[Advisory] Re: [MirandaLink] Politicising Other People's Children.
Pete Bradshaw
pete.bradshaw@vital.ac.uk
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:58:30 -0000
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Paul
You ay you might hesitate to invite the PM or David Cameron into school
during a run up to an election. Maybe so but I can remember working in
Derbyshire during the run up to a by election in the 1980s. We did invite
top politicians into talk with sixth formers - Neil Kinnock, Jeffrey Archer
and, I think, Paddy Ashdown (although my memory is a bit hazy on the last).
It was a tremendous learning experience that was followed up with
discussions led by teaching staff. All very positive I thought - bringing
students into contact with political processes and people.
Similarly in the 90s our local Dorset MEP was a frequent visitor to school
(along with other community leaders). In 1998/99 I accompanied many MPs into
all types of school (I think the youngest children were year 2) as part of
the Tesco SchoolNet2000 project. Pupils interviewed the politicians as part
of planned curriculum activities. At the same time I remember my local
special school having a project that involved year 5s talking to all manner
of community leaders - including the MP.
In some cases the visiting politician did not relate well to the children -
but then again I have plenty of experiences of business people coming in and
being equally ill at ease with the school situation. But in most cases that
didn't happen and it was a really good opportunity for children to get to
understand a little bit more about the role of elected representatives. It
humanized people that the media often demonize. It engaged young people with
politicians (and hopefully with democratic processes) at a time when they
may be anything but engaged. Of course the visitors have their own agenda -
but don't we all? Generally it is the curriculum! In this case of
Citizenship... As with all things in school the visits need to be integrated
into a wider scheme of work, managed, prepared and followed up by teachers -
but I sort of take that as read.
Pete
Pete Bradshaw
Dept of Education | The Open University
Walton Hall | Milton Keynes | MK7 6AA
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From: advisory-admin@talk.naace.org [mailto:advisory-admin@talk.naace.org]
On Behalf Of Paul Vale Vale
Sent: 19 March 2010 09:46
To: JNutt@cfbt.com
Cc: Naacetalk; Chris Binns; Melissa.Crowther@johnbrownmedia.com;
mirandalink@mirandanet.ac.uk; primary@talk.naace.org
Subject: [Advisory] Re: [MirandaLink] Politicising Other People's Children.
Hi Joe,
Wow - are these your views and/or that of CfBT? Yes I have read the URL link
- and whilst I think I would be very careful about whether to invite the
likes of the PM, David Cameron etc into school during the run up to the next
election - are you advocating banning them? I wonder how politicians would
view headteachers banning any political party coming into schools where
there are children under the age if 18. My feeling is that it would make
ideal front page news for our Manchester Evening News!!
I remember one headteacher I worked for banning children under 3 to the
Christmas Concert as during the previous year's performance no-one could
hear the actors voices for crying babies - despite asking parents to go out
of the hall who point blank refused. The MEN headline read: 'The Scrooge of
Christmas lives on!!'
,
Actually - whilst politicians will undoubtedly have their own agendas - I
don't think inviting politicians is much different to inviting other groups
of people at all. In primary schools as I said in my last post I would use
MPs to get children invitations to the town hall, House of Commons - as well
as celebrating childrens' work. I have also asked MPs to share with children
what their life is like as a politician (where they live, how much time they
spend in their constituency, in London etc. In secondary school I was
impressed when my daughter's school invited a range of political people into
school to speak to a Politics GCSE set over term to give a balance of views.
Similarly - I would also invite different sports people (ie. not just
footballers), people from different religions (eg. priests, vicars, rabbis,
Imans etc) and whilst schools have to be very careful about who they invite
into school these days on safeguarding issues, I think you would be on
dangerous ground banning any specific group of people.
Your link mentions teachers and people working in schools who have very
strong political views which is a totally different issue - and whilst I
have worked with people who have views I am uncomfortable with - those same
people have often been fantastic teachers and people I have learned much
from. However, if I suspected any teacher politicising other childrens'
views I would be the first to take appropriate action and expect that
teacher to be brought to task.
