School visits to the Bristol Buddhist Centre

Vitarka

Buddhism in schools and the wider Bristol community

On this page you can find out more about how the Bristol Buddhist Centre work with local schools and organise a visit to the Centre with your school group, or organise for a visitor to come to your school.

You can also find out how to borrow a Buddhist Centre shrine box and other resources for use in your classroom, browse educational material for use in your classroom, and read the Vitarka brochure .

Introducing what we do....

For the past decade, we are very pleased to have hosted visits from local schools and colleges. Our Educational Co-ordinator, Bahiya and a team of enthusiastic and committed volunteers at the Centre continue to welcome visits from primary and secondary schools and FE colleges.

We aim to tailor visits to the particular learning needs and interests of your students. From introductions to meditation, exploring Buddhist festivals, looking at the symbolism of the shrine, through to discussions on ethics and the precepts and discovering Siddhartha Gautama as the founder of a major world religion, our team enjoy tailoring your visit to the interests of children and young people of each year group and key stage.

Our suggested donations for school visits are £2.50-£3.00 per visitor for a 1.5 hour period and a donation for a visit to your school, plus travelling expenses. Please give what you can to help us to continue this work.

As of 1st of October 2009,Bahiya has taken over from Kamalamani as the Schools and Educational Coordinator (click on link for more Information)

To find out more about arranging a school visit, please call 0117 924 9991 or email info[at]bristol-buddhist-centre.org

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Resources for local teachers and schools....

This site offers downloadable educational resources and the chance to borrow a shrine-building kit and other Buddhist books and resources from the Centre:

Visit our teaching resources page to download educational materials.

Find out more about borrowing a Buddhist shrine building box.

Find out more about our resource lending service to local schools, colleges and groups. We invite local teachers and group leaders to borrow books, CDs and other resources from our small library of Buddhist books and resources for children and young people.

To find out more about our educational work, read our Vitarka brochure and to give you a sense of our breadth of schools and educational experience, please visit the review of our work in the past year. You can also browse our archive of previous newsletters and updates.

And finally…

Do check out Clear Vision – an award-winning producer of Buddhist resources for schools. Their website includes a wide range of audio-visual resources, Buddhist images and video lectures, clips and documentaries. There are also online interactive Buddhist materials for schools and young people.