Dzień: 2021-01-07

Christmas is coming!

It was strange Christmas this year. Socially distanced, with masked Santa, without older relatives, without meeting friends or singing carols together. We did what we could do in these specific circumstances – we designed Christmas cards and shared them together on one board wishing each other health, peace and coming back to reality soon.

The link to the board where all the cards were uploaded: https://padlet.com/tambelli_sylwia/v4hdqb44r5ex0hvd

We organized also A Christmas gift fundraising and prepared presents for families in need living in the neighborhood.

World Mental Health Day

Mental Health Day, celebrated worldwide on 10th of October is an opportunity to raise awareness of mental health issues and advocate against social stigma. During various classes, such as biology, physical education, citizenship and form time students were encouraged to talk about mental health. All the lesson plans and materials for speaking activities were shared on one common padlet. https://padlet.com/tambelli_sylwia/v4hdqb44r5ex0hvd

The objectives of the classes were:

  • making students understand and empathise with anyone burdened with mental health issues
  • realizing the lengths of effects it can have on the people around them
  • portraying various disorders and their symptoms
  • encouraging students to looking for professional help in case of noticing any symptoms of mental disorders
  • promoting activities they are engaging in to keep up good mental health and well-being
  • helping children distinguish between mental health myths and reality

Students were involved in discussions, watching films, lectures with the school psychologist and psychotherapist, they took part in role playing and they learnt some simple mindfulness techniques.

International Day for Tolerance

‚Tolerance – according to UNESCO’s 1995 Declaration of Principles on Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world’s cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human.’ In order to promote acceptance and understanding the teachers collected various resources which were used during different classes. The resources included videos, songs, lectures, games, worksheets, discussion prompts and lesson plans.

The link leading to the padlet: https://padlet.com/tambelli_sylwia/j7q6jvz4v8o0893

The objectives of the event:

  • increasing knowledge about values of equity and forms of discrimination
  • promoting inclusion and tolerance
  • identifying the factors which lead us to discriminating other people
  • practicing key competences necessary for personal development

The outcomes of the event:

  • understanding the concepts of diversity, privilege and oppression
  • broadening awareness and acceptance
  • accepting people different from oneself without prejudice or judgment
  • respecting others for their differences on the grounds of gender, race, religious and socioeconomic differences.