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Half-termly e-news bulletins for primary and secondary schools focusing on global issues.

RISC e-news is distributed locally through LEAs and via local schools intranets. If you would like it to be emailed to you directly contact louise@risc.org.uk

Latest e-news: The World's hidden disaster

RISC e news: A resource fror teachers,
The World's hidden disaster,
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It will take years for the many thousands of people affected by the tsunami to rebuild their lives – long after its impact has faded from our TV screens and from newspaper headlines. While the world’s media attention is focused on the countries devastated by this natural disaster, it’s important to highlight the world’s hidden disaster which receives far less media attention: the global issue of poverty and its underlying human causes. More than 150,000 people died as a result of the tsunami – yet more than 150,000 people die every week due to poverty.

Recent e - news:

Christmas Special with Band Aid


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Do they know how misleading these lyrics are?
The lyrics of the Band Aid 20 single give us a great opportunity. The song peddles a negative and inaccurate picture of Africa which reinforces stereotypical views of the continent. The lyrics need to be challenged… here are some ideas for analysing the messages:

An African pertspective on Band Aid


David Hicks, “if education is for the future, then the future needs to be a more explicit concern in education”.

 

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The Olympics and our passion for sport is too good an opportunity to miss to bring global issues into the classroom.

Sport and Games (June 04) - Primary
Sport and Games (June 04) -

 

 

 

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Education for the future
Sport and Games (June 04) - Primary
Sport and Games (June 04) - Secondary
Embracing Sustainability (May 04) - Primary
Embracing Sustainability (May 04) - Secondary
A Woman's World (Mar 04)
- Secondary
Celebrating Islam (Jan 04) - Secondary
Celebrating Islam (Jan 04)
- Primary
Local - Global (Nov 03) - Primary
Local - Global (Nov 03) - Secondary
Celebrating Black History Month (Sept 03) - Joint
Refugees and Asylum Seekers (June 03) - Primary
Refugees and Asylum Seekers (June 03) - Secondary
The war in Iraq (April 03) - Joint
Shopping and Chocolate - Fair Trade (Jan 03) Primary
Shopping and Chocolate - Fair Trade (Jan 03) Secondary
Citizenship, Rights and Responsibilities (Nov 02) Primary
Citizenship, Rights and Responsibilities (Nov 02) Secondary
Global Citizenship (Sept 02) - Primary only
September 11th - Countering Islamophobia (July 02) - Secondary only