Cowfiles from Send a Cow
Teaching resources about Africa, poverty and sustainability.
Find fun ideas, lesson plans and other ‘Africa topic’ resources. From finding out about a child’s life in Uganda, to how children can grow food in Send a Cow’s African Gardens - we can bring the Global Dimension to your school!
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Harvest festival materials
Fun 'Harvest of Hope' resources

Our great new ‘Harvest of Hope’ pack is now available! The pack contains a giant poster, stickers, fundraising ideas and lots of resources to download such as a fun assembly play and vegetable headbands. There are also lots of fun ideas of how to have a really great festival at your school, like dressing up as vegetables and creating your own giant Harvest in an assembly. Use our online form to order the pack and find out more.
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Olinga’s climate change game
Learn how a Ugandan boy is preparing for climate change

Using this fun game, case study and Powerpoint, you can help pupils to understand how climate change is already affecting families in African countries. Olinga from Uganda is an encouraging example of how using simple methods (some can be tried out in your school) and hard work can help people be more food secure for the future. At the same time, this resource will help pupils to think about their own use of energy and resources in the UK.
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Famous cow drama / school play
Fun animal drama that includes the whole class.

A lively, fun and engaging way to present the story of a family of orphans in Uganda to an assembly or as a whole class activity to another class. The story can be easily followed and is told by a group of farm animals from the UK and can be used to as part of your English curriculum.
