Students are guided through an interactive journey of facts, fun activities and engaging presentations to discover more about Electric Vehicles and the positive environmental impact they provide.

Resources are available to download free from

http://www.nissan.co.uk/GB/en/vehicles/electric-vehicles/electric-vision/zero-emission.html#vehicles/electric-vehicles/electric-vision/zero-emission/partnerships/education-connections

And as part of their partnership with British Gas they are also available at www.generationgreen.co.uk 

The British Army have been supporting schools for over 15 years with the provision of a variety of free curriculum linked resources and activities. In 2011, The Army recognised the need to offer relevant, practical activities for students aged 14-19 with a focus on Employability Skills, something that as an organisation they are well positioned to deliver. The Army commissioned us to work with them to develop an offering that would address this need. The response from schools and colleges has been hugely positive and we are delighted that the efforts of not only our team who worked on the Workshop development have been recognised, but also the Army’s ongoing commitment to delivering quality resources and support for education.

EC are pleased to see that teachers are as keen as ever to keep their pupils safe during these short, dark days by using the many great activities on the 3MStreetwise site www.3mstreetwise.co.uk

Being Streetwise is important to everyone, especially children. You can use this website to help pupils wise-up on road safety and become Streetwise through exploration of three topic areas: Road safety, Science and Bright thinking for cyclists.

Keep safe this winter

focus on fun activities that deliver key messages around the ‘Five Freedoms’.

We have been working closely with charity Greyhounds in Need (GIN) to produce a range of educational materials to educate young people in Spain about the abandonment and cruelty of galgos (spanish greyhounds) after a working life. The educational materials have received fantastic reviews from teachers and the galgos seem to be fans too!

The photo attached to this article was taken by Saskia.

Read the full article here (page 135).

Sam, EC’s Account Director, recently visited Marbella with her family. Whilst there, she recognised the opportunity to promote GIN in the publication and sent through editorial content.

GIN is a UK based charity, working in Spain to raise awareness for galgos (Spanish greyhounds) who are often abandoned and mistreated after a working life.

www.greyhoundsinneed.co.uk

The resource enables students to build and deliver an assembly that explains to their school friends how our country has remembered soldiers who have lost their lives in conflict over the last 100 years.

The resource is available to download from Army in Education here.

Or to download via TES here.

3M Careerwise (www.3Mcareerwise.co.uk) is aimed primarily at students aged 11-14 – particularly those who are considering their choice of GCSE subjects.

The website uses a personal profile questionnaire to help the students focus on their interests and what motivates them, it then matches their results with a selection of short video interviews of the 3M employees that share similar characteristics.

Giving her support to the launch of the resource is broadcaster Maggie Philbin, who has long championed the importance of students choosing STEM subjects as a path to future careers –  “3M Careerwise is a great idea to get the students thinking about the types of careers out there and the qualifications they’ll need to pursue them.”

Public celebrations and events have become hotspots for mobile phone crime. 2012 is being heralded as the year of events for the UK, with the Olympics, Paralympics, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London festival – as well as all other annual public events and celebrations. To encourage vigilance at such events, the competition tasks students aged 7-16 to design a slogan and simple graphic or logo, which will alert people and remind them to be aware of the mobile phone crime risks.

Prizes include cash for schools, vouchers for students and the winning entry will be professionally designed and available to download from the Out of Your Hands? website. The competition is open to all schools in England and Wales and closes on January 31^st 2012 – for full details click here.

In 2009, we produced a plethora of educational resources  to support Spanish primary school teachers, who teach English as a foreign language to children aged 9 to 12 years old, across Years 4 to 6. The resources support the teaching and learning of English vocabulary and phrases relating to the expression of feelings and emotions, using images, data and a story based on how GIN help many galgos (Spanish greyhounds) which suffer from cruelty and abandonment.

EC have been working closely with GIN this year, to produce a CD-ROM containing these resources and some new fun games for pupils, which will be sent into Spanish schools at the end of 2011.

The CD-ROM gives teachers fun materials and activities, convenience and flexibility when teaching English to pupils, which we hope will extend the reach of GIN’s work in Spanish schools.

For more information about Greyhounds in Need, please visit: www.greyhoundsinneed.co.uk 

The campaign, which ran in July,  is all about raising awareness for a cleaner, safer environment and reminding dog owners in a fun and friendly way to Bag it and Bin it!

EC created the dedicated website to get schools involved, including classroom activities, which can still be seen here: www.poopscoopweek.co.uk

It was amazing to see so many young people competing from 51 countries/regions across the globe. Visitors were able to meet some of the UK’s top employers, ‘Have a Go’ at hundreds of new skills and get advice and lots of ideas of what skills they could aim acquire. Of the 200,000 UK attendees 1000s of students were exposed and inspired by the incredible team efforts of those taking part.

Our 3M client, global technology company, and one of the sponsors said this about the event:

“The WorldSkills competition helps fuel the ambition of young people to practice their vocational skills in much the same way as the Olympics does for those with exceptional sporting skills. They are representing their country in their chosen field to compete against the very best in the world. It’s an excellent opportunity for them to achieve their personal ambitions for success and is a great inspiration for others. We are very pleased to give the competition our support.”

The largest careers event – the WorldSkills London 2011 international skills Competition has now closed. Results are now available from the WorldSkills International website. Click here for more details.

Sam and Emma have been working closely with GIN to create an educational CD-ROM, which will be pushed out into Spanish schools this Winter.  The CD-ROM aims to raise awareness for galgos, Spanish greyhounds, who are often mistreated and abandoned after a working life.

We hope you raise your target of £5,000!

Here’s a video about it: Here

And you can sponsor Guy here: http://www.justgiving.com/GuytheVet