Competitions and Activities

Connecting Classrooms is now a member of UNEP’s ‘Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign’ due to the schools’ commitment to plant trees to offset the carbon footprint created by international flights taken by members of the project, and the valiant efforts of some of our colleagues in helping to mobilise schools to do that and to send us in reports of it, which are now on the UNEP website, for more information Click Here

Connecting Classrooms and UNEP press release Click Here

• Goi Peace Foundation Essay Competition

Names of the Winners will be posted here soon.

• 18th International Childrens Painting Competiton

UNEP has launched the 18th International children's painting competition.

This year’s Competition will focus on Climate Change. Our Challenge

For further information on the competition please Click here

Deadline for this competition is 15th January 2009

• 2009 Commonwealth Essay Competion

The 2009 Commonwealth Essay Competition is back for young writers from all over the world to enter.

For more information on the competition please Click here

Deadline for this competiton is 1st March 2009

Please note that these competitions are open internationally and therefore

quite competitive.

Good Luck

Please find attached a report  from the TUNZA 2008 on the International Childrens Conference on the Environment here

Other useful Websites recommeded by other teachers

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/maths/mathsws.htm

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/

http://www.interactive-resources.co.uk/

http://www.mathsphere.co.uk/

http://teacher.scholastic.com/index.asp

http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/primary/primaryteachingresources/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/teachers_and_parents/worksheet.shtml    

http://www.bteducation.org/resources/?PHPSESSID=b1430306989b74f0e00ec41bbe85ac6e

http://www.10ticks.co.uk/

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/