Useful Web Links

Aiming High
This document, published in March 2003, outlines the Government's commitment to continuing to raise standards for all young people whatever their ethnic or cultural background and ensuring that all education policies truly address the needs of every pupil in every school.

Aiming High: Raising the Achievement of Minority Ethnic Pupils

Circus Arts
This website provides information, support and a means of communication for circus artists, producers, teachers, historians - or indeed anyone with an interest in circus.

• www.circusarts.org.uk

Circus Biography

This site documents two centuries of circus people- The 'Dictionary of British Circus People Biography' project, ensuring that artists of an earlier age are not forgotten.

• www.circusbiography.co.uk

Devon Consortium Traveller Education Service

• www.devon.gov.uk/travellers_education.htm - Making distance learning work

Friends, Families and Travellers

• www.gypsy-traveller.org

Gypsy Expressions

• www.gypsyexpressions.org.uk

Gypsy Horse Fair

• www.cotswolds.info/horsefair.htm

Jo McGuire Photographer
Photo gallery

• www.jomcguirephoto.com

Kent County Council

Peta Ruddock has compiled a large index of resources which may be used by teachers wishing to incorporate aspects of Traveller culture into the Literacy Hour. Texts are grouped by genre, using categories from the Literacy Framework. There are also suggestions for using the texts. Some are available for downloading and immediate use.

• www.kented.org.uk/

The National Fairground Archive Includes information on the history of fairs and circuses. Useful list of other related web links

• www.shef.ac.uk/nfa/

Passing Places

Passing Places started as an exhibition and series of events. The exhibition is now touring the UK. The focus is on Gypsy-Traveller history, culture, lifestyles and traditions.

The project was developed in 2003 by Hertford Museum and the Hertfordshire Traveller Education Service, with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

This website, developed from the exhibition, offers teaching resources for KS2 and KS3 about Gypsy-Traveller culture and lifestyles.

• www.passingplaces.org.uk

The Patrin Web Journal
Romani culture and history

• www.geocities.com/~patrin/
• www.geocities.com/~Patrin/timeline.htm

Pavee Point Travellers Centre
An introduction to the Traveller way of life. Traveller Voices - an insight into Traveller culture in Travellers own words.

• www.paveeepoint.ie

Scottish Traveller Education Programme

• www.scottishtravellered.net/

The Standards Site
Ethnic minority achievement publications

• www.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/ethnicminorities/

Traveller Law Research Unit

• www.travellerslaw.org.uk/