Black History Month Teacher’s Packs

The Teachers Packs are linked to the National Curriculum Key Stage 2 and 3 and we have consulted with the Historical Association.

Order your black history month teacher’s pack 2008 here

Schools –
Planning your Black History Month

Leslee Wills, is a Secondary School teacher who also has wide experience in teaching and arranging cross cultural activities, including Black History Month events. Here she shares her experiences of arranging activities during Black History Month and tells how she inspired and enthused pupils and staff alike to join in the season of learning and celebration.

The South London Group

South London is diverse and defies easy general description. It is this refusal by the area to be easily categorised and classified that makes it such an exciting place to live and work. We want to see that energy and enthusiasm taken into the classroom right across our 900 schools.

Syra profile BHM 2008
University of Bath

‘Being a teacher is a privilege; it allows you to make a difference, however small or large, to the lives of young individuals who are our future.’

Syra was awarded her PGCE in Secondary Mathematics at the University of Bath in has just completed her NQT year in a local school.

University of Warwick: Victoria McNaney (MFL)

I can’t say for sure what initially attracted me to teaching. It’s just something I have always seen myself doing. I always enjoyed helping other people and passing on knowledge, particularly trying to teach family and friends the new language that I was learning in school and that has stayed with me into my training.

Bradford College School of Teaching,
Health and Care

See Bradford, see the world!
West Yorkshire has a long tradition of pioneering in education and Bradford College continues that work. The McMillan School of Teaching, Health & Care bears the name of one of those pioneers who was concerned about the total well-being of children - before Every Child Matters was a Government policy! Twenty-first century Bradford has multicultural, multilingual schools and serving these communities requires resourceful, creative teachers who are sensitive to the beliefs and values of the variety of families represented there.

Life as a Teacher

Teaching is an important and increasingly popular choice of career for all kinds of people. Whatever your circumstances - if you’re still at school, about to graduate, or looking for a change of direction - there are more ways to enter the profession and more support available to help you get there than ever before

Putting Citizenship into action!

Peer mentoring in schools is turning round lives of young people all over England. Jason Prince came back from the brink of suspension to becoming a trainee teacher at his own school

Once on the brink of suspension from school, Jason entered a mentoring programme which was to turn his life around. What helped even more, was becoming a mentor himself. Jason firmly believes that mentoring has changed his life and is now a teacher training at the school!

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