We understand our Personal and Social Education
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We understand our Personal and Social Education
We understand our Personal and Social Education Programme not as a water-tight compartment, but as a philosophy that informs all our school practices. Throughout 2010 the PSE Programme´s objective was to “explore ways of being with others”. We hope that by reading these pages you will appreciate how this Programme is not only present in the tutorial periods, assemblies and special activities but in all our daily work. PSE Coordinators: Fernando Lasala Quintana (Head of PSE Programme), Angie Ayerza (Kindergarten Nordelta), Vanesa Henson (Kindergarten Olivos), Coky Kierulf (Primary Olivos), Ana Pascual (Secondary Olivos) and Anne Smith (Secondary Nordelta) 21 El comedor “Las Voluntarias de María” El comedor “Las Voluntarias de María” está situado en el barrio de Trujui (Partido de San Miguel) surgió de la buena voluntad de una mujer que prometió hacer todo lo posible para que otras personas no sufrieran una infancia tan dura como la que ella había vivido. Su nombre es Susana Melgarejo, da de comer a 190 niños y a 60 adultos con sus escasos ingresos. La única ayuda que recibe es la de nuestro Colegio y la de personas que se sensibilizan al conocer su trabajo. Convirtió su humilde casa en un espacio abierto a la comunidad, a donde la gente encuentra no sólo un plato de comida sino también contención y mucho amor. Los alumnos y padres del Jardín de la sede Nordelta ayudan al comedor desde el año 2009 con aportes de alimentos y con lo recaudado en eventos como la kermesse. Con los fondos recadudados en las colectas que se hicieron durante las dos funciones del Concert de Jardín, los alumnos de sala de 5 organizaron un regalo para las madres que asisten al comedor de San Miguel; regalaron un champú, crema de enjuague, desodorante, jabón y un chocolate con una tarjeta escrita por los chicos deseándoles un muy feliz “Día de la Madre”. Todos nos sentimos muy involucrados en este proyecto y nos enorgullece verlo crecer y mantenerse en el tiempo. Con un pequeño gesto de cada miembro de una comunidad tan grande como la nuestra, podemos lograr casi sin percibirlo una ayuda que para ellos significa la comida de cada día. ¡Celebramos la diversidad! En el mes de octubre organizamos el Evento Multicultural que tiene como objetivo celebrar el carácter internacional de NORTHLANDS a través de la exhibición, organizada por las familias internacionales, de las principales características de sus países de origen. Año tras año nuevas familias se suman con entusiasmo a este encuentro que convoca a todos los alumnos de la institución en un marco de hermandad y respeto por las diferentes culturas y costumbres. Multicultural sede Olivos 22 Dibujo de Manuel Madanes, Kindergarten Olivos Art and Feelings Being with others is part of the challenge we undertake and choose in our daily existence. Each and all the spaces of the School offer a variety of opportunities to be able to build these social skills. Diversity of opinions, different ways of solving situations, different points of view, different feelings and expectations make us seek ways, moments and means to share them, respect them and grow as we enlarge our universe of experiences. This is how in Kindergarten Olivos we developed our unit on “art and feelings” by which Kinder 4 was able to share and appreciate own and others’ artistic productions, be careful in comments about them, and accept different perspectives when choosing, for example, something to portray. Dibujo de Ethan Williams, Kidergarten Olivos Dibujo de Julia García Navarro, Kindergarten Olivos 23 Work on Values Olivos students work on awareness of oneself and awareness of others through games and exercises. Robertina Chaimowicz Year 2 Olivos Fortalezas y debilidades - Melanie Studer Año 4 Olivos 24 Year 6 Reflections How do you think that you applied the school values during your work as House Captain? We think that we applied the school values by working all together as a team, helping other kids... We felt very happy while we helped kids with special needs. We organized very well as a group, we were very close to each other, we respected and listened to others’ opinions. We were very committed towards our work and responsible when we organized the games for Child’s Day. Why are humans aggressive verbally and physically? Humans are aggressive because there is no one to stop us. If we all had a friend to tell us when to stop, there would be less aggression. Humans: intelligent or not? Humans are very intelligent while choosing who to bully but we don’t understand bullying is not intelligent for lots of reasons. Whoever bullies will get the bullying back and everybody will call him a “bully”. Which message do you want to leave to the future House Captains? We hope you feel the same thing that we felt when we were House Captains. We learned more things about friendship and service, which are values that we develop every day at school. We’ll put all these values into practice in our lives. Being House Captains allowed us to become better leaders and develop the necessary values to organise a group. Are all humans like this? Not all humans are like