{"id":2390,"date":"2017-02-16T13:15:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T13:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2017-02-16T13:15:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T13:15:56","slug":"prepare-for-our-next-debate-on-food-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/2017\/02\/16\/prepare-for-our-next-debate-on-food-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare for our next debate on food security"},"content":{"rendered":"

posted by Alita Spink, Schools and Learning Support Officer, Schools and Learning<\/span><\/p>\n

News from the Commonwealth<\/strong> \"1-jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"2\"<\/a>Can we produce enough food for everyone?<\/strong><\/a>
\nAccording to the United Nations World Food Programme, the world produces enough food for our global population of 7 billion people. However, despite this, one person in eight on the planet goes to bed hungry each night.<\/p>\n

Join our next Commonwealth Class debate on Thursday 23 February to explore the role of countries, communities, and individuals in ensuring everyone has access to a healthy, consistent supply of food.<\/p>\n

Students will investigate how environmental, political and economic factors all affect food production and think of ways in which they as individuals can help, such as by reducing their carbon footprint and the amount of food they throw away.<\/p>\n

We will have the pleasure of welcoming to this debate Andrew Clenaghan, Programme Coordinator from the poverty-reduction charity Practical Action as our specialist. Andrew will be participating in the debate on Thursday 23 February from 9:30am to 11:00am GMT, so get ready to share your class\u2019s questions and best answers on\u00a0Schools Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prepare for February’s debate<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"3\"<\/a>Explore our free videos and resource packs\u00a0<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Together with The Royal Society, we have developed a series of videos and resources to enhance science learning in schools. Find everything you need get your students ready for the next debate in our resource on global food security \u2013 from starter activities to lesson plans to strengthen students\u2019 understanding of food shortages, as well as materials to help identify possible solutions.<\/p>\n

\"4\"<\/a>In focus: the role of civil society
\n<\/a><\/strong>Civil society is comprised of not-for-profit groups or organisations working directly in the interest of individuals and communities. Get ready for this month\u2019s debate by reading up on how civil society works to ensure that our planet is a safer, fairer place for all, such as by organising food banks for people who do not have enough to eat or campaigning against climate change at policy level.<\/p>\n

Other news<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"5\"<\/a>Exchanges with Australia for UK teachers\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>
\n<\/strong>The Royal Commonwealth Society is accepting applications from UK-based teachers wishing to participate in an exchange with colleagues in Australia. In order to be eligible you must have a minimum of five years\u2019 teaching experience and hold a recognised teaching qualification (QTS \/ a degree plus PGCE certificate \/ B.Ed). Applications close Friday 31 March.<\/p>\n

\"6\"<\/a>Tell us what you think and enter our prize draw<\/a>
\n<\/strong>How would you like to win \u00a3200 worth of Amazon vouchers for your school? Simply tell us what you think of our Commonwealth Class resources by completing our short online survey and enter your details for our prize draw. We are interested in your open and honest responses \u2013 your answers to the survey will be treated anonymously and not attributed to you as an individual.<\/p>\n

\"7\"<\/a>Start thinking about Commonwealth Day<\/a>
\n<\/strong>On Monday 13 March, 52 countries will come together to celebrate Commonwealth Day under the theme \u2018A Peace-building Commonwealth\u2019. Be sure to circle the date in your calendar and pencil in our next Commonwealth Class debate, where we will be exploring how the Commonwealth supports international efforts for peace. Find out more about Commonwealth Day.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

posted by Alita Spink, Schools and Learning Support Officer, Schools and Learning News from the Commonwealth Can we produce enough food for everyone? According to the United Nations World Food Programme, the world produces enough food for our global population of 7 billion people. However, despite this, one person in eight on the planet goes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3752,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people-directorate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3752"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390\/revisions\/2399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}