JANUARY 2021, VOL 1 EDUCATION IS THE BEST INSTRUMENT TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD.
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EDUCATION IS THE BEST INSTRUMENT TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD.
Welcome Colegio Necali TNS Sports week Lego Education, Agora Portals
J A NUA R Y 2 0 2 1 , V OL 1
Colegio N e c a l i i s a n i n s t i t u t i o n wi t h 8 0 y e a r s o f e x p e r i e n c e i n e d u c a t i n g c h i ldren from p rekind e r g a r t e n t o mi d d l e s c h o o l . Studen t s a t C o l e g i o N e c a l i A r e R e s i l i e n t We are mo r e a w a r e t o d a y t h a n e v e r b e f o r e o f t h e i mp o r t a n c e o f p r o v i d i n g o u r s t u d e n t s with all the resourc e s n e c e s s a r y t o b e c o me a u t h e n t i c g l o b a l c i t i z e n s . Our ac a d e mi c p r o g r a ms a r e f o c u s e d o n h e l p i n g s t u d e n t s l e a r n t o b e i n d e p e ndent and i nforme d d e c i s i o n ma k e r s wi t h a d e e p a wa r e n e s s o f t h e wo r l d a r o u n d t h e m, o u r students l earn i n a h e a l t h y s p a c e wh e r e t h e i r v a l u e s , e mo t i o n s , a n d i d e a s a r e r e c o g nized and apprec i a t e d . S ince e d u c a t i o n i s a p a r t n e r s h i p b e t we e n s c h o o l a n d f a mi l y , C o l e g i o N e c a l i h a s developed a follow- u p p r o g r a m f o r e v e r y s t u d e n t s o t h a t p a r e n t s c a n t r a c k t h e i r c h i l d ’ s academic progre s s a n d s o c i a l d e v e l o p me n t i n a c o mp r e h e n s i v e ma n n e r . A s a s c h o o l c o mmi t t e d t o S T E M d e v e l o p me n t a l o n g wi t h b i l i n g u a l l a n g u a g e learning, s ocial s t u d i e s , a n d a r t s , we b e l i e v e t h a t s t r a t e g i c t h i n k i n g , d e c i s i o n ma k i n g , a nd creative e xpres s i o n a r e i n t e g r a l f o r s t u d e n t s t o a c h i e v e t h e i r ma x i mu m p o t e n t i a l .
What makes us different?
• Personalized Attention:
Colegio Necali has developed
a follow-up program for every
student so that parents can
track their child’s academic
achievement and social
maturity in a comprehensive
manner.
• Smart classes: Online
resources and a variety of
advanced technology platforms
provide support for more
student-centered learning in
specific subject areas and
they enable more effective
classroom teaching.
• S o f t k i lls Progra m: Our students
l e a r n i n a healthy space where
t h e i r values, emotions, and
ideas are recognized and
a pp r e c iated.
• W o r l d class facilities: New
b i o c l i matic facilities are
e qu i p p ed with extensively
o u t f i t t ed science laboratories so
t h a t students can learn in
l a b o r a t ories and classrooms
with advanced technology
r e s o u r ces.
• E x e ptionally well qualified staff : C o l e g i o N e c a l i i s c o m m i t t e d t o c o ntinuous
t ra i n i ng and subject-specific i m p r o v e m e n t f o r a l l o f o u r t e a c hers and
a d m i nistrative staff.
• L a n guages of the world: Our a c a d e m i c p r o g r a m s a r e 1 0 0 % b i l i n gual. Plus
we o f fer an opportunity to learn a t h i r d l a n g u a g e a s a d d e d e n r i c h m ent.
CHRONI C L E S OF THE HYPATIA ADV E NT UR E S I N 2 0 2 0 A S A N I S A ME MB ER S C HOOL
a n e n t i r e week, in
w h i c h t h e y presented
their p o r t f olios to
s u p p o s e d l y apply for
a s c h o l a r s hip, they
h a d i n t e r v iews and
t r a i n i n g a n d many of
o u r k i d s , a s a result,
h a v e a c t u ally been
a d m i t t e d t o foreign
university
programmes.
