One Planet Cardiff

One Planet Cardiff Festival The weekend of 15th – 16th June is a celebration of One Planet Cardiff. This is an aspiration to make Cardiff a one planet city by 2050. To do this we all need to become one planet citizens. On Saturday 15th June there will be a family friendly festival in and around the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay, between 11am and 5pm. Solar powered music and entertainment, bike chic fashion show, activities, entertainment, information and a market place. On Sunday 16th June there is a film festival at Chapter Arts Centre, films and debates on the one planet themes. See the work done by primary schools at the One Planet Festival Schools’ Day

Upcycled Stop Animation Workshop hosted by Make More Films and Green City A workshop for 8-14 yr olds, creating stop animation using materials found in our recycling bags. A fun and creative way to engage with environmental issues. Sunday 16th June, 11am-4pm Only £7/8 Part of the One Planet Cardiff Festival, celebrating sustainability and health and wellbeing in Cardiff To book a place please call Chapter Arts Centre on 029 2031 1050 More info on One Planet Cardiff Festival – http://www.greencityevents.co.uk/our-events/

Fair Trade Song Competition 2013 • Want to create a Fair Trade song for your school? • Fancy the chance to win a trophy and have your song professionally recorded? • Take part in the Fair Trade Song Competition 2013! The competition is open to all schools in Wales and the theme this year is ‘Our Fair Trade Nation’. It’s a great way for children to learn more about Fair Trade, develop their musical skills and put their creative writing to the test! How to get involved – Step 1 – Create your song (music and lyrics) Step 2 – Record a performance of the song Step 3 – Send it to the judging panel! Shortlisted schools will perform at the Wales World Trade Fair in Abergavenny on Sunday 6th October 2013 in a Grand Final! (there is some funding available to help with travel costs). Click on the information sheet below for details of how to enter… Fair Trade Song Competition information sheet Song Competition flier Deadline for entries is Friday 5th July 2013 For more information please email martha.fairtrade@gmail.com This competition is ran by Love Zimbabwe and supported by Fair Trade Wales and the Co-operative Membership.

Science Made Simple are in the process of reviewing all their shows and services and they need your help! They would love to know what you think about when you are booking a science show.If you would like to fill out their survey they would be very grateful and are entering all entrants into a prize draw to win a Google Nexus 7 tablet. They are looking for as many responses as possible, so please feel free to share the link around to any teachers you know or potential science show bookers. (They do not need to have had a science show from SMS before.)

LAST CHANCE TO BOOK Don’t miss out on our Eco Schools Conference on June 25th 2013.  Please see details below. Confirm your attendance as soon as possible to attend a fantastic event.     Calling all Secondary Schools FTAO: Eco-Schools Coordinators and Eco Committee Representatives   The Eco–Schools Wales team would like to invite you to attend our Secondary Schools Conference 2013 “TOMORROW’S WORLD TODAY”   The event will be held in the The Urdd Centre Cardiff Bay June 25th 2013 9.30am – 3.00pm   The aim of the day will be to supply schools with information, ideas and resources around sustainable activities. Workshop providers include Sustrans and Dwr Cymru Welsh Water. Schools attending will receive a £50 voucher to support their future actions. What do you need to do now?  Spaces at this event are limited and we ask that you confirm your attendance as soon as possible   Maximum numbers per school are 1 teacher and 3 pupils   Please email confirmation to sian.greenway@keepwalestidy.org or telephone 02920 726973 with the following information: Contact details of school: Teacher name, School address, telephone and email.   More details will be sent out after confirmation.

P4C with CEWC Training Book your place now! CEWC Level 1 P4C Training: 10th – 11th July 2013, Cardiff Register by the 31 May and receive £30 worth of recommended P4C books for free!  Weekly Bulletin Daily stimuli for Philosophy for Children (P4C) Monday Art / Image Stimulus: CEWC P4C Monday Stimulus: ‘Freedom or Confinement?‘ – Tuesday Weird & Wonderful Stimulus: CEWC P4C Tuesday Stimulus: ‘International cat beauty contest‘ Wednesday News Stimulus: CEWC P4C Wednesday Stimulus: ‘Scorpions on restaurant menu’ Thursday Picture Book Stimulus: CEWC P4C Thursday Stimulus: ‘How to speak Moo! – Deborah Fajerman‘ Friday CEWC P4C Bulletin: Your weekly round-up of the weeks suggested stimuli for P4C from CEWC (The Council for Education in World Citizenship). To receive your own copy of the weekly bulletin direct, email the word: Bulletin to cewc@wcia.org.uk For your stimuli daily, follow us on Twitter: @CEWC_P4C CEWC Weekly P4C Bulletin is the weekly summary of P4C stimuli tweeted by CEWC during term time. For information about P4C (Philosophy for Children), visit our website www.wcia.org.uk/cewc/p4c CEWC is the schools arm of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA). It is Wales’ foremost national charity working directly with young people and teachers on matters of global citizenship and thinking skills development.

Lesotho Teacher Placement Programme OPEN afternoon in Cardiff for Dolen Cymru’s teacher placement programme in Lesotho, Africa on Sunday 23rd June at 2pm.Cardiff Open Day Flyer (NB details are correct but date and time is as above)See more details of Lesotho Teacher Placement Programme 2013

Forest Education June Newsletter

Want to keep chickens in school? Free Range learning would love to help you keep chickens in school or to get involved in hatching projects.FRL school flyer

This is the last update for ESDGC in Cardiff for this school year. The next update will be in the first week of term in September.If your school ESDGC co-ordinator is changing please send the new contact details to Sarah Lart slart@cardiff.gov.uk