{"id":513,"date":"2013-11-08T13:45:25","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T13:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/Game\/?p=513"},"modified":"2013-11-12T14:00:52","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T14:00:52","slug":"the-commonwealth-class-education-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/Game\/2013\/11\/08\/the-commonwealth-class-education-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"The Commonwealth Class &#8211; Education Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/Game\/uploads\/sites\/2340\/2013\/11\/Br-Council-CWClass.png\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/Game\/uploads\/sites\/2340\/2013\/11\/Commonwealth-Class.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/Game\/uploads\/sites\/2340\/2013\/11\/Commonwealth-Class1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-522\" title=\"Commonwealth Class\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/Game\/uploads\/sites\/2340\/2013\/11\/Commonwealth-Class1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/D249_Commonwealth_Education%20Pack_A4_print_with%20Appendices_FINAL%20Lo.pdf\">Commonwealth Class education pack <\/a>is a flexible resource that can be used to support individual projects or joint curriculum work with a partner school.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information about opportunities and resources around the\u00a0Commonwealth Class programme visit\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org\/projects-and-resources\/commonwealth-class\">British Council Schools Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you do not yet have a British Council Schools Online account we recommend that you <a href=\"http:\/\/schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org\/registration\">register<\/a> with them to gain access to other opportunities to develop the global dimension at your school including Connecting Classrooms, International School Award and Language Assistants.<\/p>\n<p>The next <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/worldclass\/livedebates\/\">BBC online debate<\/a> will be held on <strong>Thursday 14 November<\/strong> to coincide with the <a href=\"http:\/\/thecommonwealth.org\/media\/event\/commonwealth-youth-forum\">Commonwealth Youth Forum 2013<\/a>. The debate is a fantastic opportunity for your students to engage with their peers around the globe on the most vital challenges and opportunities facing young people today. You can contribute to the debate on the day by emailing comments to the BBC team at <a href=\"mailto:commonwealthclass@bbc.co.uk\">commonwealthclass@bbc.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And finally,\u00a0British Council\u00a0are offering grants of \u00a3250 for schools to hold mini launch events on their site for other schools in their area. Events do not have to take any predetermined format but should be 2 hours long and schools should involve at least 10 teachers representing different schools in their area. The launch should be based on the script provided in the <a href=\"http:\/\/schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/D249_Commonwealth_Education%20Pack_A4_print_with%20Appendices_FINAL%20Lo.pdf\">Commonwealth Class Education Pack<\/a>. If you would like to hold a launch event please download and complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/Game\/uploads\/sites\/2340\/2013\/11\/Commonwealth_Class_Launch_Grant_Application.docx\">Commonwealth_Class_Launch_Grant_Application<\/a>\u00a0 and return to <a href=\"mailto:ryan.dunn@britishcouncil.org\">ryan.dunn@britishcouncil.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commonwealth Class education pack is a flexible resource that can be used to support individual projects or joint curriculum work with a partner school.\u00a0 For more information about opportunities and resources around the\u00a0Commonwealth Class programme visit\u00a0\u00a0British Council Schools Online. If you do not yet have a British Council Schools Online account we recommend that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/Game\/2013\/11\/08\/the-commonwealth-class-education-pack\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Commonwealth Class &#8211; Education Pack<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4701,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[861,7936],"tags":[918,1111,7453,1430,12475,2096,12476],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-resources","category-the-commonwealth-class","tag-bbc","tag-british-council","tag-commonwealth-class","tag-funding","tag-glasgow-2014","tag-international","tag-partnership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/Game\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/Game\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/Game\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/Game\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4701"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/Game\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/Game\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":529,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/Game\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions\/529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/Game\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/Game\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/Game\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}