Of course teachers will be asked questions about who they vote for, however,
those sorts of question come in the same breath as - "how old are you, are
you a red or a blue (United or City), have you got a girlfriend, are you
married, have you got children, how many etc" and teachers learn how to
field those sorts of questions as part of setting up the parameters of the
classroom environment. As a young teacher from North London, I can remember
regretting telling my class I supported Watford as a football team as they
ribbed me mercilessly (much as my friends and family still do!!) - and
finding out over time the skills of how to deal with awkward questions and
answering them and building relationships with students without compromising
myself.
For me - I would always advocate start with working with colleagues and
determining a sensible philosophy of why we are doing what we are doing in
school - that can be flexible enough to recognise that there are occasions
when that philosophy can be tested and needs to be thought through again,
altered, fine tuned etc.
With that philosophy I would feel happy about inviting people in from wide
walks of the community. As long as there was a reason for them being there
and they were fit and proper people to be working around children - and they
were aware of why they were being invited into school (eg. to celebrate the
work children were involved with, to answer questions children posed, with
sports people may be run a training session, demonstrate how to sprint
start, dribble and pass etc).
I would also say that anyone who comes into school is a guest of the school
and is there for a purpose and I would be very clear to anyone I was going
to invite in about what that purpose was. As a teacher I would go much
further and detail exactly how I had planned that particular lesson and
their involvement. Although it has never happened - I could envisage a
visitor breaking those terms of engagement and I would have no hesitation in
intervening and/or stopping the lesson!
Regards,
Paul
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From: "JNutt@cfbt.com" <JNutt@cfbt.com>
To: Paul Vale Vale <paulvalev@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: Naacetalk <advisory@talk.naace.org>; Chris Binns
<christopher.binns@oracle.com>; Melissa.Crowther@johnbrownmedia.com;
mirandalink@mirandanet.ac.uk; primary@talk.naace.org
Sent: Thu, 18 March, 2010 8:11:56
Subject: Re: [MirandaLink] Politicising Other People's Children.
Paul,
There is a fundamental difference between the other professions you mention
and any poltician, however infamous. This discussion which took place around
the time of Obama's election last year makes it very clear why.
http://teachersaid.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/on-staying-relevant-politics-and
-opinions-in-the-classroom/
Joe,
Joe Nutt
Principal Consultant
CfBT
Mobile: 07771 353804
Paul Vale Vale <paulvalev@yahoo.co.uk>
17/03/2010 21:05
To
JNutt@cfbt.com, mirandalink@mirandanet.ac.uk
cc
Melissa.Crowther@johnbrownmedia.com, Naacetalk <advisory@talk.naace.org>,
primary@talk.naace.org, Chris Binns <christopher.binns@oracle.com>
Subject
Re: [MirandaLink] Politicising Other People's Children.
Oh dear - I think I am guilty of going out of my way to provide a range of
educational activities that are real, recent and relevant to the lives of
children I am working with!! In various on-line projects I have been
involved with I have certainly asked children to research their local MP -
and invited them into school to meet the children. I always get my children
to watch the way each politician listens very carefully to the question
asked and turn it round to say what they want to say. I just love the way,
irrespective of their political party, politicians are able to field the
most awkward and difficult of questions, without necessarily giving an
answer and yet making the question/questioner feel valued! Great for
modelling listening and speaking skills!!
Alongside being only too pleased to visit their schools - I have found MPs
only to keen to invite children to visit their local town hall (Manchester
is a fantastic building!!) - as well as the House of Commons. The guided
tour round the HoC is just brilliant!!
That said - I have also invited a range of other people into schools ranging
from athletes (Olympic Games project) authors (famous authors project),
famous ex-pupils and indeed people like my late mother-in-law - who was able
to give her first hand experiences of being evacuated during the Manchester
blitz. All these activities were tied into National Curriculum areas such as
Literacy, History, ICT etc .... but more importantly were far more real and
meaningful - and elicited far greater quantity and quality work and learning
from my students.