R e g a r dless of the challenges we all h a d I n Ma y , we we r e a l r e a d y i n v o l v e d wi t h
t o a s s ume during 2020 due to COVID - 1 9 , WF U NA , having had at least 16
we managed to take advantage of t h e participants of Kickstart and Youth
s i t u a t ion, rather than try to force a n o - C o n n e c t , a n d 8 i n t h e MUN. I t wa s a l l a n
l o n g e r reachabl e reality. Our scho o l i s outstanding experience and opportunity
l o c a t e d in Bogota, Colombia in S o u t h f o r e v e r y o n e h e r e , r e a s o n wh y I n o w
A me r i ca, and our calendar starte d i n h a v e a wa i t in g l i s t o f c a n d i d a t e s t o e n r o l
F e b r u ary 2020 and finished in Nove mb e r a s s o o n a s t h e s e p r o g r a mme s o p e n u p .
2 0 2 0 ; we only had a little less than t wo S o me o f o u r l a s t y e a r s t u d e n t s , r e c e i v e d
mo n t h s at school, and the rest was 1 0 0 % u n i v e r s i t y c r e d i t s i n t h e i r a d mi s s i o n s
online. d u e t o t h i s , wh i c h i s a l s o s o me t h i n g we
We t h ought that we should not de n y a d i d n o t k n o w wo u l d h a p p e n . We e x p e c t
t r u t h , hence it was important to re n e w t o d o u b l e t h e n u mb e r o f s t u d e n t s t o
e v e r y t hing we were doing and pla n a e n g a g e wi t h WF UNA p r o g r a mme s t h i s
c o mp l etely new strategy since the v e r y y e a r . I n J u n e , we we r e s t a r t i n g t o p l a n
b e g i n ning. One of our actions wa s t wo projects: E C OHI S and Ma t h s
k n o c k i ng at ISA’s doors, and engag e a s Ol y mp i c s , a n d t h e y t o o k p l a c e i n
mu c h as possible. We had our thou g h t s S e p t e mb e r a nd Oc t o b e r a c c o r d i n g l y .
ab o u t this, yet our expectations and l e v e l Teachers and students enjoyed the
o f e n gagement transcended everyt h i n g p r o c e s s , e s p e c i a l l y wi t h E C OHI S , i n
we c o uld possibly imagine! wh i c h e v e r y o n e l e a r n e d ab o u t t h e
natural properties and uses of diverse
I n Ma rch, we received our welcome le t t e r ; p l a n t s i n t h e wo r l d t h a t we mi g h t n o t h a d
i n A p r il, we were already involved i n a n k n o wl e d g e o f b e f o r e t h i s . I n t e r a c t i o n s
E n g l i s h Project with 5 teachers f r o m we r e enriching and fun, so our
My a n mar, led by Steve (the sch o o l ’ s mo t i v a t i o n l e v e l s we r e s u p e r h ig h ! .
h e a d master). Our students rece i v e d
i n c r e dible support from the team dur i n g
I n o u r Maths Olympics, we learned a l o t T h i s y e a r , we a r e s t a r t i n g i n F e b r u a r y
al o n g the process, since this was o u r wi t h i n t e r a c t i o n s wi t h t e a c h e r s a n d
f i r s t t i me doing this and we are not s u r e s t u d e n t s a g e d 5 - 7 f r o m L l e d ó , we ’ l l
we met everyone’s expectati o n s ; c o n t i n u e wo r k i n g o n t h e F i l m F e s t i v a l t o
ne v e r t heless, kids from here, Spain a n d wh i c h we e n r o l l e d l a s t y e a r , we a l r e a d y
My a n mar were interacting, sha r i n g h a v e a n u mb e r o f s t u d e n t s i n t e r e s t e d o n
e x p e r iences, and competing cleanly a n d p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n K i c k s t a r t a nd Y o u t h
wi t h enthusiasm, so we beat all sor t o f C o n n e c t b y WF UNA , we a r e p l a n n i n g t o
b o u n daries we might have had, a n d l o u n g e E C OHI S i n E n g l i s h a n d S p a n i s h ,
r e a l i z ed that there are many way s t o a n d we wi l l g i v e o u r Ma t h s Ol y mp i c s a
f a c e things and deal with cult u r a l s e c o n d c h a n c e , e x p e c t i n g mo re s c h o o l s
d i f f e r ences t o e n g a g e a n d h e l p u s i mp r o v e e v e r y
F i n a l l y in November, we held an Eng l i s h y e a r . We a i m t o h a v e c o l l a b o r a t i v e
Pr o j e c t with students in preschool a n d p r o j e c t s f o r e v e r y mo n t h , wi t h n o n e e d t o
pr i ma ry from here and Turkey, and we ma k e ma s s i v e a d j u s t me n t s t o a n y o n e ’ s
c r e a t ed videos asking and answer i n g p r o g r a mme s , s o we wi l l b e c o u n t i n g o n
s t u d e nts’ questions… I can only say we you, and sending you invitations to our
we r e all delighted with the level o f p l a n n i n g p r o c e s s e s t o e n g a g e wi t h u s !
