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We've created free Global Goals Packs for primary and secondary level!

Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.

17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ buff.ly/3u1dKQ5

Tackling Climate Anxiety in the Classroom – Scotdec This resource is for teachers to support thinking about the impact the Climate Emergency has on learners from upper primary through to secondary.

🌍 78% of primary pupils are worried about climate change, and teens say it's affecting their mental health. Ahead of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, explore our Climate Justice Toolkit + video resource to tackle eco-anxiety.

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Scotdec newsletter: May 2025 🌎 View this email in your browser

In our May newsletter, we’re sharing brand new anti-racist education resources for 1st Level, a new music section for A’ Adam’s Bairns, and tools to support young people facing climate anxiety ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week.

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Looking for ways to confidently teach about conflict, peace, and controversial issues in your secondary setting?

Join us for an interactive session and explore tools, strategies, and practical ideas for tackling big global issues in the classroom:

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Critical literacy matters — now more than ever.

Teaching young people to ask who tells the story, and why, builds active, informed global citizens.

Explore stories of youth voice and action in @stridemagazine.bsky.social

#WorldPressFreedomDay

Our updated Pants to Poverty resource pack with smallsforall.org is available to download.

Link learning on the importance of education and the impact it has on our life chances with the Global Goals and the UNCRC in your primary setting 🌎 bit.ly/scotdec-reso...

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Uncover the latest addition to aadamsbairns.org.uk - a music curriculum element!

Spark convos about Scottish identity and diversity with upper primary and secondary classes + support learning within CfE’s Expressive Arts framework:

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Languages + Global Citizenship go hand in hand 🤝

This free downloadable resource is for MFL teachers looking to explore common vocabulary through global issues: migration, Fairtrade + gender equality 🌍

#scotlandloveslanguages @scilt.bsky.social @saltlangs.bsky.social

Celebrate Rights year round in your primary classroom with this resource
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚

✅ Coded with CfE's Es + Os
✅ Early, 1st + 2nd Level

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Are you a young leader looking to join a movement for global change through taking action in your community?

Check out our Youth Action Toolkit, an interactive resource designed in partnership with North Berwick High School: buff.ly/3C6pEvB

Learning for Sustainability: Global Citizenship Approach at Secondary Level The session will develop understanding of how the cross-curricular theme of Learning for Sustainability can be embedded into your curriculum

Calling secondary teachers of all subjects!

Want to strengthen your learners' skills as Responsible Citizens and Effective Contributors?

This online session explores how Learning for Sustainability and Global Citizenship can be embedded across Curriculum for Excellence:

14 books on climate change for adults Discover powerful and inspiring voices on climate change, nature and the environment through these fantastic green reads. We've included a mix of uplifting, informative and honest books on wide-rangi

This #EarthDay explore powerful, honest and hopeful voices on climate, nature and our planet’s future with these must-read green books. 🌍🌱

How do we talk to pupils about the real impact of climate change? Start with oceans. 🌊

At Scotdec, we help teachers frame global issues like biodiversity loss + climate justice through a Global Citizenship lens - check out our free module for educators in Scotland: scotdec.org.uk/lessons/clim...

Framework for Learning for Sustainability in Initial Teacher Education Join us as we present a shared vision for supporting Scotland's teacher educators to weave Learning for Sustainability across their practice

We are delighted to invite you to the online launch of a new national Framework for Learning for Sustainability (LfS) in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 16:00-17:00 on Tuesday 29th April.
Join us to find out more & explore next steps! 🌳📖🤩
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This new music resource is curriculum-linked and supports learning about Scottish identity and diversity, through compositions + classroom activities.

For upper primary, lower secondary, youth workers, or those just passionate about music and justice:

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📢 Teaching about Israel-Palestine: One Year On

Teachers across Scotland - join @jazzawi.bsky.social for a free session on navigating this complex topic in the classroom. Practical strategies, whole-school approaches & space for reflection.

📅 March 20 | 5 PM GMT
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🎶 Exciting news!

We’re launching the music education section of the A’ Adam’s Bairns resource on 27th March.

Explore Scottish Identity & Diversity through music, with lesson plans, activities & PowerPoints linked to the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 curriculum.

Join us for the launch 📖🎵

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🌍💧 Access to water is a human right.

This article highlights the urgent need for water justice. Our Water Topic Planner for the classroom helps explore global water access, sustainability, and the impacts of climate change in the classroom:

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We're really looking forward to working alongside some brilliant organisations and institutions through this project.

We'll be offering critical feedback on resources and supporting teachers as they chart new courses in sustainability through language learning 🌍

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Padlet TA Create lesson plans, presentations, quizzes, worksheets and more with AI powered apps for teachers.

We've been working on something new at Padlet Labs. 🧑‍🔬🧪✨ Meet Padlet TA, our AI teaching assistant that helps create lessons, activities, and classroom tools. It's free to use, no login required.

In beta now. We'd love your feedback. Check it out at ta.padlet.com #edusky

Water - Stride - online magazine for global citizenship in schools How do animals, plants and people adapt to water availability? How does water affect where we live?

🌍💧 World Water Day (March 22) is a great time to explore our Water topic planner for primary age pupils, where students learn about water scarcity and pollution locally and globally. 💦

#WorldWaterDay #EduSky

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Planning professional learning? All upcoming Scottish Government-funded courses in Global Citizenship Education are listed on the Signposts website 📝👩‍🏫

📅 Find your next learning opportunity: www.signpostsglobalcitizenship.org/current-clpl...

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🗺️🔍 Seeking meaningful connections between local and global issues?

Our free resources help young people explore the interdependencies of our world, encouraging them to become informed, responsible and compassionate global citizens.

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We've created free Global Goals Packs for primary and secondary level!

Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change.

17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ https://buff.ly/3u1dKQ5

Many young people are passionate about social justice, active in movements like #Fridays4Future #BLM - movements that can be understood + accelerated through a grasp of numbers and data.

Download our Guide for Secondary Maths Teachers: https://buff.ly/3S28yqe

@maths.scot

These new primary topic planners were designed by a former teacher for CfE.

Ideas to bring Learning for Sustainability into popular primary topics - Children's Rights, Anti-Racist Education, Diversity, Maths, Solar System, Toys, Climate + more: https://buff.ly/3vibHL0

A lesson plan to accompany the short film 'In A Heartbeat', part of Scotdec's Future Focus film resource.

This lesson plan is suitable for ages 8 and up and aligns with SDGs Good Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality.

Encourage open discussions about feelings, gender equality, and LGBTQ+ identity in your classroom.

#LGBTHistoryMonth @tie.scot

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Taking a Global Citizenship Approach to Primary Science This practical session makes explicit the links between the Scottish Primary Science curriculum and Global Citizenship.

Learn how to connect primary science topics with Global Citizenship, using participatory methods and planning tools 🧠💡

The course aligns with Education Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence and helps you integrate global issues into your science teaching.

Open to all primary teachers in Scotland:

A resource focused on climate change and social justice, helping secondary students understand the broader context of environmental issues: wosdec.org.uk/wp-content/u...

This collaborative video resource features practical strategies for addressing eco-anxiety in the classroom: scotdec.org.uk/resources/ta...