this but if no one took any action we would probably all end up like this. Therefore: Everybody knows what is wrong. So if you are doing something wrong stop! And if you see someone doing something wrong tell them to stop. We should all ask ourselves: why do we do it? Why don’t we sop the ones who do these things? The big question is WHY? Patricio Perdoncin, Sofía Aversa (Cavell); Valentina Bambozzi, Tomas Sarmiento (Keller); Juana Figueroa, Andrés Tawil (Fry) and Valentina Catella, Luciano Ortiz (Nightingale), Year 6 Nordelta Abril Elverdin, Year 6 Olivos Mediators flict inquiry, we talked about “con This year, in our first unit of the me, e videos about this the resolution”. After watching som mediators to help us solve our teachers proposed having kid . All the Year 6 Olivos classes problems instead of teachers ses. mediators from the other clas suggested different possible ador. Salv problem were us, Sara and The first mediators to solve a erience, we quickly realized how After having this incredible exp es is when you need to solve a important a mediator sometim nt and needed. problem. It made us feel importa felt r 6A be friends again, and we We helped two girls from Yea ally ity is divided in groups, it is usu so happy. (…)When a commun was re or maybe just because the because they have differences, to r the reason, their problem has a misunderstanding. Whateve with nds iator (which can’t be frie be solved somehow, and a med utiful option. any of the two parts) is a bea 6 Olivos Sara Sahores and Salvador Piuma, Year 25 Roots and Shoots This year we had the fortune of finally forming an Eco-group, and joining Roots and Shoots, at School. We are the first R&S group in Buenos Aires. We have done several projects like: − Tetrabrick reusing: we did creative objects from material we collected, sold eco-bags to reduce the use of plastic bags, created costumes using recyclable waste material. We are collecting batteries and sending them to place where they will be disposed, as well as a recycling campaign in our school. − We are creating a brochure to raise awareness about the responsible care of house animals. − We participated in activities related to the Biodiversity year, Earth Day, Trees and water campaigns related to the care of the environment as well as Peace Day. − We still have many other projects at a longer scale that we are trying to achieve like composting. Working in our Eco –team/Roots and Shoots this year has been an experience that we will never forget. We finally felt like really doing something good to make the place where we live, a better one. We also had lots of fun preparing and working together in these projects. We hope to continue and that more people join us. Rocío Beguiristain, Year 10 - Nordelta Ecoteam. Green Patrol at Nordelta Green Patrol is a “green project”, in which we make sure to keep the environment clean. It was founded in 2008 by a Year 4 student called Eugenio Fonterosa. As he didn’t receive enough help to continue, the organization started to fall. In the middle of 2009 a group of girls from Year 4 inspired themselves in this idea and agreed to start this project again. Victoria Ramos, Camila Borinsky, Barbara Calvente and Mercedes Batalla made sure to follow up this organization. In 2010 this group continued working and attracted even more members. Now Year 5C and the Student Council work together to develop this idea. They are doing many activities to reduce the rubbish. As they want to help the environment, they started to plan some future actions like a charts with causes and consequences of pollution. Ways of being with others The area of Las Tunas lies just across the railway line from School, and yet life there is very different. The educational possibilities for the inhabitants are very limited, and the Fundación Nordelta runs a series of activities to help them.One of these is support classes for the children who live there, and during the year, on a weekly basis, students from Year 9 have gone to help the volunteers who operate them. “It felt really good, because we helped them do work that maybe they can’t do alone. While they learned their subject, we also learned how to interact with other people. I felt really happy because I was doing something really valuable to help others.” Pilar Irigoyen, Year 9 Nordelta. Mercedes Batalla and Abril Bacigalupo, Year 5 Nordelta. 26 Building Leadership “…the Prefects 2011 travelled a trip to Chile. The course that we did is called CEAL IB Andes. (…) We all took an important learning from this trip which we would carry for the rest of our lives and I believe that as a group we all joined and we managed to learn more about ourselves; and by this I mean that we could stay with our own souls. We went through different activities and experiences and although we stayed 18 hours in the tent during a snow storm, we had the attitude of acting as a group and “survive” these 6 days at the mountain…” Joaquin Duhalde, Year 11 Olivos With the aim of enhancing the personal development of our students in their last years, as a different and creative opportunity to acquire leadership skills, our newly elected Prefects for 2011 were invited to two different international experiences with participants from