The Matthew Flinders Eco Experience
The Flinders Eco Experience at Matthew Flinders Anglican College invites visitors to explore the school’s rainforest-fringed campus via a self-guided walk that links nature with technology. The Eco Experience weaves a one kilometre path through the 22-hectare College campus and enables visitors to use their mobile device, such as a mobile phone or iPad, to explore and experience the flora and fauna along the way.
Americas Regional Choir by Belgrano Day School
This was a Virtual Regional Choir activity put together during lockdown, in which students from different countries around the Americas were invited to record themselves singing the Beatles’ song “You Won’t See Me”. This project was created as a form of connecting kids through art during these difficult times and at the same time, sharing music as a means to contribute to our communities’ wellbeing and optimism.
Birla Public School (Vidya Niketan)’s “Bliss Yoga” Collaboration
To help celebrate International Yoga Day on the 21st June, Birla Public School (Vidya Niketan) hosted a virtual yoga class. With social distancing measures adopted by countries to fight the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 theme for International Yoga Day was “Yoga for Health – Yoga a Home”. Thirty-four Round Square Schools took part working through a series of basic yoga-asanas with the aim to use yoga and mindfulness to improve their focus while developing a lifelong awareness of the importance of their physical and emotional health.
San Silvestre’s Acts of Kindness Challenge
The Acts of Kindness Challenge is a student led initiative at San Silvestre School in Lima, Peru. It was promoted during lockdown by the joint efforts of all of the secondary councils (ages 12 to 17) and focuses on encouraging everyone in the community to be kind.
Sunbeam Suncity School & Hostel Varanasi’s “Once upon a time” Collaboration
Between the 18th and 20th June, Sunbeam Suncity (& Hostel), Varanasi hosted a collaboration where students aged 11 – 14 narrated popular short stories of their regions with morals and values as it’s core theme.
Art Project: Face portraits at Aubrick School
The face portraits project is a regular activity that is done with our 4-year-olds groups annually as a part of the art and language curriculum. At the same time, it interweaves with the school’s Social & Emotional Learning initiatives that promote well being and self acceptance. During several weeks the children were exposed to different artworks by renowned artists, such as Frida Khalo, Van Gogh and Picasso. Along with getting acquainted with famous artists’ work, they were presented with artwork proposals in order to practice their observation skills and their ability to draw faces.
Round Square Student Committee Activities during Pandemic 2020
The St Philips Round Square student committee meet every Friday morning and continued to do so through the pandemic. They came together to plan, develop, and promote Round Square, as has historically been the case at the College. The students realised that it was important to continue to connect, although floundering a little to begin with due to the changed learning environment associated with COVID-19. It was recognised that there was a need for the Committee to continue to exercise Leadership to the school community.
A Postcard from Doon: Adventure Collaboration Call
The Doon School who hosted a RS Postcard for students aged 14-17 on Adventure. Before the call, participants shared photographs that represented what adventure means to them and discussed them on the call. They then heard from Keynote speaker, Ankur Bahl, a Mountaineer and old-boy of Doon, before breaking out into Baraza discussions.
Choosing Courage at Newcastle Grammar School
Primary School students at Newcastle Grammar School have embarked on the year with a new mission: to ‘Choose Courage for a kinder and braver world’. The theme is being adopted across Kindergarten to Year 6, as part of the School’s ongoing Positive Education programme.
Markham Face Shield Collaboration
During the COVID 19 pandemic that put the world into lockdown, Markham College decided to take action in order to make a difference and “be a part of the solution” by offering MINSA (The Ministry of Health) its design expertise to make Face-shields for healthcare workers in Peru. This project was led by Mr. Jeremy Brown and the Design and MakerSpace staff who were allowed in school during the quarantine to complete the project. Students from Early Years to Upper School also assembled face-shields at home.