i n t e r a ction and engagement from a l l We s e n d g r e e t i n g s a n d wi s h f o r a n
k i d s and teachers; it was amazing t o extraordinary 2021 for every ISA school.
ha v e no limits, nor chains to inq u i r e
ab o u t whatever was relevant for e a c h
s c h o o l’s unit, so we would love to rep e a t
t h e e x perience!
LAURA DE GRAZIA
INTERNATIONAL AND PEDAGOGIC COORDINATOR
HYPATIA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ISA BOARD CO-OPTED MEMBER
T NS GULBERG’S SPORTS WE E K 2 0 2 0 - 2 1 Spor t s we e k was held at TNS Gulb e r g . T h e school atmosphe r e took o n a f e s tive look. Exception a l inter e s t wa s seen among t h e stude n t s a n d staff of TNS Gulber g . All cl a s s e s i n cluding EY, PY & MY P took p a r t i n o ur Sports Week 202 0 . Ther e we r e Several spo r t s chall e n g e s conducted duri n g Spor t s we e k such as Kangar o o hop, S p e e d l adder race, obstac l e cour s e , f o r mula one, cross h o p chall e n g e , t arget kick, ball ba c k throw, s h o t p ut throw, Long jump , punc h i n g strength, kickin g stren g t h and many oth e r chall e n g e s .
TN S G U L B E R G ’ S S C H O OL COUNCIL ELECTION 2020 - 2 1
S e ni o r g r a d e s
o f T NS
Gulberg
c a mp u s
participated
in the School
C o un c i l
Elections
2020-21.
Voting at
s c h o o l wa s f o r
students from
Grade 3 to
Grade 8
including all
teachers.
B e ing th e f i r s t
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v o ting e l e c t i o n
a n d voti n g
p r ocess ; t h e
s t udents we r e
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i n struct i o n s a s t o
h o w to c o mp l e t e
t h e proc e s s
b e ginni n g wi t h
e l ecting
n o minee s ; L e t t e r
o f Inten t
d i stribu t i o n ;
el ection s p e e c h es;
e l ection
c a mpai g n s a n d
c a sting t h e i r
v o tes.
MYP BIC Y C L E R I D E CLUB S t uden t s o f MY P I and II at TNS G u l b e r g i n t r o d u c e d " MY P B i c y c l e R i d e C l u b ” ( A S ervice a s A c t i on Project). This i n i t i a t i v e i s b e i n g l a u n c h e d wi t h t h e a i m t o p reven t c h i l d r e n from becoming i n v o l v e d i n d e v i a n t a c t i v i t i e s , a n d c a n o f f e r t hem t h e o p p o rtunity to become i n v o l v e d i n a n e w i n t e r e s t a n d h o b b y . MY P B icycli n g R i d e Club will provide the c h i l d r e n wi t h a s e t o f s k i l l s t o h e l p t h e m n o t o nly to g e t t h e best from their bik e c y c l e s , b u t a l s o t o g i v e a d v i c e o n g e n e r a l f i tness a n d t e a m building through r e g u l a r me e t i n g s a n d t o p r o mo t e a s e n s e o f s elf-dis c i p l i n e , self-reliance, and s e l f - e s t e e m.
Á G O R A L I S T E D L LEDÓ IN THE TOP 5 INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE SCHOOLS
IN EUROPE.
