a better place next summer? Silly question, here’s your chance to become part of a sustainable mobile community. Pedal across the UK visiting schools and youth clubs, organic farms, fascinating sustainability...
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Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Spring Term Competition
Win the chance for your class to meet Dr. Jane Goodall!
Roots & Shoots is the education programme of the world famous primatologist and wildlife campaigner Dr Jane Goodall. Jane believes that every child or individual can make a difference every day to our planet and this belief is central...
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Free seminars from the British Council
Comenius application webinars and surgeries
Applying for funding for 2013-14 from the British Council’s Comenius programme? Attend one of our face to face events or an online seminar to help you with your application. For more information, see
http://www.britishcouncil.org/comeni 
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FREE teacher tickets at the Unicorn Theatre
Teachers - come and see a show at the Unicorn without your students!
If you’re interested in the new work we’re making for audiences aged 2-21, or would like to find out how our shows can support your planning and teaching, come along to one of our Press Night performances in February:
for Primary... 
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Art & design competition for FE and HE students
Get students involved in the competition for their change to win Adobe® Creative Suite® 6 Master Collection!
Following a rebrand at the beginning of 2012, Janet is looking to get some students involved in giving its office a facelift. Students are invited to submit design ideas for the redesign of the reception area, as well as giving some white...
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VC User Group awards 2012
Celebrating the use of videoconferencing in schools and colleges to enhance teaching and learning
Have you used videoconferencing this year at your school or college? Would you like to share what you’ve been doing and enter the Janet VC User Group Awards 2012?
The categories for this year’s awards are: Best collaboration...
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EXCLUSIVE TO WEST MIDLANDS SCHOOL - Make Time to Change - competition with fantastic prizes
Get pupils talking about mental health and enter our inspiring, curriculum-led schools competition.
Exclusive to West Midlands senior schools only, get your pupils thinking about mental health, and addressing the stigma and bullying issues that surround it, with these amazing resources. Sign up for your free teacher toolkit and you will...
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'Motivating Educators, Inspiring Learners' - Conference and Exhibition
FREE London Conference
Attention all Heads, Deputies and ICT personnel
Mondale Events are proud to present a unique opportunity to meet and listen to four of the education sectors most prominent, inspirational and motivational speakers. All... 
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Animals in Primary Education Reframed
‘ANIMAL AWARE’ SCHOOLS
For details about the national recognition scheme, please contact APER
enquiry@animalsreframed.co.uk 
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North East social enterprise competition for sixth-form students
Opportunity to join a unique social enterprise competition
St Cuthberts Care would like to invite your sixth-form to take part in our unique, regional social enterprise competition.
Now in its third year, The Young Social Entrepreneur promises to be bigger and better with increased business... 
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Streamline the UCAS statement process with new Reference software
Kesgrave High School in Ipswich has developed a new Sixth Form management tool to streamline the annual UCAS application process. Known as ‘Reference’ the software provides a central database where subject and tutor references can be entered,...
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Global Day of Peace 21Sept
Can your students help Make a Difference?
On 21st September it’s Global Day of Peace. If you have any pupils or students who want to Make a Difference in the World by putting on Performances for Peace that day, let me know. I have a new global VLE where young people can upload multimedia...
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UK Space Design Competition 2013 Now Open
A chance to win a trip to NASA, USA
The UK Space Design Competition gives students in years 9-13 the opportunity to win a trip to NASA’s Lyndon. B. Johnson Space Center. Students work in teams of up to 50 in an industry simulation at Imperial College London to design a space...
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Give it some welly on The Great African Welly Walk!
Join Farm Africa in pulling on your wellies and helping to Give Hunger The Boot this autumn
How far could you walk in your lunch break? Ten times around the playground? Six times around the football fields?
Try all the way to Africa – and maybe all the way back again! Farm Africa works directly with rural... 
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Great opportunity for Yr 5 & 6 to take part in a debating competition
Enter by Wed 27th for a chance to go to Birmingham on the 12th July
Would you like to come to our great all expenses paid fishtival!
I just wanted to let you know that we are on the look-out for entries to the Year 6 Big Fish Debate – this all expenses paid trip is on the 12th July to the ICC...
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Win a Tellurium astronomy teaching model
50th anniversary schools competition
Cochranes of Oxford, manufacturers of science teaching models for school and university education, are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year. As part of the celebrations, one lucky school will win an Orbit Tellurium 2 model for teaching...
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Use of Video Games by Teachers
To all , please can you help in my research by completing the following survey. It will only take a couple of minutes from your busy schedules. Thanks…….. :-)
link are for teachers https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SherryTeachers 
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Shackleton's Endurance Expedition Centenary
Teacher network
The year 2014 will mark the start of the centenary of Shackleton’s epic Endurance expedition and I am keen to facilitate a network of fellow teachers from all key stages, locations and interests to share this with. Many classrooms and pupils...
