Sunday, June 23, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Monday, January 15, 2024
Our new eTwinning project!
Hello everyone!
We are very excited, because we are going to start a new eTwinning project!
The title is "Embracing Diversity: Living in an Inclusive Society."
The project's core theme, "Living in an Inclusive Society," is both timely and crucial. In a world marked by diversity in all its forms – cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and more – it is important that we have the tools and perspectives needed to be citizens of the world. Through this project, we aim to cultivate a spirit of inclusivity, embracing differences as opportunities for learning and growth rather than as barriers.
We also have the unique opportunity to engage in cross-cultural exchanges, expanding our horizons, through collaborative activities, dialogues, and shared experiences with students from other European countries.
We hope to contribute to a more inclusive, tolerant, and compassionate world. Let’s work together to inspire the next generation of empathetic and inclusive citizens and leaders!
Sunday, June 18, 2023
Our eTwinning Project: Engineers of the Future
When one thinks about sustainability, the environment and the green part of the planet is usually the first thing that comes to mind. That’s not wrong. In fact our planet needs to be cared and therefore, the concern for environmental issues is very important.
But being “green” is just not good enough. That’s the main reason why there are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the United Nations 2030 Agenda, and not just one.
According to UNESCO, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a key element of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
We also believe that ESD empowers students to make informed decisions about environmental issue, economic viability and a fair society for future generations. It urges to adopt more sustainable practices and we all need to do it now. Sustainable development must become part of our values and corporate culture.
Aims
Our project aimed to provide us with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to address sustainable development challenges and to become “engineers of the future”.
We used our digital skills for communication and creation of collaborative projects.
They practised social skills through cooperation and interaction to achieve common goals and use English for communication and the creation of collaborative projects.
Classes: 11ºA and 11ºC
This is the final product of the project: our ebook:
https://www.flipsnack.com/F8FE86CC5A8/etwinning-project-engineers-of-the-future.html
Saturday, December 3, 2022
eTwinning Project: Happy Schools make happy students
According to the 2015 World Happiness Report, schools that give priority to learner well-being, have the potential to be more effective, with better learning outcomes and greater achievements in student's lives. More than ever before, this signals the need for schools to become happier places, where qualities that are essentially based on relationships, including empathy, tolerance, respect for diversity, communication and teamwork are truly the basis for an education that aims for creativity, critical thinking, self-motivation, perseverance and optimism.
The main idea of our eTwinning project: "Happy Schools make Happy students" was that schools can be happier places and that all human beings can learn to be happy, but can also be happy to learn.
During the project we shared and discussed important information in the twinspace, which has broadened our perspective about the importance of empathy, tolerance, respect for diversity, communication and teamwork to build happier schools.
It was important to recognize the positive elements of our life and to focus on positive thinking, positive attitude towards others, solidarity and respect,and and to spread this knowledge in the school community.
We worked together with other students and teachers from European countries and we developed our language skills and enthusiasm for the English language.
As a final product, we created an e-book gathering our testimonies and works, which will offer a picture of how we understand and live these values and how engaged we are in creating a happier school:
The project was very successful and it was even awarded with a Etwinning Quality label in 2022.
Sunday, November 27, 2022
How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky
Sunday, November 20, 2022
The best books to read at Christmas time
The best books to read at Christmas time
Snuggle down on the sofa with one of these reads
Favourite Christmas poems:
https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/literary/our-favourite-christmas-poems
https://www.loveliveson.com/christian-christmas-poems/
Best Christmas Books to Snuggle Up With This Holiday Season
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
‘Some novels tell a great story and others make you change the way you look at the world. Americanah does both’ Guardian
As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America. There she suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.
Thirteen years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a blogger. But after so long apart and so many changes, will they find the courage to meet again, face to face?
Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning ‘Americanah’ is a richly told story of love and expectation set in today’s globalized world.
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
World Teachers’ Day - 5th October
World Teachers’ Day is held annually on 5 October to celebrate all teachers around the globe.
It commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which sets benchmarks regarding the rights and responsibilities of teachers, and standards for their initial preparation and further education, recruitment, employment, and teaching and learning conditions.
World Teachers’ Day has been celebrated since 1994.
"On World Teachers’ Day, we are not only celebrating every teacher. We are calling on countries to invest in them and prioritize them in global education recovery efforts so that every learner has access to a qualified and supported teacher. Let’s stand with our teachers!"
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Ocean Literacy : The ocean and the Agenda 2030
Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future. However, at the current time, there is a continuous deterioration of coastal waters owing to pollution, and ocean acidification is having an adversarial effect on the functioning of ecosystems and biodiversity. This is also negatively impacting small scale fisheries.