Agora L l e d ó International Scho o l h a s o n c e a g a i n e s t a b l i s h e d i t s e l f a s
one o f t h e l e ading schools on t h e n a t i o n a l a n d E u r o p e a n s c e n e . T h e
prest i g i o u s annual list of the b e s t I B s c h o o l s t h a t a p p e a r s o n I B -
Scho o l s . c o m thus places it in 1 s t p l a c e i n t h e S p a n i s h f i e l d , 4 t h p l a c e
in Eu r o p e a n d 28th place world wi d e f r o m mo r e t h a n 5 2 0 0 s c h o o l s wh o
had p r e s e n t e d for the prestigio u s t e s t s .
Ágor a L l e d ó , with 37.1 points, e x c e e d e d i t s b e s t s c o r e f r o m 2 0 1 8 a n d
that ma d e it appear in 1st p l a c e o n t h e l i s t t h i s y e a r , t h u s
demo n s t r a t i n g its regularity of r a n k i n g s i n c e i t ma n a g e d t o b e a mo n g
the s c h o o l s with the 10 best re s u l t s i n E u r o p e , i n t h e l a s t 3 a c a d e mi c
years .
The A g o r a L ledó International S c h o o l C a s t e l l o n , a s c h o o l b e l o n g i n g t o t h e Glo b e d u c a t e Group, has once a g a i n p o s i t i o n e d i t s e l f a s o n e o f t h e l e a d i n g sch o o l s o n the national and Eu r o p e a n s c e n e a n d wi t h 3 7 . 1 p o i n t s , a h e a d of la r g e r E u ropean schools. It s h o u l d b e n o t e d t h a t L l e d ó e x c e e d s e a c h yea r i n t e r ms of score and this t i me h a s i mp r o v e d b y o n e t e n t h , c o mp a r e d to t h e o n e o btained in its best r e s u l t i n 2 0 1 8 . The s e r e s u l ts in the Internation a l B a c c a l a u r e a t e D i p l o ma o n l y e mp h a s i s e the l e a d i n g position of the Ll e d ó s c h o o l , c h a r a c t e r i s e d b y i t s g r o wi n g inte r n a t i o n al aspirations. On t o p o f t h e r e s u l t s o b t a i n e d y e a r l y b y t h i s sch o o l i n Castellón in the I n t e r n a t i o n a l B a c c a l a u r e a t e b o t h i n i t s mon o l i n g u a l and bilingual ver s i o n s , t h e r e i s t h e a d d i t i o n o f t h e Ho s t Fami l y P r o g ramme to welcome f o r e i g n s t u d e n t s , o r t h e d e v e l o p me n t o f t h e Prima r y Y e a rs Programme (PYP) s y s t e m. For n e x t y e a r, the school is pre p a r i n g t o wo r k o n t h e a c c r e d i t a t i o n o f t h e Mid d l e Y e a r s Programme for Se c o n d a r y S c h o o l ( MY P ) s o t h a t t h i s t e a c h i n g sys t e m c o mpletes the entire ed u c a t i o n a l o f f e r o f t h e s c h o o l . T h e a c ad e mi c mod e l o f A g ora Lledó Internatio n a l S c h o o l h a s b e e n l i n k e d s i n c e t h e 2 0 1 1 - 201 2 a c a d e mic year to the Inte r n a t i o n a l B a c c a l a u r e a t e c u r r i c u l a r s y s t e m. The I B i s a two-year education a l p r o g ra m c u r r e n t l y t a u g h t i n mo r e t h a n 5,20 0 s c h o o ls in more than 150 c o u n t r i e s . I t i s a n e d u c a t i o n a l s y s t e m t h a t aims t o t r a i n caring, informed a n d k n o wl e d g e - h u n g r y y o u n g p e o p l e i n a tran s - n a t i o n al environment. The I B D i p l o ma P r o g r a m wa s c r e a t e d i n 1 9 6 8 to p r o v i d e a rigorous and comp r e h e n s i v e e d u c a t i o n t h a t e n a b l e s s t u d e n t s to u n d e r s t a nd and cope with th e c o mp l e x i t i e s o f t h e wo r l d a n d e q u i p t h e m with t h e s k ills and attitudes to a c t r e s p o n s i b l y i n t h e f u t u r e , wi t h t h e i r qua l i f i c a t i o ns giving direct acc e s s t o S p a n i s h u n i v e r s i t i e s , a s we l l a s t o the mo s t p r e stigious universitie s wo r l d wi d e .
