Students at Markham College have decided to re-evaluate what adventure looks like to them and created a campaign to “Make Your Own Adventure” using the lockdown as an opportunity to spread awareness that adventure isn’t all about going outside and ‘doing’ activities.
Over 60 students from Boys’ and Girls’ College braved the early morning traffic, and marched to the school entrance, brandishing banners and placards protesting climate change. Their intention was to urge the school, and the community at large, to become more aware of the climate crisis and to adopt sustainable practices.
Future Ready Days at MacLachlan College are designed to encourage students and teachers to reach beyond the traditional borders of their classrooms, to put academics into action and to take an integrated approach to working collaboratively.
Last year St. George’s Grammar School took part in a collaborative project with a number of other Round Square Schools to develop a series of RSDF lesson plans around the International Day of Happiness. As a school St. George’s Grammar wrote a three-part lesson plan entitled ‘Spread the smiles’, to enable students to explore what makes them and others happy by looking at ‘The Five Love Languages’, and to design a campaign for happiness to uplift the spirit of a community.
A group of Round Square schools have been working together on an Middle Years collaboration around the International Day of Happiness which is celebrated on the 20th March each year.
A group of Round Square schools have been working together on a Primary Years collaboration around the International Day of Peace which is celebrated on the 21st September each year.
A group of Round Square schools have been working together since November on an Early Years collaboration around the International Day of Friendship which is celebrated on the 30th July each year.
Over the past four years, MacLachlan College has been developing its initiatives to promote wellbeing among all members of the school community, including students, staff and parents.
Bayview Glen’s Prep School Round Square Student Committee and Green Team collaborated in a “Blue Schools” water conservation program organized by Toronto Zoo. The programme is designed to encourage young people to tackle high water consumption and reduce human impact on aquatic ecosystems by implementing measurable actions within their school, local communities and beyond.
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School’s Global-Alliance is a ‘think tank’ event taking place over two days involving the whole middle school year. Now in it’s third year the event has been refined each year and re-stylised with different challenges.