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Free Design and Technology Events
An introduction to designing PIC programs: A series of challenges designed to develop knowledge of PIC Logicator software. No experience needed!
Date: Wednesday 16th May 2012 – 5.00-6.30pm Venue: The West Bridgford School, Loughborough... 
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Free Design and Technology Events
During this two-part course you will gain ideas on how to develop an outstanding D&T curriculum in the areas of ECT and Product Design. They will see how modern communications technologies such as ipod touches and ipads can be used to...
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CALL FOR PAPERS:
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Re:Generations – The Next Generation Mapping New Futures in Dance of the African Diaspora 1-3 November 2012 The Place, London WC1H 9PY Following the highly successful... 
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Free assembly!
Street Child of Sierra Leone is currently offering free assemblies in celebration of the first ever Sierra Leone marathon!
Street Child is offering free assemblies to educate children about life for young people in Sierra Leone.
If you are interested or would like to find out more, please contact us on schools@street-child.co.uk ...
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Researching Readers Online
Looking for English teachers to participate in a focus group
We are academics based at Bournemouth University conducting an AHRC funded research project which looks at the activities of readers (mainly literary) online. More on www.researchingreadersonline.com
We are keen to hear the views of... 
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Emotional intelligence training days
Remove the internal emotional conflicts that stop you succeeding
R.P.D.Consultants is offering a limited number of zero fee introduction days of their student engineering course.Often students are told or know what to do to become a success in school at subjects and in life but something still holds them...
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Personal, health and social education
Research participants wanted for Comic Relief schools resource
Discussion groups held this week for PSHE, Citizenship and English heads of department
Comic Relief has spent over £10 million supporting projects reducing harm to sexually exploited young people. We have commissioned independent research into developing a schools resource about sexual exploitation, to understand how best...
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Personal, health and social education
Dream Tree Workshops
Free Dream Tree workshops in London during February 2012
What is The Dream Tree workshop?
The workshop begins with the story of the seed with big ideas, who is assisted by the elements to grow into the tree of its dreams. This is followed by a Q & A session where we explore the... 
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Personal, health and social education
education project in Gambia wants help and links to schools
either link tot he project or visit the Gambia and help out
A UK based charity working in a rural Gambia village
www.wyce.org.uk is in need of support both in the UK and in Africa. want to take a working holiday in Gambia? want to take a group of older students to Africa?... 
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HASTAC Announces New Teacher Mastery and Feedback Badge Competition
HASTAC is proud to announce a new Teacher Mastery and Feedback Badge Competition. The new Competition—held in conjunction with the HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition
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HASTAC Announces New Teacher Mastery and Feedback Badge Competition HASTAC is proud to announce a new Teacher Mastery and Feedback Badge Competition. The new Competition—held... 
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Voice your opinion on school trips
Free service for teachers to find and review school trips and visits
Schoolvisit.co.uk is conducting a nationwide survey into school trip destinations.
Add your review (good or bad) for any recent visits and help improve the experience for colleagues across the UK. 
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Flame Followers - only 2 days left to nominate your school for the chance to carry the Olympic Torch during the Olympic Torch Relay in 2012
This is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity -Register now at http://www.schoolsportweek.org/FlameFollowers_Register.aspx
To celebrate the epic journey of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay, your pupils can join us as Flame Followers and join in the celebrations during the Olympic Torch Relay.
All you have to do is Register for Flame Followers...
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Charity Willing to give talks on Law
Justice in paraguary
Just in paraguay is a charity that fight the injustice that so many poor families are forced to suffer in paraguay.
They are more than willing to give an assembly to students about the cause and may be very useful for A Level... 
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Fully funded place on Quest Overseas Project Team up for grabs by winner of the Jane Goodall Roots & Shoots Individual Endeavour Award
Roots & Shoots is the education programme of the world famous primatologist and wildlife campaigner Jane Goodall.
Each year the programme awards one student the prestigious Roots & Shoots Individual Endeavour Award.
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Live online interview with top teaching author
Live interview with author of several top teaching books - get your questions answered on air
Register now for free online event with Julia Thompson at
http://www.classroom-expert.com 
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RNLI E-card Competition
Less than a month to go for your pupils to enter our E-card competition
What will your pupils be doing this Christmas? RNLI lifeboat crew will be on call throughout the Christmas holidays, risking their own lives to save lives at sea.
This year we’re asking pupils to design a new Christmas card,... 
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GCSE Rescue for Textile teachers
GCSE Rescue - funded CPD programme
GCSE Rescue - Textiles Technology programme
This very special GCSE Textiles Technology support programme with the help of the All Saints Educational Trust is being offered to those schools who would like to improve their Textiles... 
