Marlborough Brandt Group

WGEC can offer schools a variety of class workshops, staff training and INSETs.  Below are some examples of workshops that are popular in schools.  For any others, please contact the office on 01672 861116 and speak to Caroline.  We can tailor training to suit your needs.

Life in the Gambia

We would like to share our experience of the Marlborough Brandt Group's unique community link with Gunjur in the Gambia with your children.   Your pupils will love finding out about what it is like to grow up in the Gambia by identifying with Gambian children, finding commonality with  their lives but learning about the challenge of difference.  This workshop will be supported by our Gambian resources - kitchen equipment, musical instruments etc.  Teachers might be interested in links with our annual teachers'  study visit to the Gambia in February half term.

 

Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle!

A workshop that encourages children to look at the amount of rubbish we produce, its impact on the environment locally and globally and ways of reducing waste. It also looks at how developing countries reduce, reuse and recycle their waste.

 

Children's Rights and Responsibilities Around the World

This workshop encourages pupils to consider the roles, rights and responsibilities of children around the world. What do children need to feel happy, healthy and safe? The workshop will look at the work of UNICEF and UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

 

Fair Trade

This workshop looks at the issues of fair trade and the benefits it brings. Children will consider how trade is linked to many aspects of our everyday lives, such as the food we eat, the clothes we wear and the sport we do. Schools can choose the focus.

 

Global Citizenship through a Country Study

This workshop introduces children to global citizenship through the study of a another country. Photographs, artefacts and case studies will be used to investigate the everyday lives of others. Choose from the following countries:

• The Gambia
• India

 

Identity and Diversity

This workshop invites children to reflect on what makes us unique and what makes us similar and different to other people. It will help children to challenge stereotypes and understand the nature of racism. Schools can request a refugee focus.

 

Climate Change

 

• Is climate change really a problem?
• If the climate is really changing, who will be affected?
• What are possible problems and solutions?

 

A workshop that encourages children to look at the connection between people and the planet. Pupils will explore the effect climate change has on the environment and will debate the advantages and disadvantages of different types of energy.

 

Health

This workshop looks at some of the key health issues for people in developing countries. It considers how people's wellbeing is affected by such things as poor access to clean water, medical care and education. Secondary schools can opt for and HIV/AIDS focus.

 

Global Action Groups

What can young people do to become involved in global issues? This workshop will inform pupils and encourage them to take action and  could be an opportunity to develop the role of the school council.  If your school is running an ASDAN/COPE programme, our interactive workshops will provide the challenges students need to meet to achieve accrediation.  This work also ties in with our programme, Globalvolunteer@DofE which supports young people in the volunteering section of the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme.

  

Workshop prices:

(maximum of 30 children)

 

All day (3 workshops)	£250
Morning	£125
Afternoon	£125

 

Assemblies £40 plus travel expenses