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  • The Gilberd school in Colchester has the answer to an XDR-TB outbreak!

    Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

    On Tuesday, 13 July 130 students from Year 9 spent an entire day working through Crisis Point. Prepared for the day by teacher Wendy Hildreth, the students worked in five different classroms assisted by other teachers and students from Colchester 6th Form.  With much good humour and guidance from teachers they undertook the task of [...]

  • Rawlett Community Sports College students trial Crisis Point

    Monday, June 21st, 2010

    “We trialled the materials with Y10 group in March and it worked really well.  Having been looking for decent resources to use on Europe for years, this is certainly the best we have used.  It went so well we are introducing it to our Y8 students in citizenship next year.  The kids were very engaged [...]

  • EUROSCOLA – A youth Parliament day in Strasbourg

    Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

    A group of Sixth Form students from the South West took part in a Euroscola Day at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 12 March. 
    This is the fifth year that a group of Sixth Form students from the South West have competed for a place on a visit to the Euroscola Day at the European [...]

  • Award Winning Free Citizenship Resource For Schools!

    Monday, March 29th, 2010

    Crisis Point won the European Information Association’s prestigious “Award for Excellence in EU information provision” for 2010 at an award ceremony which took place at the British Library on 22 March 2010. 
    Crisis Point is a fantastic new (and free!) resource to help teach citizenship in schools for years 7 – 12.  It works as a collapsed [...]

  • Spring Day for Europe 22 March to 30 June 2010

    Thursday, March 18th, 2010

    Spring Day for Europe was set up to promote learning and debate about the European Union in schools.  This year the aim is to engage school communities in discussion, debates and activities related to European citizenship and fundamental rights, both pertinent to the European Year of Cambating Poverty and Social Exclusion. Students’ attention will also [...]