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After school programs in the 21st century  
URL:http://www.hfrp.org/publications-resources/browse-our-publications/after-school-programs-in-the-21st-century-their-potential-and-what-it-takes-to-achieve-it
Category:Pastoral Care, School Philosophy & Ethos 

A Harvard Family Research Project based on American statistics related to the evaluation of Out of Hours School Care and other After School programs.

Assemblies  
URL:http://www.assemblies.org.uk/index.php
Category:Days, Weeks, Months  Pastoral Care, School Philosophy & Ethos  Religious Education general resources 

Assemblies is a bank of assembly resources written by teachers to save time when creating and preparing assemblies for use with a primary, middle or high school class, year group or school. All assemblies can be searched by topic, school type, year group, and/or key word. Also provides tips for collective worship and setting a collective worship policy. Topics include: setting and achieving goals, April Fools Day, Saying what you mean, National Poetry Day, Chinese New Year, Bullies, Death, European Languages, Exams, Fair trade, families, Forgiveness, Grandparents Day, Gandhi, Healthy eating, Human rights, Tolerance, International Women's Day, Internet-Free Day, Jealousy, Justice, Martin Luther King, Mozart, Missing child, Natural disaster, New Year, Smoking, Peer Pressure, Safety, Environment, Racism, Red Cross, Ramadan, Remembrance Day, Conflict resolution, Respect, Elderly, Shakespeare, Shrove Tuesday, Teacher leaving, Universal Children's Day, Valentine's Day, World AIDS day, Refugees, and Water.

Attitudes of Australians to happiness and social wellbeing  
URL:https://www.tai.org.au/documents/downloads/WP90.pdf
Category:School education research  Pastoral Care, School Philosophy & Ethos 

This paper, by Clive Hamilton and Emma Rush, makes a contribution to the debate about national well-being by exploring some public attitudes to personal and national happiness. A major strand of the paper examines the primary role of schools, and whether they should emphasise a happy personal life or preparation for the world of work.

Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative  
URL:http://www.environment.gov.au/education/aussi/
Category:Organisation and Management  Environment  Pastoral Care, School Philosophy & Ethos  Global Education organisations 

Sustainable Schools integrates sustainability education into a holistic program with measurable environmental, economic, educational and social outcomes. Sustainable Schools integrates sustainability education into a holistic program with measurable environmental, economic, educational and social outcomes. The program implements improvement in a school's management of resources and grounds (including energy, waste, water, biodiversity, landscape design, products and materials) and integrates this approach into the existing curriculum and daily running of the school. The program is action based and involves the whole school community in the sustainable management of the school. The aim of the Initiative is to trial and then establish Sustainable Schools across Australia.

Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)  
URL:http://www.crin.org/
Category:International early childhood organisations  Children's rights  Pastoral Care, School Philosophy & Ethos  Youth Issues 

CRIN is a global network of children's rights organisations striving to improve the lives of children. CRIN's website aims to be a first port of call for everyone seeking children's rights information on the Internet. The site features news and publications on children's rights, a calendar of events and a 'what's new'section and a website directory among other resources. Topics include: About child rights; Armed conflict; Child labour; Disability; Discrimination; Education; Health; HIV/AIDS; Juvenile justice; Macroeconomics; Media; Sexual exploitation; UN Special Session on Children; and Violence against children.

Child Welfare Review  
URL:http://www.childwelfare.com/kids/news.htm
Category:Teaching alienated students  Pastoral Care, School Philosophy & Ethos 

This American site provides links to full text articles on issues related to the well being of children. Articles are organized into six categories: child abuse, foster care and adoption, welfare reform and children, child poverty and inequality, child advocacy, and values and children.

Classroom Architect  
URL:http://classroom.4teachers.org/
Category:School buildings  General teaching issues  Pastoral Care, School Philosophy & Ethos 

This classroom layout planning tool would be useful for educators to quickly and simply design their learning spaces. The size of the classroom and interior areas can be adjusted, as can the colour of the walls and floor, the type of furniture and flooring material, the amount of light, and the general room arrangement. Plans can be saved or printed off and dimensions are measured in feet and inches.

Convention on the Rights of the Child  
URL:http://www.unicef.org/crc/index.html
Category:Children's rights  Pastoral Care, School Philosophy & Ethos  Other ECE research  Youth Issues 

The convention sets minimum legal and moral standards for the protection of children's rights. The site contains detailed information about the convention, its status and current issues, and links to resources such as bibliographies and other related websites.

Education For All (EFA)  
URL:http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/index.shtml
Category:Countries of the World  International Higher Education initiatives  International Adult and Community Education bodies  Pastoral Care, School Philosophy & Ethos  Education 

The Education For All movement is a global commitment to provide quality basic education for all children, youth and adults. UNESCO coordinates this reponse.

Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds  
URL:http://www.kff.org/entmedia/7251.cfm
Category:School education research  Pastoral Care, School Philosophy & Ethos 

This Kaiser Family Foundation study examined media use among a nationally representative sample (USA) of more than 2,000 3rd through 12th graders who completed detailed questionnaires, including nearly 700 self-selected participants who also maintained seven-day media diaries during 2004. The report found that media plays a central role in the lives of Generation M and that they are multi-taskers. It appears also that Generation M are devoting more than a quarter of each day to use of media such as television and computer use.