<div dir="ltr">Hi Rachel!<div>Thanks for your mail.</div><div>As a college teacher, I find your project very interesting. </div><div>I have seen some of the material and  i will respond in detail later (before the 20th certainly)</div><div><br></div><div>warmly</div><div>D.Manjit</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 3:49 PM ThoughtBox Education <<a href="mailto:rachel@thoughtboxeducation.com">rachel@thoughtboxeducation.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_-4325245543363912192WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">Good morning all,<br><br>I’m emailing with an invitation to you and any of your colleagues or connections working in social justice who you think could support this endeavour:<br><br>As a social enterprise committed to teaching children how - not what - to think, <a href="http://www.thoughtboxeducation.com/" target="_blank">ThoughtBox Education</a> is excited to be launching a new (free) inquiry-based curriculum for all schools exploring <i>Equality and Justice</i>.  The programme will be available for 5-18 year olds, with modules containing four lessons each.</p><p class="MsoNormal">We recognise the enormity of this subject, the need to approach with integrity and the importance of allowing all voices to be heard. As such we are reaching out to a small number of inspired friends and practitioners working in the field of justice for people and planet to invite you to join a peer-review panel and share your thoughts on the curriculum before we launch it to the world.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>NB: We wish to communicate that we are not just replacing the source of oppression in this curriculum by sharing a better set of beliefs, but are truly committed to supporting open-mindedness and critical thinking to allow young people to listen, reflect, learn and unlearn accordingly.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b>Our ask:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">We’d love you to take a look at one, some or all of our curriculum for 11-18 year olds and share your thoughts. In particular we would love to know:</p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="1"><li class="gmail-m_-4325245543363912192MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">Have we approached these explorations with due respect and sensitivity?</li><li class="gmail-m_-4325245543363912192MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">Have we overlooked any vital reflections?</li><li class="gmail-m_-4325245543363912192MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">Are there wider resources you suggest we link schools to?</li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>How much time can you offer?</b></p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="1"><li class="gmail-m_-4325245543363912192MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><b>10 minutes</b>: Take a look through one of our lessons to get a feel for our approach. Or…</li><li class="gmail-m_-4325245543363912192MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><b>30 minutes</b>: Look through a full curriculum for one of our age ranges and share thoughts. Or…</li><li class="gmail-m_-4325245543363912192MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm"><b>60 minutes</b>: Look through the progressive curriculum from 11-18 year olds and send us your reflections</li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">We would welcome your reflections ASAP and by Friday 20^th November 2020 at the latest.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>In return:</b></p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="1"><li class="gmail-m_-4325245543363912192MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">We promise to listen to your reflections and absorb them into the final programme</li><li class="gmail-m_-4325245543363912192MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">We would love to link to you and your work as part of our peer review panel</li><li class="gmail-m_-4325245543363912192MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">We wish to offer you full access to these curriculum and resources to share with any of your networks</li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>What is our approach?</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">ThoughtBox is a social enterprise learning about learning. We acknowledge just how deeply fragmented perspectives are in society, whilst a strong top-down narrative continues to hold significant sway. Whilst inviting inquiry and reflection in our lessons, we are clearly, openly challenging the status quo. Our curriculum is built on a foundation of empathy and openness to encourage diversity of thought and the practice of unlearning. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br>I attach an overview of the programme and a link to the lessons below in anticipation of your support. <b>If you could reply to confirm whether you’re happy to help or not, that would be wonderful. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g81ab7b5ls4yrgz/AAC0XcvCTwTvqgYAtRh9VGDQa?dl=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt">Equality & Justice inquiry curriculum – A free resource</span></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Regardless of whether or not you’re able to support, may I take this opportunity to thank you sincerely for the work you’re doing to shape a more just world.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Warmest wishes,<br>Rachel</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="316" style="width:236.75pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><tbody><tr style="height:43.95pt"><td width="93" valign="top" style="width:69.5pt;border-top:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0cm 5.4pt;height:43.95pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Consolas"><img border="0" width="72" height="83" style="width: 0.75in; height: 0.8611in;" id="gmail-m_-4325245543363912192Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:3e98cca433a429ba_0.1"></span></p></td><td width="223" valign="top" style="width:167.25pt;border:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt;height:43.95pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150)">Rachel Musson</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Director of Education</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150)">Phone</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150)">:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> +44 7970 157883<br><b><span style="color:rgb(47,84,150)">Email</span></b><span style="color:rgb(47,84,150)">: </span><a href="mailto:rachel@thoughtboxeducation.com" target="_blank">rachel@thoughtboxeducation.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150)"><a href="http://www.thoughtboxeducation.com" target="_blank">www.thoughtboxeducation.com</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:4pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-musson/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:4pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="22" height="22" style="width: 0.2291in; height: 0.2291in;" id="gmail-m_-4325245543363912192Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:3e98cca433a429ba_0.2" alt="Title: LinkedIn - Description: image of LinkedIn icon"></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:4pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"><a href="https://twitter.com/thoughtbox_ed" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:4pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="22" height="22" style="width: 0.2291in; height: 0.2291in;" id="gmail-m_-4325245543363912192Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:3e98cca433a429ba_0.3" alt="Title: Twitter - Description: image of Twitter icon"></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:4pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thoughtboxeducation/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="19" height="19" style="width: 0.2013in; height: 0.2013in;" id="gmail-m_-4325245543363912192Picture_x0020_19" src="cid:3e98cca433a429ba_0.4" alt="Facebook"></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:4pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><br>ARE YOU PART OF OUR COMMUNITY YET? </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Sign up to our <a href="http://www.thoughtboxeducation.com/membership" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">new free membership</span></a> and help transform education together. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Foco Light",sans-serif;background:white"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div>
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