W h a t a j o y to meet a g a i n w i t h our K5 s t u d e n t s , T ortuguitas H e a d q u a r t e r s. With c a r e f u l p r o t ocols and r e c e i v i n g t h e students i n r e d u c e d bubbles, we were able to resume re-linking activities. ⠀ ⠀ T h e k i n d e r g arden was filled with music, l a u g h t e r a n d colors; H o w n i c e it is to s h a r e t h e s e moments!
ISA OR A L E X A MS
PRIMARY LEV E L – S OP HI E D A S I L V A
Th e I S A Oral examinations remained important in our school’s examination process, both at
Pr i ma r y (Form 4) and Junior (Form 6) le vels and it was important that we were committed to
co n d u c ting the examinations, despite th is difficult year.
A f o r mal training session with the Official ISA examiners, was arranged via Zoom where all
st a f f r e ceived comprehensive training regarding the approach needed. They provided us with
inv a l u a ble advice and guidance, on how to deliver the best possible exper ience and
as s e s s ment for our students. We were able to ask many questions and in return they were
in c r e d i ble with addressing all concerns and queries. For this, we are greatly appreciative!
Th e e x am consisted of 3 components.
Pr e p a r ed Work – Reciting a Poem, Social Conversation and Sight Reading.
Sp e c i a l consideration was given to students with particular learning obstacles. For example,
ch o o s i ng the appr opriate reading font for Dyslexic children for the Sight Reading component
of t h e exam.
I c o n g ratulate the teachers of the Primary level, Maria Claudia and Paty, for assisting the
st u d e n ts so well with their selection of poems. Every student could relate trees within our
en v i r o nment (Trees are Great), feelings about being the youngest or shortest o f their the
fa mi l y (I am tired of Being Little), Arg uments with siblings (The Quarrel), kicking off their
sh o e s when arriving home from school (Ode to My Shoes), love of the ocean (The Seas
Tr e a s u res), satisfying their curiosity by explaining their need to ask questions about
ev e r y t hing (Questions), dad snoring loudly (Louder to show their true potential in all areas.
I s t a r t ed each session with social conversation, including welcoming them into the exam
ro o m, then simple questions about their family, pets, hobbies, their upcoming summer
va c a t i o n, favourite football players, hobbies, sports, general things about what they liked
do i n g at school and of course, after reciting, the poems as a discussion point.Wh e r e they actuall y forgot about any fea r s o r i n h i b i t i o n s t h e y h a d a b o u t s p e a k i n g E nglish with
a n a t i v e speaker. The next step was to r e c i t e t h e i r p o e m s a n d I u s e d t h o s e a s a discussion
po i n t a s well. We continued to conversat e a b o u t t h e m e s s a g e s c o n v e y e d i n e a c h p o e m and their
rel a t i o n to them. This displayed their voc a b u l a r y , a r t i c u l a t i o n o f s o u n d s a n d u s e o f g rammatical
str u c t u res further, so that I was able to a s s e s s t h e m a c c u r a t e l y . M a k i n g a p o i n t t o mention the
au t h o r during their introduction was exce l l e n t a n d s o w e l l p r o n o u n c e d !
La s t l y , was the Sight Reading component w h e r e t h e c h i l d r e n r e a d o u t l o u d a n d w e r e then asked
a f e w questions to show comprehension o f t h e t e x t s . T h e s t u d e n t s e x p r e s s e d t h e punctuation
us e d i n the texts very well, incorporating u s e o f b o d y l a n g u a g e a n d c o r r e c t v o i c e i n t onation.
In g e n e ral, regardless of their nerves or a b i l i t y , e a c h i n d i v i d u a l s t u d e n t w a s a b l e to hold my
att e n t i on throughout the entire process a s a l l i n d i v i d u a l p o e m s w e r e d e l i ve red with
ex p r e s siveness, good command of voice, b o d y l a n g u a g e & e y e c o n t a c t .
