Cumbria Development Education Centre

13/10/2026

Last year,CDEC were privileged to support Lucy Nicholson with the Moving With... Taking Our Place project. Lucy worked with Sacred Heart Catholic Primary and Nursery School for a whole year and we are excited to share the video that gives a snapshot of what the pupils did and the impact the project had. Enjoy!

02/10/2026

🚨 CDEC training course 🚨
Critical Thinking in an age of disinformation

🗓️ Monday 16th November 2026
🕐️ 1pm-4pm
📍 in-person session at our offices in Ambleside

Find out more about course content and prices here - https://buff.ly/5MFsXur
Book your places here - https://buff.ly/4X4UMfs

01/10/2026

🚨 CDEC training course 🚨
Leading for the Future with FIDS - oracy and pupil voice

🗓️ Wednesday 11th November 2026
🕐️ 1pm-4pm
📍 in-person session at our offices in Ambleside

Find out more about course content and prices here - https://buff.ly/Hg7Gk7l
Book your places here - https://buff.ly/4X4UMfs

29/09/2026

During the 2025-26 academic year, we worked with pupils and staff from The Bishop Harvey Goodwin School in Carlisle to plan, design and deliver the Primary Youth Climate Summit which took place in June.

The report and a padlet of resources from the summit are now finished and were shared with our member schools in our September newsletter - find out more about becoming a member here - https://buff.ly/LdsSvkd

Here’s a video slide show to give you a flavour of the day - https://buff.ly/uavA4QJ

Youth Climate Summit 2026 was two events - one for Secondary School...

28/09/2026

Our resource boxes are an ideal complement to your teaching and stimulate pupil learning and imagination. There is something for every primary key stage and for secondary citizenship. Download this table of all our boxes to see the different themes and Key Stages as well as the relevant Sustainable Development Goals that they link in to - https://buff.ly/eGurPuB

The boxes include teaching packs, books, artefacts and a variety of activities to bring your classroom to life. We also have a range of guidance materials to support implementing global learning in the classroom.

Our resource boxes are available exclusively for member schools – find out more about becoming a member here - https://buff.ly/LdsSvkd

To book your resource boxes for 2026-27, please complete this booking form - https://buff.ly/ImpKFL6

19/09/2026

Monday 21st September is International Day of Peace and when we look at the news and see what's happening in the world around us, it might seem as if peace is something we can only hope for, not reach for.

At CDEC, we have learnt through our community conversations that we cannot host others unless we can first host ourselves.

What does it mean to be at peace with yourself?
What does it mean to be at peace with those around you?

Through our FIDS training, we have learnt that we can overcome seemingly insurmountable problems by really asking "what bothers us?", and then imagining what it would be like to have that problem resolved before working together on a plan of action.

These approaches can help with properly identifying the nature or cause of disputes or conflict while remaining grounded; meaning that we are able to speak and act from a place of stability and peace.

Our friends at Global Dimension - Ideas and resources for teachers have pulled together some fantastic resources on the topic of peace for use in the classroom - https://buff.ly/lu3abh1

Taking place on 21st September every year. Calling on all nations to observe a day of global ceasefire and non violence.

19/09/2026

"The ideal of World Gratitude Day is to give people the opportunity to offer personal gratitude, but also to remember gratitude is an essential emotion that should be universally shared" - Sri Chinmoy

World Gratitude Day is next Monday 21st September and is a brilliant opportunity to remember that giving thanks and feeling gratitude can be the bedrock of a positive, peaceful mindset. Gratitude reaffirms our place in the world and our desire to care for the people and living things that surround us.

With thanks to our friends at Global Dimension - Ideas and resources for teachers for these words and for the resources they've curated to help us talk about gratitude in the classroom - https://buff.ly/tc72np9

Every 21st of September. A day to reaffirm our love for the world and all the things that make it great.

18/09/2026

Outdoor Learning - over the next three years and with funding from The Ernest Cook Trust , we'll be supporting schools to embed place-based learning in their curriculum and in their teaching practice.

Find out more and get involved - https://buff.ly/NCRCwe6

18/09/2026

Global and Sustainability Lead Teacher Network - the first meeting of our teacher network for this new academic year is a one-hour online session starting at 4pm on Tuesday 6th October.

The theme is Outdoor Learning and you’ll be meeting the newest member of our team, Theo Kindyni, as she shares information about the new package of Outdoor Learning support we can deliver with you in your school.

Find out more and sign up - https://buff.ly/NCRCwe6