We spent our Easter Weekend at @nasuwt-official.bsky.social Conference speaking to over 1000 Teachers about our free school workshops on Peace and Nuclear Weapons issues! Link is in our bio to find out more about us and book a workshop ☮️
Sal Naseem’s analysis of moral courage at #ASCL2026
Di’lasio: ‘Kindness lies at the very heart of education…schools are places where we celebrate diversity’ The general secretary of #ASCL2026 said that he worries about the flags on lampposts across the UK which represent ‘provocative nationalism rather than proud patriotism’
Come and see us for free teaching packs and workshops #ASCL2026
Really pleased to be represented at #ASCL2026 conference!
March 1 marks 71 years since the Castle Bravo nuclear test over the Marshall Islands.
Nuclear testing entails detonation of nuclear weapons to asses their yield, performance and effects. It continues to greatly impact communities and ecosystems today.
Great session with UCL IOE Students!
For more information on booking free teacher training sessions with us, you can visit cnduk.org/education/fr... 📖
🗓️ Today marks 5 years since the Treaty on Prohibition Of Nuclear Weapons came into force. Let’s take a look at the treaty and its impact 👉🏼
When The Wind Blows (1986)
A House of Dynamite (2025)
Threads (1984)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Mother of The Revolution (2021)
We are wishing you all a period of rest as we enter the holiday season! Here is a list of films to learn more and stay engaged over the break, reply if you have got any more 🎥
Content Warning: movie posters with images of destruction
Catch Helen Griffin from CND Peace Education on the panel!
Poster advertising panel at CND's upcoming conference. Text reads:"CND day of debate and activism. Stop nuclear expansion. End the war drive. Saturday 22 November. Workshop: Challenging militarism in education. Helen Griffin, CND Peace Education; Jinsella Kennaway, Demilitarise Education; Barnaby Swonnell, Youth & Student CND; Stella Swain, Palestine Solidarity Campaign."
📢Challenging militarism in education!
Another great workshop at our upcoming conference where we'll hear from some of those advocating for peace and resisting the growing influence of arms companies and militarism in our education system.
Register: cnduk.org/events/no-to...
from our awards ceremony for Verses of Hope!
It was an honour to watch these young poets deliver such powerful poetry commemorating the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
We will be posting more from the event, including readings from the winning poets
Join CND Peace Education for an afternoon of live poetry readings, community and celebrating young poets!
📅 Saturday November 1st
⏰ 2-4 PM
📍 BLOC Queen Mary University E1 4PD
RSVP link is in our bio
Tomorrow is National Poetry Day, and we are thrilled to be announcing the winners of “Verses Of Hope”: CND Peace Education’s national poetry competition judged by Antony Owen and Aaron Kent!
More details on poems, judges' comments and the poets here:
cnduk.org/verses-of-ho...
..Fundamentally, what Sadako did - having wishes and folding paper cranes - is within reach of anyone, and orizuru have become a tool for all to express a common wish for peace. It is a simple story. Please let people
know how the movement started."
Sadako's brother Masahiro Sasaki, still surviving, stated:
"Sadako's wish wasn’t concerned with such an important matter as world peace. As she folded paper cranes she wished for her parent's debts to disappear… she wished to get well soon and go home, and so on…
A popular legend in Japan states that if you fold 1000 paper cranes, you will be granted one wish. Sadako Sasaki, a young child just 1 mile away from the hypocentre of the Hiroshima bomb, began folding 1000 paper cranes while in the hospital due to radiation from the bomb.
@greenhamwomen.bsky.social has collected amazing archival photos of the camp over the years, linked here: greenhamwomeneverywhere.co.uk/visual-archi...
We look at the Greenham camp as an example of a successful pressure group in our Critical Mass and Under Pressure Peace Education packs. Read more here: cnduk.org/education/fr...
Protesters used various tactics, such as locking hands in front of the base, chaining themselves to the entrance or even dancing on top of missile silos.
The start of September marks the anniversary of the Women of Greenham Common's Peace Camp. The camp began in 1981, opposing Britain’s nuclear policy and their decision to allow US Cruise Missiles to be stored in Greenham and lasted almost 20 years!
"Did they think their actions would have such a devastating effect?"
At 8.15 on 6 August 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on #Hiroshima. Second-Generation Hibakusha Kyoko Gibson remembers the victims and reminds us why we must #NeverAgain.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCBFo8SOtoE
Still not too late to submit poems for the National Peace Poetry Competition: Verses of Hope, 3 categories primary, secondary and FE/College. Deadline 23rd July. @peaceeduscot.bsky.social @facinghistoryuk.bsky.social @acitizenshipt.bsky.social
The Alternative Defence Review came out this month just before the UK government's Strategic Defence Review. Read a summary for secondary teachers with recommended resources from Peace Education Scotland here: bit.ly/4e5rlve peaceeducationscotland.org, quaker.org.uk, acitizenshipt.bsky.social
Fantastic response from teachers at the @nasuwt-official.bsky.social conference - all our teaching packs were given by out on the first day!