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Triratna Resources

School Visits and Children's Dharma Resources

By mokshini on Tue, 29 Nov, 2016 - 17:09

Schools Visits and Children’s Dharma Resources

This page primarily offers resources for those organising visits by schoolchildren to Buddhist Centres. Resources for ‘Young Buddhists’ are in a separate section. Safeguarding policies for Children and Vulnerable Adults can be found here.

Ask a Buddhist, Clearvision’s website with one-minute video-clip answers to schoolchildren’s 20 most-asked questions. The answers are by Buddhists from a range of traditions, not just Triratna.

The Bristol Centre’s Vitarka project has prepared three resource lists for teachers – each is a list of Buddhist...

File Name	Size
buddhist_story_books.pdf	67.04 KB
complete_list_of_educational_materials.pdf	80.13 KB
factual_buddhist_teaching_books.pdf	73.02 KB
ks2info.pdf	36.6 KB
ks2-followup.pdf	40.35 KB
ks3info.pdf	51.33 KB
ks3followup.pdf	35.35 KB
cv_school_visit_risk_assessment1.pdf	21.52 KB
introducing_buddhist_practice_for_primary_schoolteachers.pdf	696.96 KB
introducing_buddhist_shrines.pdf	1.02 MB
introduction_to_buddhist_festivals.pdf	520.76 KB
simple_stilling_exercise_for_children.pdf	30.59 KB
follow_up_work_sheet_for_primary_school_teachers.pdf	697.13 KB
rezitationstexte-fur-kinder.doc	27.5 KB
introducing_the_metta_bhavana_.doc	232 KB
triratna_resource_pack_for_group_leaders_and_teachers.pdf	1.14 MB

Triratna News

Manchester Buddhist Centre: 20 years in Turner Street

By Munisha on Wed, 17 Aug, 2016 - 15:27

Manchester Buddhist Centre: 20 years in Turner Street

By Munisha on Wed, 17 Aug, 2016 - 15:27

Manchester Buddhist Centre (UK) recently marked 20 years in its current home, formerly a Victorian cotton warehouse. Clear Vision’s latest NewsByte video covers the celebrations, some history and the plans for remodelling the ground floor of this wonderful building, including better disabled access. (7.5 minutes)

Opened by Sangharakshita on 13th July 1996 after two years of very hard building work by the sangha, it has been home to Clear Vision, Breathworks, Earth Café and Bodywise Natural Health Centre.

Among the many who...

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Training for Buddhists working with schools in the UK

By Munisha on Mon, 17 Mar, 2014 - 00:17

Training for Buddhists working with schools in the UK

By Munisha on Mon, 17 Mar, 2014 - 00:17Do you currently host or make school visits for your Triratna centre or group? Would you like to?

Srivati runs the London Buddhist Centre’s education service, Bodhi Tree. She’s offering two training events: one for Buddhists conducting school visits; one for school teachers who want to teach mindfulness in their schools.

1) Buddhist school visit workshop
10am – 4.30pm
Sunday 15th June 2014
London Buddhist Centre, E2 0HU

This interactive day will be led by...

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The Dharma School Seeks A New Head Teacher

By Candradasa on Tue, 19 Mar, 2013 - 14:25

The Dharma School Seeks A New Head Teacher

By Candradasa on Tue, 19 Mar, 2013 - 14:25The Dharma Primary School, Europe’s only primary school to offer an education based on Buddhist values (based in Brighton, East Sussex, UK), is seeking a new Head Teacher.

Current head Peter Murdock is preparing to move on after more than a decade of leadership at the end of this year. Since his appointment in 2002, Peter has taken the school through two successful Ofsted inspections (‘outstanding personal and social development’) and evolved the school’s...