As for an on-line World Cup Activity - alongside teaching web-safety,
'netiquette' and general on-line behaviour:
1. Within the school's learning platform (or register with Oracle's free for
schools to use ' <http://www.thinkquest.org/> www.thinkquest.org)
2. Set up accounts for students involved (each student account has 25 pages)
3. Ask students to create 10 (or more) web-pages on their favourite world
cup countries - within pages get students to upload:
* text about the country and their players
* pictures, photos, animations, video clips about each country and their
players
* make the pages interactive using the on-line features (eg. votes to see
which team you think will win the world cup, ask me a question about a
country etc) - so that other students can contribute, post messages
* create a 'World Cup Project' setting up a number of project pages that all
students involved can contribute to
4. Contact the school's local football league team and invite the manager
and players in to talk about their life as a footballer and the country they
would play for - ask students to
* create another web-page about the visit of the manager/soccer players
* include text, multi-media and make the page interactive
5. Ask local football club to arrange a tour, visit to training ground
(teams like Manchester City and Manchester Untied are brilliant - but so are
'lesser' teams like Oldham, Stockport, Macclesfield etc:
* again set up a separate web-page about the visit to include text,
multimedia, making it interactive etc
6. Link up with another local school and organise a mini 'world-cup
tournament' between the two classes - ensuring there were, say, 4 or 5 mini
games and there was a mix of girls/boys from each school in each team (each
team playing every other team for 5 mins)
* and again set up a web-page to celebrate the day
If you would like further information - particularly relating to setting up
Oracle's free to use <http://www.thinkquest.org/> www.thinkquest.org
accounts - please let me know!
Regards,
Paul
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From: "JNutt@cfbt.com" <JNutt@cfbt.com>
To: mirandalink@mirandanet.ac.uk
Sent: Wed, 17 March, 2010 8:20:36
Subject: [MirandaLink] Politicising Other People's Children.
Am I really the only Mirandanetter who noticed what was considered a
suitable topic circulated yesterday on behalf of the DCSF Primary and
Secondary Teachers' Magazines?
The "Political Figures" example given, says so much about what passes for
education now. The idea that any professional teacher actually believes this
is a suitable educational activity for any child under 18 appalls me. One of
the things the Teach First graduates were very concerned about when I taught
them, was how to avoid this kind of trite politicisation of other people's
children, largely because they had been victims of it themselves.
Joe,
Joe Nutt
Principal Consultant
CfBT
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you might
hesitate to invite the PM or David Cameron into school during a run up =
to an
election. Maybe so but I can remember working in Derbyshire during the =
run up
to a by election in the 1980s. We did invite top politicians into talk =
with
sixth formers – Neil Kinnock, Jeffrey Archer and, I think, Paddy =
Ashdown
(although my memory is a bit hazy on the last). It was a tremendous =
learning experience
that was followed up with discussions led by teaching staff. All very =
positive
I thought – bringing students into contact with political =
processes and people.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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MS";color:blue'>Similarly in the
90s our local Dorset MEP was a frequent visitor to school (along with =
other community
leaders). In 1998/99 I accompanied many MPs into all types of school (I =
think
the youngest children were year 2) as part of the Tesco SchoolNet2000 =
project. Pupils
interviewed the politicians as part of planned curriculum activities. At =
the
same time I remember my local special school having a project that =
involved
year 5s talking to all manner of community leaders – including the =
MP. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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cases
the visiting politician did not relate well to the children – but =
then again I
have plenty of experiences of business people coming in and being =
equally ill
at ease with the school situation. But in most cases that didn’t =
happen and it
was a really good opportunity for children to get to understand a little =
bit
more about the role of elected representatives. It humanized people that =
the
media often demonize. It engaged young people with politicians (and =
hopefully
with democratic processes) at a time when they may be anything but =
engaged. Of course
the visitors have their own agenda – but don’t we all? =
Generally it is the
