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Service	Description
Animation skills in your Classroom	Create your own animation using your own story based on issues such as climate change, fairtrade, food, refugees, Rokeya day and water. You will learn how to plan and build stories and characters, by the end; you will have produce and edit the final animation. Teachers to learn how to prepare their students to plan and develop storyboards and create backdrops and characters from their stories and to use ICT to animate and edit the final production.
Animation skills in your Classroom - KS2	Animation skills for your classroom A full day of training for primary and secondary – KS2 £95 for subscribers to Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service, or £125 Wednesday 1 February or Wednesday 22 February 10.30am to 4.30pm At Tower Hamlets Professional Development Centre, English Street, London E3 4TA The practical session will involve creating your own animation using your own story based a global issue. You will learn how to plan and build stories and characters, by the end; you will have produce and edit the final animation.
Capturing our voices: Using Digital Video	A Twilight of training for primary – KS1&2 £50 for subscribers to Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service, or £65 Wednesday 7th March 4.15pm to 5.45pm
Children and Justice - how children can take part in anti-bullying'	Children learning about conflict resolution and justice through examples of children’s courts and restorative justice, and how they work. You will learn about Janus Korczak’s democratic orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto (part of Holocaust Memorial Day, January 27th 2012); the world famous democratic school Summerhill, and a Hull primary school, Collingwood, that is based on restorative justice. The event is participative, with role play, debate, voting and discussions. Part of International Year of Co-operatives.
Enquiry based learning in the classroom - KS2&3	This training day introduces teachers to a range of enquiry-based learning techniques including Philosophy for Children* (P4C), mysteries, using photographs, and Open Spaces for Dialogue and Enquiry (OSDE). The day will include theory and rationale, but will focus on practical examples and hands on training, with plenty of materials to take away. The course will include activities ranging from connecting evidence from clues in a “mystery” to critical exploration of photographs as a stimulus to enhance visual literacy.
Enterprise, ICT and Fairtrade - KS2	A half day of training for primary £55 for subscribers to Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service, or £75 Wednesday 21st March 1.30pm to 4.30pm How to use ICT with your students to plan, set-up and run an enterprise that allows them to learn about business, cooperatives, sustainability and Fairtrade. They will create a business plan, including a SWOT analysis, and a budget, as well as designs for a product. Part of International Year of Co-operatives. The workshop leader is Michael Newman, who has worked with the East of England Co-op Education Committee.
Establishing a Personal Learning Network through social media - All KS Teachers	Schools should create sufficient time for staff to undertake relevant professional development and to discuss and reflect on what they have learnt. Good Professional Development in Schools, Ofsted Teachers are using social media to talk and share ideas with each other. This can provide personalised CPD and help with working towards Performance Management targets. Outcomes Understanding the potential of your personal learning network (PLN) Understanding professional use of social media tools A plan for implementing a PLN through social media Activities Defining your PLN
Fairtrade Fortnight - Tower Hamlets Fairtrade Schools Conference - KS2	Part of International Year of Co-operatives. A half day of training for primary - KS2 £55 for subscribers to Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service, or £75 per school Thursday 8th March 10.00am to 2.00pm A conference for your students and yourself. Together you will meet an expert on Fairtrade, learn how local government is supporting Fairtrade, create school council policy on Fairtrade and start to create a business plan for a student run Fairtrade enterprise in your school.
Global Stories: Treasures of our Humanity - KS2&3 For 12 participants only	Stories can be used in a wealth of imaginative ways to support children’s learning. They offer endless possibilities for developing literacy skills, for taking children beyond their immediate experiences and for helping them to make sense of the world around them. In this training day run by a professional storyteller, participants will: • learn practical ways to use storytelling in class to enhance literacy and explore values. • be introduced to a bank of global stories from which to select for use with your own class. • develop confidence and skill as a storyteller.
How Global is Your School? - ALL KS	A half day session to explore how you and your school can develop global learning. Includes an audit to be carried out during the session. Teachers will leave with resources and a next steps printout to be taken away to further develop global learning across the school.