Herefordshire Healthy Schools

Useful Websites

Black History Month - www.black-history-month.co.uk
The Official BHM website

Britkid - www.britkid.org
Britkid is a website about race, racism, and growing up in Britain.

Creative Proverbs! - www.creativeproverbs.com
This website allows you to choose different countries and languages and look at their famous proverbs. It also gives a small breakdown about population and other facts.

iCoCo - Institutie for Community Cohesion - www.cohesioninstitute.org.uk
Provide support at all levels (schools, local authorities, OFSTED) on building positive and harmonious community relations. They use applied research to constantly develop practice and to build capacity of all the agencies and individuals involved.

INSTED - www.insted.co.uk
Provide consultancies for schools on whole school issues. Specialist interests include cultural diversity and race equality, stories and story-telling, multifaith education, Islamophobia, Jewish education and Israel Studies.
Have an excellent series of documents relating to new equalities legislation and requirements for schools: look at Equalities in Education page

iRespect - www.irespect.net/mosaic/index.htm
The iRespect website exists to promote positive tolerance and active citizenship. It has a useful calendar to find dates for religious festivals, important dates for race equality, local and national events. There are links to resources to find out more and help you celebrate events.

Letterbox Library - www.letterboxlibrary.com
Contact for a catalogue showing difference and diversity resources.

Multiverse - www.multiverse.ac.uk/index.aspx?menuId=583
This website provides teacher educators and student teachers/trainees with a comprehensive range of resources focussing on the educational achievement of pupils from diverse backgrounds.

National Healthy Schools website - www.healthyschools.gov.uk
The National website for Healthy Schools. Online audit, excellent resources and links.

Oxfam - www.oxfam.org.uk/education/index.htm
Lots of resources to promote global citizenship including support for teachers, a visiting speaker scheme and free internet resources: check out Mapping our World.

Parrotfish Company - www.parrotfish.co.uk
A company offering multiculturtal resources from around the world, including Persona Dolls. They also offer school inset.

Patak's journey through India - www.journeythroughindia.com
An interactive website from the food retailer Pataks, which takes children and teachers on a journey through India, showing facts about culture, food and population.

Portsmouth Ethnic Minority Achievement Service - www.blss.portsmouth.sch.uk
Check out the resources section for board games, alphabets from across the world, number lines etc.

QCA National Curriculum - curriculum.qca.org.uk/
'The curriculum should be treasured. There should be real pride in our curriculum: the learning that the nation has decided to set before its young. Teachers, parents, employers, the media and the public should all see the curriculum as something to embrace, support and celebrate. Most of all, young people should relish the opportunity for discovery and achievement that the curriculum offers.'

Mick Waters, Director of Curriculum, QCA

Racist Bullying - www.teachernet.gov.uk/racistbullying
An advice document on "Bullying Around Racism, Religion and Culture; How To Prevent It and What To Do When It Happens".
It is firmly backed by ministerial approval and solidly based in law and statute.

Show racism the red card - www.srtrc.org
Show Racism the Red Card. See the schools section for resources ideas, including free posters.

The Real Histories Directory - www.realhistories.org.uk/
Links to multicultural resources for each curriculum subject. Also features a topic of the month.

The Standards Site - www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/ethnicminorities/
LATEST REPORTING AND RECORDING GUIDANCE - 2006. The DfES Standards Site relating to ethnic minority achievement - updating you on DfES work;
providing documentation for ethnic background data collection;
sharing successful experiences of schools and LAs;
signposting useful links and publications which provide information and research on minority ethnic pupils educational achievement.

United Nations - www.un.org
Click on the cyber bus link for access to global teaching and learning materials. Issues include Human Rights, poverty and peace.

Who do we think we are - Citizenship and Identity: - wdwtwa.org.uk/#
Ideas and activities for the Identity and belonging element of citizenship. Including ideas for Who Do We Think We Are week in June.