curriculum! In this case of Citizenship... As with all things in school =
the
visits need to be integrated into a wider scheme of work, managed, =
prepared and
followed up by teachers – but I sort of take that as =
read.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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advisory-admin@talk.naace.org [mailto:advisory-admin@talk.naace.org] =
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<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Naacetalk; Chris =
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Melissa.Crowther@johnbrownmedia.com; <st1:PersonName =
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[MirandaLink] Politicising Other People's =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Wow - are these your views and/or that of CfBT? Yes I =
have
read the URL link - and whilst I think I would be very careful about =
whether to
invite the likes of the PM, David Cameron etc into school during the run =
up to
the next election - are you advocating banning them? I wonder how =
politicians
would view headteachers banning any political party coming into schools =
where
there are children under the age if 18. My feeling is that it would make =
ideal
front page news for our Manchester Evening =
News!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I remember one headteacher I worked for banning =
children
under 3 to the Christmas Concert as during the previous year's =
performance
no-one could hear the actors voices for crying babies - despite asking =
parents
to go out of the hall who point blank refused. The MEN headline read: =
'The
Scrooge of Christmas lives on!!'<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Actually - whilst politicians will undoubtedly have =
their
own agendas - I don't think inviting politicians is much different to =
inviting
other groups of people at all. In primary schools as I said in my last =
post I
would use MPs to get children invitations to the town hall, House of =
Commons -
as well as celebrating childrens' work. I have also asked MPs to share =
with
children what their life is like as a politician (where they live, how =
much
time they spend in their constituency, in London etc. In secondary =
school I was
impressed when my daughter's school invited a range of political people =
into
school to speak to a Politics GCSE set over term to give a balance of =
views.
Similarly - I would also invite different sports people (ie. not just
footballers), people from different religions (eg. priests, vicars,
rabbis, Imans etc) and whilst schools have to be very careful about who =
they
invite into school these days on safeguarding issues, I think you =
would be
on dangerous ground banning any specific group of =
people. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Your link mentions teachers and people working in =
schools
who have very strong political views which is a totally different issue =
- and
whilst I have worked with people who have views I am uncomfortable with =
- those
same people have often been fantastic teachers and people I have learned =
much
from. However, if I suspected any teacher politicising other childrens' =
views I
would be the first to take appropriate action and expect that teacher to =
be
brought to task. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Of course teachers will be asked questions about who =
they
vote for, however, those sorts of question come in the same breath as -
"how old are you, are you a red or a blue (United or City), have =
you got a
girlfriend, are you married, have you got children, how many etc" =
and
teachers learn how to field those sorts of questions as part of setting =
up the
parameters of the classroom environment. As a young teacher from North =
London,
I can remember regretting telling my class I supported <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Watford</st1:place>
as a football team as they ribbed me mercilessly (much as my friends and =
family
still do!!) - and finding out over time the skills of how to deal with =
awkward
questions and answering them and building relationships with students =
without
compromising myself.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For me - I would always advocate start with working =
with
colleagues and determining a sensible philosophy of why we are doing =
what we
are doing in school - that can be flexible enough to recognise that =
there are
occasions when that philosophy can be tested and needs to be thought =
through
again, altered, fine tuned etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>With that philosophy I would feel happy about =
inviting
people in from wide walks of the community. As long as there was a =
reason for
them being there and they were fit and proper people to be working =
around
children - and they were aware of why they were being invited into =
school (eg.