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A survey for teachers - Girls’ & boys’ academic conduct and achievement
We would like to invite all teachers in England to take part in a current nationwide research project run by the School of Psychology at the University of Kent, Canterbury, England.
We are conducting a short online survey entitled... 
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Burgess Hill School for Girls Golden Sponge Stick Competition 2011
Win the Golden Sponge Stick!
Burgess Hill School for Girls is running the Golden Sponge stick competition for another year after last year’s success, which gained 320 entries nationally. The competition is a short Roman story or mystery and is open to all ages up to...
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RSCON3 ReformSymposium.com 29-31 July 2011
Global online professional development - FREE!
RSCON3 - reformsymposium.com - is a three-day online global conference from 29th-31st July. It’s onganised by teachers for teachers - 75 presenters, 10 keynote speakers. It is totally addictive Professional Development from the comfort of...
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Recycle old materials especially lab equipment
Send old laboratory equipment, textbooks, library books to deprived schools in Africa.
Time to spring clean before the end of term.
Collect all teaching materials including pens, pencils, rubbers, sharpeners that have accumulated. Library books - un-torn and not too scruffy. Laboratory equipment - those old...
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Design & Technology competition - £20,000 prize for winning school
Secondary school pupils are being offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invent a new product and potentially win thousands of pounds as part of a major new national competition.
‘The Dream Lab: a search for young inventors’ is looking for Britain’s next design superstars, giving young people aged 13 to 18 the chance to open their minds, get their thinking caps on and design a sleep-related product!
The... 
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Teacher Training: Amnesty International: Speak Free!
Celebrate 50 years of human rights campaigning and the right to freedom of expression with Amnesty International UK!
Amnesty is offering free teacher training for teachers interested in finding out how to get the most out of... 
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Link to London Primary School Wanted
Plan for city / countryside exchange
I am a teacher at a small primary school in Cornwall and I am looking to create a link between our school and an inner-city school, preferably in London.
We would be looking for our year 5 and 6 pupils to develop ongoing communications... 
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Fancy linking up with a school in sunny Cornwall?
Foundation Stage classes’ would like to establish a link with a culturally different school in the UK.
Hi
I am one of (soon to be three) Foundation Teachers in a large (for Cornwall) primary school. We have been accredited as an International School and we follow the International Primary Curriculum to teach our Foundation subjects.... 
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Kagan Cooperative Learning
Free tuition for trainee teachers!
‘Free Course’ fees available to trainee teachers. Are you a teaching student looking to learn more about Kagan Cooperative Learning? At the Kagan-UK Summer Academy workshops (Thursday 26th and Friday 27th May 2011) we have 5 student teacher...
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Personal, health and social education
Film Stars Wanted: Life in my Shoes Student Talent Search for HIV Awareness Campaign
An awareness campaign for teachers and students
Hello everyone:
We at Body & Soul, a charity that supports young people and families living with HIV, are calling out to students and teachers to participate in a groundbreaking educational campaign. With research... 
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Mothers' Day writing competitions - north west primaries
Win prizes for school and mum, as well as media exposure for your school by entering a Mothers’ Day writing competition
Four shopping centres in the north west have teamed up to ask primary pupils why ‘mum knows best’.
Middleton Shopping Centre, north Manchester, Fishergate, in Preston, Market Place Bolton and Grange & Pyramids in Birkenhead... 
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Join NCB Schools Network for free; plus take our survey and get a taster pack of education resources
If you’ve organised an assembly for Anti-Bullying Week using an Anti-Bullying Alliance teacher’s briefing or developed playground activities with help from Play England then you’ve worked with project
NCB is the leading national charity which supports children, young people, families and those who work with them. We have been working with education professionals for more than 40 years and for the first time we are bringing together our...
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Personal, health and social education
Free Staff awareness session with our Domestic Violence Primary School Projects in Nottingham
NDVF offer a Domestic Violence and Healthy Relationship Project called the GREAT Project. THe GREAT Project stands for ‘Good Relationships are Equal And Trusting’, it is a project which aims to raise awarness about domestic violence, inform...
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Free to Dance World Record show/talk
One-hour, mass-participation show/talk tour for schools
“The best speaker I’ve ever heard.” “It made me want to go out and make a difference.” “It was brilliant!” - St Edwards School, Oxford
It begins with Burma and ends with hundreds of students and teachers dancing free. The magic... 
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Community Education Awards 2011 - Open for entries
Entries are now being accepted for the Community Education Awards 2011
The Community Education Awards is an annual celebration of schools’ efforts to help children to become positive community members.
High schools, primary schools and pupil referral units from across the UK can enter the Awards... 
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Twin with an African drama group and help save lives
drama and peer education
Help save lives using drama!
Do you run or belong to a drama/theatre group or amateur dramatics society? Would you be interested in using your talents to save lives? PEPAIDS (Peer Education Programme Against... 
