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Two students each from class 1 till 4 attended an art workshop with Reinhard Herrmann. Together they're creating a "divers" sculpture.

The pupils of St. Benedict's Primary School in Leeds have done a lengthy studuy of black gold:oil- how it is formed, who produces it and consumes it.

One World Day. (Brudenell Primary School, Leeds)
Students from Politics, Law and Geography Departments of the University of Leeds worked with Year 6 children from Brudenell Primary School on the topic: “War, what good is it?” from the 3 different department perspectives.
The children were studying World War 2 as their topic and this event enabled them to reflect further on the reasons for and the results of wars.
The day the children spent at the University with the students was a culmination of work done in school with them, in their school .
Each slide on the 3 power-points relating to Politics, Law and Geography, is the result of an individual child’s work or a pair working together
For all the presentations click on the link.

“ Nosotros”. As social activist Carla Lam –http://projetopixote.org.br says , the word “ We ”, in Spanish, reveals the unity between we ( Nos) and the others (otros) . The search of what is common in the diverse has marked the 25February Workshop , when teachers of Language, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography and Physical Education from Colégio Bandeirantes, EMEF Guilherme de Almeida, EE Julia M. Pantoja, EE Luiza Hidaka, Escola Politeia , Escola Teia Multicultural gave and received feedback on the didactical sequences they’ve produced – and planned the activities that will be realized in 2012 , so their students can sperceive themselves, more and more, as planetary citizens.

The trees are without leafs, the vegetation disappears under the snow and the flowers will bloom only in the Spring. But, in one of the Global Curriculum Project’s British schools , children are studying the theme Flowers, and they would like to know some of Brazil’s flowers, a country in which they are present all over the year. We answered to their request, and as we’ve taken pictures and tried to describe them , we started to pay more attention to the flowers that make São Paulo and surrounding cities less gray.

“I am what I am because of you. We’ve made through all these years together . There are today 13 million Brazilians living the experience of a Solidary Economy from Amapá in the North to the Southern province of Rio Grande do Sul. It is a thing that has been done in a collective way”. These were the words of Professor Paul Singer expressing his gratitude for the homage that São Paulo University tendered to him, in the presence of students, teachers, workers and social activists such as leaders from the MST ( Movement of Without Land Workers) .CECIP, that has produced the social campaign “ Solidarity Economy – another economy happens” for the Brazilian Forum of Solidary Economy, also invites the educators who participate in the Global Curriculum Project to celebrate the 80th anniversary of this global Brazilian citizen who has been dedicating his life to make our country a more fair and sustainable one.

Educators of the Global Curriculum project’s schools who will see the Ecofalante Environmnetal Film Festival  will find a great varied of movies that can be  used as resources in Global Education . The Festival  presents 40 films, distributed in 6 thematic axes: Activism, Climate, Consumption, People and Places, Energy and Water. The Festival is free and includes animations that also interest small children, as the "Witch and Kiriku" and "Wal-E".
The documentaries show since the impact of climate change on Himalayan nomads herders (Marcos Negrão, Brazilian- A TERRA DA LUA PARTIDA)until the water shortage in Ethiopia (Paolo Barbieri-, Italian-"The well-water voices in Ethiopia").

The 22nd March is the official "World Water Day". For the students and teachers of this primary school reason enough to work an entire day on that subject. They hand-crafted, learnt, sung and sweated ...