to celebrate the work children were involved with, to answer questions =
children
posed, with sports people may be run a training session, demonstrate how =
to
sprint start, dribble and pass etc). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I would also say that anyone who comes into school is =
a
guest of the school and is there for a purpose and I would be very clear =
to
anyone I was going to invite in about what that purpose was. As a =
teacher I
would go much further and detail exactly how I had planned that =
particular
lesson and their involvement. Although it has never happened - I could =
envisage
a visitor breaking those terms of engagement and I would have no =
hesitation in
intervening and/or stopping the lesson!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
"JNutt@cfbt.com" <JNutt@cfbt.com><br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Paul Vale Vale
<paulvalev@yahoo.co.uk><br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Naacetalk =
<<st1:PersonName
w:st=3D"on">advisory@talk.naace.org</st1:PersonName>>; Chris Binns
<christopher.binns@oracle.com>; =
Melissa.Crowther@johnbrownmedia.com; <st1:PersonName
w:st=3D"on">mirandalink@mirandanet.ac.uk</st1:PersonName>; =
<st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">primary@talk.naace.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thu, 18 March, 2010 =
8:11:56<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: =
[MirandaLink]
Politicising Other People's Children.<br>
</span></font><br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Paul,</span></font>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>There
is a fundamental difference between the other professions you mention =
and any
poltician, however infamous. This discussion which took place around the =
time
of Obama's election last year makes it very clear why.</span></font> =
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'><a
href=3D"http://teachersaid.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/on-staying-relevant-p=
olitics-and-opinions-in-the-classroom/"
target=3D"_blank">http://teachersaid.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/on-staying-=
relevant-politics-and-opinions-in-the-classroom/</a></span></font>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Joe,
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Joe
Nutt<br>
Principal Consultant<br>
CfBT<br>
<st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Mobile</st1:place></st1:City>: 07771
353804<br>
<br>
<br>
</span></font><br>
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<o:p></o:p></p>
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style=3D'font-size:
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<paulvalev@yahoo.co.uk></span></font></b><font size=3D1 =
face=3Dsans-serif><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif'> =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D1 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
sans-serif'>17/03/2010 21:05</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D1 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif'>JNutt@cfbt.com, <st1:PersonName =
w:st=3D"on">mirandalink@mirandanet.ac.uk</st1:PersonName></span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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:p></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D1 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Melissa.Crowther@johnbrownmedia.com,
Naacetalk <<st1:PersonName =
w:st=3D"on">advisory@talk.naace.org</st1:PersonName>>,
<st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">primary@talk.naace.org</st1:PersonName>, =
Chris
Binns <christopher.binns@oracle.com></span></font> =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D1 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Re: [MirandaLink] Politicising Other =
People's
Children.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Oh dear - I think I am guilty of going out of my way to provide a =
range
of educational activities that are real, recent and relevant to the =
lives of
children I am working with!! In various on-line projects I have been =
involved
with I have certainly asked children to research their local MP - and =
invited
them into school to meet the children. I always get my children to watch =
the
way each politician listens very carefully to the question asked and =
turn it
round to say what they want to say. I just love the way, irrespective of =
their
political party, politicians are able to field the most awkward and =
difficult
of questions, without necessarily giving an answer and yet making the
question/questioner feel valued! Great for modelling listening and =
speaking
skills!!</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Alongside
being only too pleased to visit their schools - I have found MPs only to =
keen
to invite children to visit their local town hall (<st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Manchester</st1:place></st1:City> is a fantastic =
building!!) - as
well as the House of Commons. The guided tour round the HoC is just =
brilliant!!
</span></font><br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>That
said - I have also invited a range of other people into schools ranging =
from
athletes (Olympic Games project) authors (famous authors project), =
famous
ex-pupils and indeed people like my late mother-in-law - who was able to =
give
her first hand experiences of being evacuated during the Manchester =
blitz. All
these activities were tied into National Curriculum areas such as =
Literacy,
History, ICT etc .... but more importantly were far more real and =
meaningful -
and elicited far greater quantity and quality work and learning from my
students.</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As for
an on-line World Cup Activity - alongside teaching web-safety, =
'netiquette' and
general on-line behaviour:</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1.
Within the school's learning platform (or register with Oracle's free =
for
schools to use '</span></font><a href=3D"http://www.thinkquest.org/"
target=3D"_blank"><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>www.thinkquest.org</span></font></a><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>) </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2. Set
up accounts for students involved (each student account has 25 =
pages)</span></font>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3. Ask
students to create 10 (or more) web-pages on their favourite world cup
countries - within pages get students to upload:</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* text
about the country and their players</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>*
pictures, photos, animations, video clips about each country and their =
players</span></font>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* make
the pages interactive using the on-line features (eg. votes to see which =
team
you think will win the world cup, ask me a question about a country etc) =
- so
that other students can contribute, post messages</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* create
a 'World Cup Project' setting up a number of project pages that all =
students
involved can contribute to</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4.
