Subjects
Resources and lesson plans linked to curriculum areas
Many of the resources on Cowfiles can be taught stand-alone or as a series of lessons in one of your curriculum subjects. Use the menu on the left to find out what there is in each subject area. We have tried to bring in cross-curricular links where possible to help you fulfill your learning requirements and featured curriculum objectives where appropriate.
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Bag Gardens
Small gardens, ideal for small hands
Bag Gardens are a type of African garden that Send a Cow teaches families how to make in Africa. They are also a great way to get your pupils involved in a growing project, and learning about healthy eating and life in an African country. These mini-gardens make the most of good soil and compost, waste water, are easy to weed and can be grown in schools - bringing a global dimension to Science. There’s also a competition that year 9 and under can enter! Use the links below for a fun explanation and resources - where you can also order a superb Bag Garden Starter Kit.
www.cowforce.com/african-gardens
www.sendacow.org.uk/africangardensRate and read reviews of Bag Gardens
Categories: Bag gardens, Bag gardens, Green poster and Science
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Uganda - country information sheets
Facts and background info - great for projects
These sheets give a brief overview of Uganda, with information on the geography, culture and issues in the country. They are useful if you are studying Uganda in topic work and offer comparisons with the UK, they also link well to the stories of Matia, Sanyu, Theresa and Berna. You can find all sorts of images from Uganda in our gallery. And you can make a donation to our work in Africa, including in Uganda by following this link.
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Categories: Background info and Geography
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Cabbages and Cowpats DVD (+Welsh)
A fun DVD about Africa and Send a Cow
Our brand new ‘Cabbages and Cowpats’ DVD has been produced for primary schools and group use. It features short films about children’s lives in Lesotho, African gardens and Send a Cow’s work in Africa. The DVD is strong on promoting sustainability and healthy eating, it’s accompanied by toe-tapping music, engaging animations and an easy-to-follow storyline - much of it has a Welsh language option. Your kids will watch it until the cows come home! Watch some clips using the links. To buy a copy for just £6 (including p&p) call us on (01225) 874 222. Or use the order form.
www.cowforce.com/cabbages-and-cowpats
www.youtube.com/cowforceRate and read reviews of Cabbages and Cowpats DVD (+Welsh)
Categories: Visual aids, DVDs, Keyhole gardens, Geography and Other useful stuff
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Mokou - the stone game
A fun outdoor Lesothan game
A 5-a-side game for break times that is played in Lesotho. Mokou involves being quick on your feet and working as a team - requiring only some stones and a recycled plastic bag ball to play. Playing African games like this can be a great way of teaching how to have fun outdoors using local materials.
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Categories: PE
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Lesotho - country information sheets
Facts and background info - great for projects
These sheets give a brief overview of Lesotho, with information on the geography, culture and issues in the country. They are useful if you are studying Lesotho in topic work and offer comparisons with the UK, they also link well to the stories of Mpho, and Karabo. You can also browse a number of images from Lesotho in our image gallery.
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Categories: Background info and Geography
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Kenya - country information sheets
Facts and background info - great for projects
These sheets give a brief overview of Kenya, with information on the geography, culture and issues in the country. They are useful if you are studying Kenya in topic work and offer comparisons with the UK. You can make a donation to our work, including projects in Kenya, using this link.
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Categories: Background info and Geography
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Rwanda - country information sheets
Facts and background info - great for projects
These sheets give a brief overview of Rwanda, with information on the geography, culture and issues in the country. They are useful if you are studying Rwanda in topic work and offer comparisons with the UK, they also link well to the stories of Rose, Marie-Rose and Janvier. You can find all sort of images from Rwanda in our gallery. And you can make a donation to help a Rwandan orphan group by following this link.
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Categories: Background info and Geography
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Climate change in Africa - information boxes
Why going green matters for Africa
Africa is the continent most likely to be hardest hit by climate change. These information boxes could form a display to help pupils think about the importance of being green. The facts outline some of the possible affects of climate change and should be carefully set in the context of positive steps that pupils can carry out in the UK, as well as the positive work of Send a Cow - helping families to grow food in a sustainable way.
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Categories: Facts & figures, Geography and Other useful stuff
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Make an African plastic bag football
A photo guide to make a recycled ball
These sheets will help your pupils to make a football out of recycled materials - just like thousands of children in African countries. It’s a great activity to link to a recycling project and can be used to discuss the uses of waste materials in the UK. But it’s also simply a really fun thing to do with your class, and could prompt you to organise your own mini-African tournament - with pupils learning about different countries along the way.
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Helping Berna
Explores comparisons, basic needs and different ways to help people.
A collection of three lessons, an assembly and a fun classroom game, all written for the PSHE curriculum and Citizenship QCA Unit 5 - Living in a diverse world. These activities help pupils to understand what life is like for a Ugandan orphan, how it compares to their own lives and looks at different ways of helping people.
- Helping_Berna_intro.pdf
- Helping_Berna_part_one.pdf
- Helping_Berna_part_two.pdf
- Helping_Berna_assembly.pdf
- Helping_Berna_Introduction.ppt
- Helping_Berna_part_one.ppt
- Helping_Berna_part_two.ppt
- Helping_Berna_assembly.ppt
- Helping_Berna_animals_game.ppt
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Categories: Assemblies, Children's stories, Comparing lives, Lessons, Pink poster and PSHE/Citizenship
