Ashby St Legers Farm, Rugby, Warwickshire are part of the Co-operative scheme "From Farm to Fork", an exciting outdoor learning experience for primary school children. This scheme allows children to experience the world beyond the classroom through a supervised farm visit designed to improve their understanding of where their food comes from and how it is grown.

On a typical visit the children through a variety of experiences will learn about:

To find about how you can register your school as a Fair trade school, and also access support and resources please visit the fair trade website here

DFID Global School partnerships promote partnerships between schools in the UK and schools in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The programme provides advice and guidance, professional development opportunities and grants for schools that are using school partnerships as a means of developing a global dimension within their curriculum.

The programme aims to raise young people's awareness of global development issues and equip them with the skills and knowledge to become active global citizens.

To find out more about this project, please visit their website here

Rt Rev'd Ian Cundy, Bishop of Peterborough's funeral was held in Peterborough Cathedral on Tuesday 19 May at 4.00 pm. The Archbishop Of Canterbury Rt Revd Rowan Williams presided over the Eucharist, Rt Rev'd Frank White, Bishop of Brixworth preached and approx 30 other bishops attended along with 2,000 mourners.There are photographs, commentary and copies of the transcripts on the diocesan web site, see link below

Please remember the family in your prayers. A book of condolence has been opened in Peterborough Cathedral.

The following is a helpful link for secondary schools with particular reference to the conflict in Gaza. At the Three Faiths Forum the rationale is to offer young people space to discuss the issues that are important to them. In preparation for our daily work in schools they have put together some thoughts/ideas to help teachers support their students in their exploration of this subject. To access the site, please click here.

"Putting the WOW into Worship" is a valuable resource written and published by Blackburn Diocese Board of Education.

Please visit Blackburn's diocesan website for more details

Recently a choir of 18 children from a Christian school in Uganda - the Watoto School Choir visited Finedon Mulso Junior. They were fabulous in their singing and performance!

Avril Wise, headteacher writes, "Our children sat entranced to start with but, when they were invited to join in, they did so enthusiastically, following the choir's lively example. In between the amazing singing and dancing, some of the children told their personal, harrowing stories but bore witness to their faith that Jesus had saved them. All of the children in the choir (and at the school) are orphans, many of them having lost their parents to AIDS. It was very moving, especially when they sang 'I am not forgotten, God knows my name'."

In preparation for this visit at the end of last term, the school had a mufti day to raise money for Watoto School and so were able to give a donation to the choir on the day and the staff were able to buy CDs and jewellery to help boost Watoto school's funds.

Useful resources for collective worship and assembly planning can be found at teachingexpertise.com in their assembly section.

For secondary teachers In particular, there are topical and ready to use assemblies for KS3-5 focusing on issues important for raising with your pupils on the wider environment and encouraging engagement, reflection and response skills.

The Board of Education's School Governing body Model Policy Statement for Leadership and succession planning. To view the policy click here.