Contact the school's local football league team and invite the manager =
and
players in to talk about their life as a footballer and the country they =
would
play for - ask students to</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>*
create another web-page about the visit of the manager/soccer players =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>*
include text, multi-media and make the page interactive</span></font> =
<br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5. Ask
local football club to arrange a tour, visit to training ground (teams =
like <st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Manchester</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">City</st1:PlaceType>
and Manchester Untied are brilliant - but so are 'lesser' teams like =
Oldham, <st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Stockport</st1:place>, Macclesfield etc:</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>*
again set up a separate web-page about the visit to include text, =
multimedia,
making it interactive etc </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6.
Link up with another local school and organise a mini 'world-cup =
tournament'
between the two classes - ensuring there were, say, 4 or 5 mini games =
and there
was a mix of girls/boys from each school in each team (each team playing =
every
other team for 5 mins)</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* and
again set up a web-page to celebrate the day</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If you
would like further information - particularly relating to setting up =
Oracle's
free to use </span></font><a href=3D"http://www.thinkquest.org/" =
target=3D"_blank"><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>www.thinkquest.org</span></f=
ont></a><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> accounts -
please let me know!</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Regards,</span></font>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Paul</span></font>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font =
size=3D2
face=3DTahoma><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
"JNutt@cfbt.com" <JNutt@cfbt.com><b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:
bold'><br>
To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName =
w:st=3D"on">mirandalink@mirandanet.ac.uk</st1:PersonName><b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'><br>
Sent:</span></b> Wed, 17 March, 2010 8:20:36<b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold'><br>
Subject:</span></b> [MirandaLink] Politicising Other People's =
Children.</span></font><br>
<br>
<font size=3D2 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'><br>
Am I really the only Mirandanetter who noticed what was considered a =
suitable
topic circulated yesterday on behalf of the DCSF Primary and Secondary
Teachers' Magazines?</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'><br>
The "Political Figures" example given, says so much about what =
passes
for education now. The idea that any professional teacher actually =
believes
this is a suitable educational activity for any child under 18 appalls =
me. One
of the things the Teach First graduates were very concerned about when I =
taught
them, was how to avoid this kind of trite politicisation of other =
people's
children, largely because they had been victims of it =
themselves.</span></font>
<font size=3D2 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'><br>
Joe, </span></font> <font size=3D2 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'><br>
Joe Nutt<br>
Principal Consultant<br>
CfBT<br>
<st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Mobile</st1:place></st1:City>: 07771
353804<br>
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CfBT Education Trust</span></font></b><font size=3D2 =
face=3Dsans-serif><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'> is a registered =
charity and a
company limited by guarantee. Registered in <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">England</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Company No. 867944. Charity No. 270901. Registered Office: <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">60
Queens Road, <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Reading</st1:City>, <st1:PostalCode =
w:st=3D"on">RG1
4BS</st1:PostalCode>, <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font>.
<font size=3D1 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif'><br>
<br>
Other companies in the CfBT Education Trust Group which are active =
are:</span></font>
<b><font size=3D1 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;
font-weight:bold'><br>
CfBT Advice and Guidance Ltd</span></font></b><font size=3D1 =
face=3Dsans-serif><span
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif'> is a registered =
charity and a
company limited by guarantee. Registered in <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">England</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Company No. 330728. Charity Number 270901-1. Registered Office: =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on">60 Queens Road, <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Reading</st1:City>, =
<st1:PostalCode
w:st=3D"on">RG1 4BS</st1:PostalCode>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">United
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font>. <b><font =
size=3D1
face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:
bold'><br>
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Waverley</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st=3D"on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> (Crowthorne) =
Ltd</span></font></b><font
size=3D1 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif'> is
a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registered in =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on">England</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Company No. 936622. =
Charity
Number 309102. Registered Office: <st1:place w:st=3D"on">60 Queens Road, =
<st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Reading</st1:City>, <st1:PostalCode w:st=3D"on">RG1 =
4BS</st1:PostalCode>,
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font>.
