The “Gratitude challenge” was born from the social-emotional education programme led by the Learning Support Department at The English School, which strengthened its joint work with both parents and students during quarantine. Bearing in mind that parents were spending more time at home with their children, we programmed some webinars to accompany secondary school parents during this very special time.
Students from St. Clement’s School hosted a Round Square Postcard for students aged 14-18 exploring the theme of kindness. Students asked that each of the participating delegates captured a personal example of giving or receiving an act of kindness, and shares an icon or image(s) that represent acts of kindness prior to the call.
Godspell College in Argentina led a collaborative project for students aged 10-12 to connect students from different countries to create an act of kindness for frontline workers during the pandemic. In groups, the students created an act of kindness based on the different multiple intelligences. Then they uploaded a video on FlipGrid showing their work and presenting themselves to students from other schools.
Bishop Druitt College has partnered with Prosper Coffs Environmental Trust on the Seabin Project, to install a seabin in Coffs Harbour to help reduce its plastic pollution impact on the protected habitats of the estuary and the wider ocean environment.
A few weeks ago we started a new “series” called Community Service Stories that highlights some of the good work that our students have been doing whilst in Distance Learning during the COVID-19 lock-down.
The Service-Learning team at Radford College launched a Virtual Rad Greeting Card service (radCREATES) for people, communities and organisations we have an existing relationship with. The aim is to hopefully extend beyond these borders. The idea is for us all to remain meaningfully creative, while harnessing that magic way that art – as well as a simple, positive outreach – can improve and enhance the day, if not lives, of others.
The Environment Committee at Christ’s College has been nurturing a nursery of around 25 different native species. Around 2500 juvenile plants were planted to a permanent location around the Brooker Ave Reserve in the ‘Red Zone’ as part of a government plan to rejuvenate an area badly affected by the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.
As a leading educational institution Markham College is committed to promote environmentally sustainable practices across the school. It is our duty to prepare students with the knowledge and skills to care for our planet’s resources and to make a positive contribution to our community. We therefore aim to develop policies that will help promote healthy habits among pupils and staff.
Plastiki Rafiki is a non-profit student-led club at the International School of Kenya (ISK), which is committed to cleaning up our local environment, while at the same time, economically empowering communities by supporting them to develop unique recycled plastic products
Like many schools in Japan, Keimei Gakuen classrooms are cleaned by the students to build their character to develop them into model citizens. Called ‘Gakko Soji’ (school cleansing), the practice builds a sense of responsibility and teamwork into the students.
