Year 06 Archives - EkoSkola

SDG 04 - Quality Education: Year 06

Rain School by James Rumford – UN Book Club (SDG 4: Quality Education)

Captures the excitement of children starting school for the first time and wondering what it will be like. In this particular setting in Chad, the children and the teachers create a temporary school building each year which lasts for the nine months between the long rains. The message is one of collaboration, problem solving and hope with enthusiastic valuing of an education at its core. YouTube Read Along – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEss6Bcwkac&t=16s [Right click and “Open in a new tab”]

Learn About SDG 4 – Quality Education (Year 4 – Year 8)

Ensure Inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. LEARN about SDG 4 by clicking on these links: ‘What can you do’ youtube video on SDG4 ‘Education for all’ youtube video on SDG4 For all the details and statistics about the targets of SDG No 4 access this link.

Follow Up SDG 4 – Education can transform the World! (Year 5 – Year 8)

Why is education such an important tool? To understand the power of education for transforming lives refer to this publication.

Follow Up SDG 4 – Children on the move! (Year 5 – Year 8)

Build an understanding of what life is like for people forced to flee their homes. Understand that migration has and continues to affect everyone from this publication.

Follow Up SDG 4 – Unfair play! (Year 5 – Year 8)

Read the story: Iz-Zokkor! You can also listen to the voice recording by asking on the contact form of this website for mp3 file which will be sent to you upon request. Have you ever stopped to think from where the soccer balls you kick around at home, at school or at the football nursery come from? Where are they made? Who makes them? Do you have any idea??? FACTS ABOUT THE SOCCER BALL INDUSTRY Nearly 1/2 of the world’s soccer balls are made in Sialkot, Pakistan There are 650 stitches in 1 soccer ball It is estimated that 1/4 of the 35 million soccer balls made in Pakistan are made by children under the age of 14 In India, although it is illegal to keep children from going to school, tens of thousands of children work in the soccer ball industry, working 10-15 hours a day stitching together soccer balls Children miss school to stitch together soccer balls In India, the work is done at home, making child labour “invisible” Children as young as 6 years old have been found stitching soccer balls Children earn roughly 25c for every ball they stitch together. It takes about 4 hours to stitch one ball. This is the reality of some children in Meerut India. Browse online to try and check how much an average soccer ball costs from a local Sports shop? What percentage do you think these kids get from the selling price of each soccer ball? Luckily there are some companies that produce fair trade soccer balls. They make sure that no children or other people were abused in the production. Customize your own soccer ball with your favourite team colours with the fair trade logo included by accessing this link.

Follow Up SDG 4 – COVID 19 assistance! (Year 5 – Year 8)

The school closure has left a number of students stranded. Many lessons are now being delivered online but some students do not have any laptops and no internet access. The Ministry for Education and Employment has launched a scheme to assist these students. Access this link and watch the embedded video. How many households will be provided with a free internet service? How many students will be getting a laptop on loan to participate in online learning? In what ways do the meals provided by this initiative assist in providing a quality education for these students? Each SDG has a number of specific targets. Carry out some research to find out all the targets of SDG No 4. How many targets are there? Which of these targets will this initiative be fulfilling?

EkoSkola Malta