all over Latin America. “Although the meetings and con ferences were incredibly interesting I must say that what I liked the most from the LAHC conference were not the con ferences themselves, but getting to kno w the people that went there and visiting the favela of Babilonia. I made tons of new friends, which thanks to Facebook, we are still in touch with and talk every week; some are Argentines, so we actually go out on week-en ds and see each other. The trip to the fav ela was an incredible experience, it is something I will forever remember, and I believe it is impossible to comprehend it, until you experience it yourself.” One was the IB Andes trip designed by International Baccalaureate educators which consists of trekking in Lagunillas Chile. The other was the Annual LAHC Student Conference held at The British School, Rio de Janeiro. The theme this year was “Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Futures” and followed the structure of a Model United Nations, or MUN, forum with the aim of debating in an attempt to find solutions to current political problems facing world leaders. Gastón Dondero, Year 11 Nordelta. Abou t LAHC Conference “…there were also moments at which, at the top of some hill with a wonderful view, we were asked to sit in silence and reflect on the reason why we came to this trip. Many times, when going uphill with a heavy backpack or having to sleep in a tent while it was snowing outside, I asked myself that question. But then, seeing how we were all into this, outside of our comfort zone, the question was answered to me. The comradeship experienced as we went on expedition to the mountain or camped in the snow was very nice and soon everybody got to know everybody else. In the end, I really enjoyed the experience; it was a great opportunity to get to know a lot of people and make new friends. “ Tomás Batalla , Year 11 Nordelta. About CEAL IB Andes 27 esta experiencia “A nosotros nos gustó mucho an y los ayudamos.” porque aprendimos como viví Working together we can help others Tomas Iglesias y Bryan Herrera, Año 7 Nordelta “Con las demás chicas de Año 7 tejimos cuadrados y armamos mantas. Nos parecía un proyecto In Year 7 the girls were interested in learning to knit, so their tutor suggested that they should learn by knitting simple squares, which could be then sewn together to form blankets which could be donated to families in Las Tunas. While the girls knitted, the boys worked on making simple games like dominos or memory tests. Year 8 collected old toys and repaired them to be able to give them away to children who could take advantage of them. Later, students for Year 7 and Year 8 went to Las Tunas to show the students of the Refuerzos Escolares how to play and to improve their games, and therefore their thinking capacity. divertido y al mismo tiempo no tan complicado... Lo que nos pareció muy importante fue que haciendo una cosa tan chiquita pudimos darle una sorpresa tan grade a mucha gente. Nos encantó participar en esto y lo volveríamos a hacer.” Valentina Greco y Lucia Baronzini, Año 7 Nordelta. o de verguenza. Después “Al principio teníamos un poc ron rebuenos y amigables conocimos a los chicos que fue inamos pasando muy bien.” con nosotros, y al final la term ita Bronfman, Año 7 Nordelta Marina Bibolini, Catalina Chan, Juan NORTHLANDS Fête 2010 On October 16 we made the most of the opportunity to enjoy a perfect spring day with family and friends in a relaxed context that encouraged everyone’s involvement and made it possible to raise funds for NORTHLANDS solidarity projects: Northlands Fête brought together families from both the Nordelta and the Olivos sites, whose enthusiasm made a success of the event. Some of our former pupils joined us in a hockey tournament and helped strengthen our traditional school spirit. Thanks to your cooperation and commitment, the proceeds of this year’s NORTHALNDS Fête amounted to $ 40.663. We are very grateful to you for your generous help, which encourages us to renew our effort to support our solidarity projects. Rural schools in Chaco Soup kitchen “Voluntarias de María” Con Beca Barrio Las Tunas CERT Nro 2 San Andrés de Giles 28 Audela Activities As in previous years, the activities of the Audela Week open up a whole world of feelings and emotions for those who take part. Year 8 Lucero del Alba “Nos contaron una historia y vendaron nuestros ojos. Tuvimos que pintar así un resumen de la historia. Nos “Lo pasé muy bien, todos los chicos eran muy bue- mostraron sus cuadros y nos hablaron sobre ellos.” nos, no tenían vergüenza y decían lo que pensaban.” Martin Kaucher, Año 8 Nordelta Camila Galfione, Año 9 Nordelta “Me gustó mucho, me divertí un montón, y también “...Cuando estaba pintando con los ojos vendados aprendí que no todos tenemos la suerte de estar bien. sentí que era muy difícil y que Tucho y Julio podían Sin embargo me hice nuevos amigos y me gustó que hacerlo perfectamente. En estos encuentros aprendí fueran sinceros y espontáneos.” que los ciegos leen con Braille, que usan un bastón Facundo Prendone Pitá, Año 8 Nordelta para caminar y que van tocando todo. Lo que más me llamó la atención fue que los pintores Julio y Tucho pueden pintar sin ver.” 29 Vicente Le Gentil, Año 4 Olivos