Poppyscotland's Education Project will continue to grow in 2009.

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Following the success of Sowing the Poppy seed - Poppyscotland’s Education Project we are continuing to grow our education project in 2009 with the following developments.

• New materials for children aged 3 to 8. This includes new planning documents, challenges and teacher’s notes.

• New materials for early, first and second levels linked to the growing of poppies from seeds. Promotional packets of poppy seeds are available to order from our website.

• Updated planning documents for teachers linked to Curriculum for Excellence.

• A new education film aimed at younger children called ‘A chat with . . . Poppy Scotland’.

• Additional archive footage covering the First Gulf War and remembrance.

• Subtitles added to all films with sound.

• An exciting new schools competition – Poppy Poetry.

• A new set of four education posters will arrive with every school in Scotland in early September 2009.

All new materials can be downloaded or ordered from www.poppyscotland.org.uk/education.