Wheels-a-thon at Matthew Flinders Anglican College
Students from Prep to Year 6 at Matthew Flinders Anglican College on the Sunshine Coast raised more than $12,000 for World Bicycle Relief by designing a wheels-a-thon challenge.
Students from Prep to Year 6 at Matthew Flinders Anglican College on the Sunshine Coast raised more than $12,000 for World Bicycle Relief by designing a wheels-a-thon challenge.
Inspired by participation in a Round Square Postcard, a group of middle school students at Calgary French & International School have formed a dedicated committee to join and host global discussions. Named ‘International Change Leaders’, the group collaborate with students in other Round Square schools to engage in big discussions around topics like sustainability, green energy, discrimination, racism, genocide and mental health.
Students at St. Clement’s have been challenged to “redefine design” and to produce clothes that are more sustainable and environmentally conscious, while aiming to educate the school community on the environmental issues in the fashion industry. The theme also aligned well with The Kasiisi Project, the organization receiving the proceeds from ticket sales
Providence Day School hosted a Round Square Postcard, with the title ‘From Crisis to Creation: Life after the Pandemic’ for students aged 15 to 18. We split the online event by creating two breakout rooms on a Zoom call; one focusing on environment during the pandemic and one about school life.
Calgary French and International School hosted a Zoom discussion about environmentalism with a goal of trying to help raise awareness on how much our environments have changed in the past few years. We talked with students from India, the United States, Canada and Colombia about the differences in our environments from one country to the next and we talked about how contact with nature shaped our lives.
The students of Grade I, class of 2019-20, The Shri Ram School (TSRS), India collaborated with Buckingham Browne and Nichols (BBN), USA school through the Round Square network. The theme was Exploring and Engaging with Food. BBN School selected to learn about herbs and TSRS chose carrots.
“Ubuntu” is part of the Zulu phrase “Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu” usually interpreted as “I am because you are”. In the Postcard the students wanted to describe unique aspects of the South African culture and to compare and relate them to cultural input from delegates from around the world. In this way they hoped to discover some elements of common humanity.
We hosted a Zoom Around the Postcard event for students aged 10 – 12 years old that would focus on Adventure and Creativity as well as give the participants a little understanding of what life is like in Canberra, Australia.
Eight Riverdale Visual Arts students led a discussion entitled “Art Inspired by Our Home” with 130 students from 20 different schools based in the U.S., Brazil, Bangladesh, Korea, Germany, Oman, India, Japan, South Africa, Peru, Canada, and the U.K.
The project was initiated with an aim to create awareness about equity and inclusion. The delegation size of each school was 6 students with atleast 3 differently abled students. With this initiative, students with different abilities participated in a group, which helped them improve their confidence and self-esteem.