<b><font size=3D1 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;
font-weight:bold'><br>
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Waverley</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">School</st1:PlaceType>
(<st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Waverley</st1:place></st1:City> Way)
Ltd</span></font></b><font size=3D1 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:sans-serif'> is a private company limited by shares. Company =
No.
318157. Registered Office: <st1:place w:st=3D"on">60 Queens Road, =
<st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Reading</st1:City>, <st1:PostalCode w:st=3D"on">RG1 =
4BS</st1:PostalCode>,
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</span></font>
<b><font size=3D1 face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;
font-weight:bold'><br>
League for the Exchange of Commonwealth =
Teacher</span></font></b><b><font
size=3D1><span =
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:bold'>s</span></font></b><font
size=3D1><span style=3D'font-size:7.5pt'> </span></font><font size=3D1
face=3Dsans-serif><span =
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif'>is a
company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. Registered in =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on">England</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Company No. =
4294081. Charity
No. 1089920. Registered office: <st1:place w:st=3D"on">60 Queens =
Road, <st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Reading</st1:City>, <st1:PostalCode w:st=3D"on">RG1 =
4BS</st1:PostalCode>,
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</span></font>
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>If you have received this email in error, please =
delete
it.Any views or opinions are those of the sender and do not necessarily
represent those of the organisation.This email has been checked for =
known
viruses;however we cannot accept liability for any damage sustained as a =
result
of a software virus.The organisation reserves the right to monitor =
emails in
accordance with current legislation.<br>
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<a href=3D"http://www.cfbt.com" =
target=3D"_blank">www.cfbt.com</a></span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> </span></font><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'><br>
CfBT Education Trust</span></b> is a registered charity and a company =
limited
by guarantee. Registered in <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">England</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Company No. 867944. Charity No. 270901. Registered Office: <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">60
Queens Road, <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Reading</st1:City>, <st1:PostalCode =
w:st=3D"on">RG1
4BS</st1:PostalCode>, <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>. <br>
</span></font><font size=3D1 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
Other companies in the CfBT Education Trust Group which are active =
are:</span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> </span></font><b><font =
size=3D1
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
CfBT Advice and Guidance Ltd</span></font></b><font size=3D1 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> is a
registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registered in =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on">England</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Company No. 330728. =
Charity
Number 270901-1. Registered Office: <st1:place w:st=3D"on">60 Queens =
Road, <st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Reading</st1:City>, <st1:PostalCode w:st=3D"on">RG1 =
4BS</st1:PostalCode>,
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>. </span></font><b><font =
size=3D1
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Waverley</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st=3D"on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> (Crowthorne) =
Ltd</span></font></b><font
size=3D1 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> is a registered charity and a company limited by =
guarantee.
Registered in <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">England</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Company
No. 936622. Charity Number 309102. Registered Office: <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">60
Queens Road, <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Reading</st1:City>, <st1:PostalCode =
w:st=3D"on">RG1
4BS</st1:PostalCode>, <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>. </span></font><b><font =
size=3D1
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Waverley</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">School</st1:PlaceType>
(<st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Waverley</st1:place></st1:City> Way)
Ltd</span></font></b><font size=3D1 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> is a private =
company
limited by shares. Company No. 318157. Registered Office: <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">60
Queens Road, <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Reading</st1:City>, <st1:PostalCode =
w:st=3D"on">RG1
4BS</st1:PostalCode>, <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> </span></font><br>
<b><font size=3D1 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>League for the Exchange of =
Commonwealth
Teachers</span></font></b><font size=3D1 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> is a company =
limited by
guarantee and a registered charity. Registered in <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">England</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Company No. 4294081. Charity No. 1089920. Registered office: =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on">60 Queens Road, <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Reading</st1:City>, =
<st1:PostalCode
w:st=3D"on">RG1 4BS</st1:PostalCode>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">United
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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