Learning Circle 9

Welcome to the Learning Circle! In this worldwide classroom, we will discover together that children have rights that should apply everywhere in the world.

The right to a safe and loving home, where you can go to a good school, the right to live in a safe community where there is freedom to follow your dreams and much more... to be able to have a good and happy life.

In 1989, the United Nations set up The Convention on the Rights of the Child. During this convention, 195 countries made the agreement that children's rights should apply whenever and wherever, but this isn't as simple as it might seem. Luckily, more and more people find it important to fight for the rights of children. You can do that too, by raising awareness and showing that every child deserves a good future. 

In this Learning Circle, you can share your experiences, stories and opinions. We invite you all to learn and work together to make the world a better place. 

Phase 3 - Challenge 2

April 4 - May 8   2016 

NEWSLETTER Monday May 2

Hello everyone,

Many schools in the Netherlands are enjoying two weeks of spring break; a number of Dutch participants have reported that their contributions of challenge 2 will follow soon after May 9. The rest of the schools are still posting impressive poems, songs and lyrics daily.

We are pleased to see that more and more schools are doing their best to give meaningful feedback. That's appreciated by everyone because it's essential for the connection the Learning Circles! It is also nice that so many students enjoy meeting in Skype, which their teachers organized for them. Sometimes we can find a report with pictures of these Skype meetings on the school pages.
Please continue to inform and enjoy the other participants!

Cartoon Movement:

Great to see how proud pupils are when their drawing or cartoon inspired a professional cartoonist in our own Newsroom!
This week you can still give your vote in Cartoon movement. In May the winners will be announced. Exciting ...

A school in Nepal:

We are very curious how 'our LC schools' succeeded in organizing funding for the rebuilding of a school in Nepal. In the special Nepal wiki, you can find information and report your actions and revenues. To gain insight and to make further plans for the rebuilding in Nepal, you can also directly send an email to Manon. Great if you can indicate how Maya Foundation can count on your efforts. 

Peer scholar assignment:

This individual challenge for every student in the Circle started on April 18. There was information about this personal challenge in the newsletters and emails to teachers, but we noticed that very few students have managed to write their letter to the jury of GTP. We think the main reason is, that many groups concentrated on working hard on their contributions for the challenge 2 group assignments!
---> Phase 2 in peerScholar, the assess phase, starts today but it's still possible to write your letter this week, as late submission is allowed. 
Please pay attention to this: Some students started Phase 1 to create their letter, but they have to finish the last steps of this Phase 1. Only when they have saved all 3 steps, they can continue to give feedback to three other participants in Phase 2 (the other students that finished their letters later than May 1)
Only those who have finished phase 1 are able to give feedback from May 2 to May 15.
It will be really exciting to see how students in other schools and countries are answering your words in the third phase from May 16 to 27!

Have a nice week and good luck,

A school for Nepal

During the Learning Circle we will discover the current state of the Rights of the Child; and we can also DO something ourselves to improve the living conditions of our peers.

The building team of Maya Foundation, with Dutch and Nepalese builders need our help. You may want to think with your classmates and friends how you can contribute to the rebuilding of this school. You will get to know about the school and some of the students in the wiki. As an optional activity you may want to help by taking action and organize some fundraising to help Sajita, Bikash and Birsha get back their school. Every little bit helps!
 

We are looking forward to see your ideas in the 'Nepal Wiki'. 

Skype en feedback

• Read how to make a Skype appointment with another group from your Learning Circle on this page

   

  Feel free to also indicate a time / date that would suit you best :-)

   

• Feedback schedule

Information / Action

• Need help: email Natasha  (facilitator)

         The Netherlands:

• Coordinator Dutch LC's: Manon van Herwijnen 

• Projectcoordinator Global Teenager Project: Bob Hofman 

• Adjust your settings in order to receive notifications about changes in this wiki!

 Overview Schoolpages 'Learning Circle Children's Rights' 2016 

Country

School   

Introduction

Challenge 1

Feedback

Challenge 1

Challenge 2

Feedback
 Challenge 2

Skype 

Completion

1. KEF Higher Secondary School

 V

The Netherlands

2. Lyceum de Grundel

3. Montessori College Arnhem

Canada

South Africa

* A date in the overview means a school posted a contribution for this phase.
  The color of the date indicates if it was placed  in time, little bit late, 1 one week late or more.

* A 'X' in the overview means a school dit not place anything in the wiki in this phase.