Qaddumi & Qattan Offer Scholarships for Teachers

The Hani Qaddumi Foundation and A. M. Qattan Foundation have launched a new joint scholarship scheme for Palestinian school teachers... ...more

Partnership with SIDA on Music Project in Gaza

Preparations are under way for the launch of an experimental project in music teaching in Gaza in partnership between the Swedish... ...more

Speech & the Liberation of Meaning - Textual & Dramatic Approaches to the Play The Elephant, O King of All Time

QCERD has recently released the book Speech & The Liberation of Meaning Textual & Dramatic Approaches to the Play The Elephant... ...more

2006 Young Artist of the Year Award Catalogue Transformations …soon

The Culture and Arts Programme will soon publish the Young Artist of the Year Award 2006 Catalogue “Transformations”, which includes... ...more

Second edition of Men in the Sun: the Presence of the Text and its Absence …soon

QCERD will soon publish its second edition of the book Men in the Sun: In the Presence of the Text and its Absence by Wasim Kurdi. ...more

How can I purchase the Foundation's books?

In Palestine, you can buy our books from the QCERD's Ramallah library. Please contact our Librarian Azmi Shunnara on email ( azmi@... ...more

Qattan Centre for the Child

The activities of the winter programme “Your Body…Secrets & Hidden Facts” carried on throughout the period, introducing children to... ...more

Creative Weaving

During a course entitled Painting with Strings, the supervisor Samar Al-Banna trained 16 children from 1st to 3rd grade on how to weave... ...more

Making Sweets in the Course “Sugar…Sugar”

The course “Sugar…Sugar”, which was supervised by trainer Aida Ashour, included providing the children with important information... ...more

“Water Colors”: Training to Draw World Paintings

12 children participated in the course “Water Colors” between the 7th to 9th grades. The trainer helped the participants to draw a... ...more

“My Song”: Introducing the Human Body through Song

The course “My Song”, which was supervised by Waleed Abu Jiyab included introducing the children to the human body through the use of... ...more

Creative Writing in “My Story” & “Cut & Paste”

The aim of the course “My Story” that was supervised by Sana' Al-Byari was to develop the creative abilities and artistic skills of the... ...more

“Checkmate” to develop Creative Thinking

In the aim of developing the creative thinking abilities of children through teaching them chess, the trainer Salah Ashour ran “... ...more

Art Activities with Participation of Children & Parents

A wide variety of other art activities took place during the period in entertainment, music, and cinema. A total of nine different... ...more

Information Technology: Unit Short Film Design

12 children between the 7th and 9th grades participated were taught how to design short films with sound, image and animation using... ...more

Web Page Design and Drawings

In the “Frontpage” course, 12 children between 6th and 9th grades were taught the basics of designing web pages using “Frontpage” and... ...more

Learning the Basics of Windows

“Windows & Word” helped 11 children between 3rd and 6th grades to get to know the basics of the Windows operating system, typing... ...more

Workshop on use of “Bluetooth”

25 children from various ages participated in the workshop around the use of “Bluetooth”. ...more

Training Course for Librarians on Use of “WinISIS” Programme

In coordination with the Ministry of Education, the Centre organized a course on the use of WinISIS programme to computerize libraries... ...more

Library Activities: “Play & Discover”… & “Behaviors”

The library organized a number of activities such as “Play & Discover”, supervised by Manar Al-Azayzah, where 26 participating... ...more

Meetings with a Specialist Concerning the Body

Four meetings were arranged with Dr. Allam Nayef in the aim to provide children with information about the human body, its organs and... ...more

“Your Body Under the Microscope” & “Your Health is the World”

In the activity “Your Body under the Microscope”, supervised by Dr. Allam Nayef, the participants were introduced with information... ...more

“Movement within Movement” & “My Body”

138 children under the age of six participated in the activity “Movement within Movement” under the supervision of the trainer Wisam Al... ...more

Concert by musician Elena Al-Lidawi

The Centre hosted a classical music concert by the musician Elena Al-Lidawi which was organized by the French Cultural Centre. The... ...more

Entertainment Show for the Creative Women's Society

The Creative Women's Society presented a number of artistic and entertaining activities in the premises of the Centre, which included a... ...more

Outreach Service External Lending and School Book Fairs

As part of our external lending programme, 5150 books were lent to 10 libraries of institutions that provide services for children in... ...more

Winter Courses in Jericho & Ramallah

The Centre organized winter training courses for teachers for the year 2007-8 between the 20th -23rd of January and with the... ...more

Winter Courses in Gaza

The Centre in Gaza organized winter training courses for 187 teachers from various governmental, UNRWA and private schools. The courses... ...more

Course: “Scientific Enquiry: A Major Component in Scientific Education”

The Centre is preparing for a new annual course entitled “Scientific Enquiry: A Major Component in Scientific Education” administered... ...more

Course in “Expression Through Narrative”

The Centre organized a course in expression for children between ages 12-15 years, under the supervision of Wasim al-Kurdi, Malek al-... ...more

“The Story in an Interactive Framework…Narrating, Discovering and Expressing”

Under the supervision of Wasim Kurdi, the Centre initiated in implementing a programme “The Story in an Interactive Framework…Narrating... ...more

Study Day in Jenin around the book “The Culture of Mathematics”

In cooperation with the two teachers' forums of Ya'bad and Jenin, the Centre had organized a study day on the 23rd of February in the... ...more

Study Day in Gaza Entitled “Schools: Reality & Future Visions”

The Centre organized in Gaza on the 19th of December in the Qattan Child Centre in Gaza a study day entitled “Schools: Reality &... ...more

“Micro Projects in Schools”

Three consecutive meetings for the project “Micro Projects in Schools” convened of which the last was on the 21st of February under the... ...more

Teachers Forum on “Employing Drama in the Educational Context” Convenes its 2 nd Meeting

The second meeting for the founders and participants of the Forum on Employing Drama in the Educational Context was convened on 21/22... ...more

Monthly Teacher Forums Continue in Gaza

Eight forums were convened in the premises of the Centre in Gaza in which 106 teachers took part. The forums dealt with issues such as... ...more

Dialogue and Reflection- Discussion Meetings on Various Educational Subjects

In the Centre in Gaza six discussion groups for teachers were convened in the fields of Arabic language, English Language, and... ...more

“Learning Starts from Life”

In the framework of starting and preparing for the project “Learning Starts from Life”, a meeting took place in the premises of the... ...more

Educational Meetings and Workshops

The Centre in Gaza convened five educational meetings around Scientific Culture with 75 teachers from various schools. ...more

Palestine Satellite Channel Interview

Palestine TV and Satellite Channel interviewed QCERD Director Wasim Kurdi on the 23rd of February. An introduction to the work of the... ...more

Participating in the “Creative Forum for Independent Theatre Groups” in Alexandria

Our colleague Wasim Kurdi participated in the “Creative Forum for Independent Theatre Groups which took place in Alexandria in February... ...more

Two Meetings around Effective Learning and School Violence

Two educational meetings were convened in the premises of the Centre in Gaza for fifty supervisors and headmasters of schools. The... ...more

Participating in Workshop around Marketing Libraries

The Ramallah Centre's Assistant Librarian, Sally Abu Baker, participated in a workshop entitled “Marketing Libraries: New Challenge for... ...more

Filming Applied Lesson on Different Subjects

In the framework of its work with schools, and in its aim to document the classroom experience, the Research Centre filmed a number of... ...more

Visits for School & University Groups & Delegations

A group of students from Kufr Qasem High School for Girls visited the Centre in Gaza under the supervision of their teacher Iman Bal'... ...more