Aims To equip key staff with the knowledge

Aims • To equip key staff with the knowledge, skills & resources to support others • To consider how schools can fulfil their duties to safeguard and promote well-being • To turn empathy into positive action

“ 6. 5 million externally displaced persons. 7. 6 internally displaced persons. It is the largest displacement of people in world history…”

Syria’s Children “A Lost Generation “ • Exposure to the horrors of war , conflict , inhumane treatment and great personal risk • Denied access to basic services such as education and healthcare • 2. 8 million Syrian young people are out of school • Refugee children from Syria struggle to continue their education • Early marriage and child labour

Syria ﺳﻮﺭﻳﺎ Seen and Heard https: //www. google. co. uk/search? q=oxfam+seen+and+heard+campaign

Wheel of Life Test Protective Factors v Adverse Factors

Oxfam Education http: //www. oxfam. org. uk/education-blog/2015/09/~/link. aspx? _id=114 E 8 A 0 DF 0344 CE 9 B 3 B 27 C 3 DECBEE 385 &_z=z

Sanctuary Schools

http: //www. goglasgow. org. uk/pages/show/1975

August 2015

School of Sanctuary Award City of Sanctuary movement in partnership with Oxfam to schools that have consistently put the sanctuary principles into practice : • Take positive action to make welcoming and inclusion part of the values of your school and evidence through displays, school procedures, fundraising etc. , • Learn about what it means to be seeking sanctuary and be actively involved in for example celebrating Refugee Week • Share your vision and achievements with parents , community and your cluster, and the wider Schools of Sanctuary network

Refugee Week 20 -26 June 2016 • http: //refugeeweek. org. uk/info-centre/educational -resources/classroom-resources/ • Links to short films, stories, testimonies, activities & events • Simple Acts

Za’atari Camp , Jordan • 5 miles in circumference • Now the 4 th biggest city in Jordan with 81 000 • There is a pizza delivery service & wedding dress hire shop • Half of children in the camp are enrolled in school • Girls married very young to secure dowries

Nizip Refugee Camp, Turkey • Tents and containers • Power supply & Water Supply • Crime very low • Schools & Nurseries • Family allowance to spend in shops

Government Responses UK Government : 20 000 Syrian refugees over 4 years Scottish Government : 1000 Syrian refugees across all L. A. ’s GIRFEC Principles

Protective Factors Teachers who understand the refugee experience Supporting the resilience of refugee pupils Acknowledge their diversity Meet the pastoral needs of new arrivals, focusing on the induction process • The school ethos, policies and learning environment that promote inclusion and meet the specific needs of refugee pupils • Learning and teaching - strategies that support achievement • Peer-to-Peer Learning for a Truly Global Education • •

Protective Factors The importance of school “It is no exaggeration to say that refugee children’s wellbeing depends to a major degree on their school experiences, successes and failures. . School policies are a powerful tool for helping refugee children feel safe and normal again, and begin to learn. ” Naomi Richman, In the Midst of the Whirlwind - a manual for helping refugee children, 1998

Curriculum • Oxfam Campaigns – Syria a Children’s Crisis, Seen & Heard • Interdisciplinary Topic like Sanctuary • Testimonies - UNHCR • Photographs , Quizzes, “Seeking Safety” Primary & Secondary – British Red Cross • School of Sanctuary • Against all Odds – Interactive web-based game UNHCR and Syrian Journey BBC • Action Aid, War Child, Amnesty International

Resources & Sources • Scottish Refugee Council & Refugee Week http: //refugeeweek. org. uk/infocentre/educational-resources/classroom-resources/ • Oxfam Seen and Heard campaign www. oxfam. org. uk/education/resources/syria -seen-and-heard • Oxfam Schools of Sanctuary campaign https: //schools. cityofsanctuary. org/. . . /schools-of-sanctuary-and-oxfam-cr. . . • Oxfam Syria : A Children’s Crisis www. oxfam. org. uk/education/resources/syria • British Red Cross http: //www. redcross. org. uk/What-we-do /Teachingresources/Quick-activities/Refugee-Week-2014 • Humanitarian Information Unit https: //hiu. state. gov/Products/Syria_Conflict. Without. Borders_Displacement_20 15 Aug 27_HIU_U 1283. pdf

Poem 1: Syria Reema’s Poems Syria, we love you with all our hearts Your children long to see you We will never forget you We will be back one day to wipe the tears off your cheeks We will return one day to our mother's arms and kiss her forehead, her flowers, her soil Beloved Syria, we will be back one day (Syria, the one and only Syria, my beloved Syria, I will come back to you one day)