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GirlsActive featuring Dame Kelly Holmes — 21 December, 2007.
Now in its second year, the GirlsActive programme, managed by the Youth Sport Trust, works with girls between the ages of 13 and 16 and their teachers to identify the issues surrounding girls in sport. Dame Kelly, double gold Olympic champion, spends a day with over 100 girls from 25 schools in one of her roadshow workshops.
Tanya Irvine, partnership development manager, central school sport Partnership, works with students to implement changes within their school that will encourage their peers to get more active.
Watch the video here.
Black History Month 2007
Black History Month takes place every year and although it is not a compulsory part of the national curriculum, most schools have embraced this annual initiative. This October, Black History Month is being incorporated in a number of lesson plans at many schools.
Maggie Spence, Inclusion Manager, and teacher Jasmin Williams gave TeacherNet an overview of what they have organised this year. Ten-year-old student Destiny, who participated in an Islington Borough Black History Month workshop, talks about her experience and how she benefited. Watch the video here.
Past events 2007
- Post -16 education and training webcast -21 August, 2007 at 3:00pm. Education journalist Mike Baker discussed the future of post-16 education and training with John Stone from the Learning and Skills Network, focusing on why the Leitch report is so crucial to reform and how schools and colleges will respond.
- Exploding the exclusion myth webcast —
10 July 3p.m.
Pool Business and Enterprise College has developed a non-exclusion policy for dealing with disruptive students. Jeremy Rowe, Deputy Headteacher and Benamon Tame manager of the Inclusion Unit explain how their approach has had positive benefits for both students and teachers . View the webcast here. - Anti-social and crime damage webcast: Operation Mullion, 16 Feb, at 3p.m. A case study into anti-social behaviour and crime damage, TeacherNet interviews Jackie Jones, Deputy Head, Mayfield School, Portsmouth and Stephen Hawkins, Police Constable and Neighbourhood Officer, Hampshire Constabulary.
- On 9 January, between 3 and 4pm, a panel of experts from the DfES's SEN strategy team and an autistic-spectrum discorder (ASD) expert answered your general questions relating to SEN Strategy and specific questions on ASD. View the TeacherNet hotseat .
- PSHE hotseat: On 5 December 2006 at 3pm, John Lloyd — Adviser for Citizenship Education and member of the PSHE working group — answered your questions about PSHE organisation and management. Find out about continuing professional development, acquiring certification and maintaining standards; discuss particular issues such as sex and relationships education and drugs.
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Past events 2006
- GovernorNet Extended services hotseat: Representatives from the DfES and from the National Governors' Association. View the hotseat here.
- Gifted and talented webcast Head of the Gifted and Talented Education Unit,Tim Dracup talks about current developments in the national programme, including the National Register, quality standards, leading teachers and support for disadvantaged groups.
- Exam results webchat: Jon Coles, Director of 14-19 Reform, hosted a live webchat following publication of the A Level and GCSE results. (18 August and 25 August 2006)
- Sustainable development hotseat: Parmjit Dhanda, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families, took part in our hotseat on sustainable development in schools. (23 May)
- Teacher Support Network hotseat: Patrick Nash, Chief Executive of the Teacher Support Network, answered your questions on a range of topics from workplace stress to coping with bereavement. (2 May)
- Education Improvement Conference: Jacqui Smith, Minister for Schools and 14 to 19 Learning, gave the keynote address at the second Education Improvement Conference. (9 March)
- Countering racist bullying webcast: Chris Gaine answered your questions on tackling racist bullying within schools. (21 March)
- Key Stage 2 Framework for Languages hotseat: Dr Lid King, National Director for Languages, and Kate Green, Project Director, answered questions on the recently launched Key Stage 2 Framework for Languages, the cornerstone of the Government's National Languages Strategy, together with the DfES's National Language Recognition Scheme 'The Languages Ladder' which is currently being rolled out across England. (24 January)
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