Th e e n tire process, starting with our d i s c u s s i o n s w i t h t h e I S A e x a m i n e r s a n d of course,
me e t i n g the students and listening to a l l t h e y h a d t o s a y w a s a v e r y s p e c i a l , e n j oyable and
inc r e d i bly rewarding experience that I w o u l d l o v e t o d o a g a i n ! t o t h e i r p o e m personally,
the r e f o re they enjoyed the opportunity to u s e t h e s e f o r t h i s e x a m i n a t i o n . E v e r y p o e m was also
so b e a utiful!
Ea c h s t udent was able to give detailed e x p l a n a t i o n s a n d r e s p o n s e s r e g a r d i n g t h e message of
the i r p oem, understanding of the vocabu l a r y , t h e r e a s o n w h y t h e y c h o s e i t a n d t h e ir personal
rel a t i o n.
So m e r easons that were also used for c o n v e r s a t i o n a f t e r t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h e p oems were,
on e s t u dent remembering a time where t h e y l a y o n t h e g r o u n d w i t h t h e i r b e s t f r i e n d to admire
the s t a rs of the night sky, (My Telescope ) , t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f t h a n a C l a p o f T h u n d er), Love of
do i n g t hings using their hands, one exam p l e , m a k i n g j e w e l l e r y ( M y F i n g e r s M y F i n g ers), horror
to s e e their teacher at the supermarket o n t h e w e e k e n d ( S a w M y T e a c h e r o n a S a t urday), love
of t h e c olour of the moon (Silverly) and so m a n y m o r e !
As t h i s was a first experience for our Pr i m a r y l e v e l s t u d e n t s , I e x p e c t e d t h a t m a n y would feel
an x i o u s or nervous.
To o v e r come any issues, my first logica l a p p r o a c h w a s t o h e l p t h e s t u d e n t s r e l ax from the
be g i n n ing, so that they were able to sha r e t h e i r k n o w l e d g e i n a c o m f o r t a b l e e n v i r onment, the
ma i n o bjective being, for each
Fro m t h at point, I was so incredibly imp r e s s e d w i t h t h e s t u d e n t s a b i l i t y t o e l a b o rate on the
top i c s of my questions. I heard storie s a b o u t t h e s u b j e c t s m o s t l ov e d a t s c h ool, special
va c a t i o ns, birthday parties, the importa n c e o f r e c y c l i n g , f a m i l y p e t s , a f u n n y s t o r y about one
ch i l d ’ s ‘horror’ about running into their t e a c h e r a t t h e s u p e r m a r k e t o n t h e w e e k e n d, emotions
reg a r d i ng quarantine, favourite football p l a y e r s / g a m e s t r a t e g i e s , A u s t r a l i a n a n i m als, and our
so l a r s ystem, just to name a few.
I a l s o gave them the opportunity to as k m e q u e s t i o n s a t t h e e n d o f t h e e x a m , making our
co n v e r sations a two way thing
MY EXPERIENCE
After the ISA w e b i n a r t r a i n i n g w e h a d r e c e i v e d , I t h o u g h t
that I knew exa c t l y w h a t t o e x p e c t f r o m t h e I S A e x a m s . I w a s
completely wro n g , h o w e v e r . I n e v e r e x p e c t e d t o b e s o
touched and i m p r e s s e d b y t h e p e r s o n a l c h a l l e n g e s a n d
triumphs that th e s t u d e n t s w e r e b r a v e e n o u g h t o s h a r e w i t h
me. All stories t h a t d e s c r i b e p e r s o n a l g r o w t h a n d c h a r a c t e r
development th a t w e a r e s o p r o n e t o o v e r l o o k i n o u r
academically fo c u s e d d a y - t o - d a y .
It has been a jo y a n d p l e a s u r e e n g a g i n g o n s u c h a p e r s o n a l
and uniquely hu m a n e l e v e l w i t h t h e s e l o v e l y l i t t l e p e o p l e !
ANNALIESE DU P L E S S I SOUR SCHO O L S P O N S O R E D T WO STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE I N T H E
JO I N T I S A Y O U T H L E A D ERSHIP ENCOUNTER/MUN ONLINE
This y e a r i n t h e b e g i n n i n g of E v e n t h o u g h t h i s p r o c e d ur e wa s
Nove m b e r , E t h e m a n d I a t t e n d e d an l e n g t h y a n d c h a l l e n g i n g , i t wa s v e r y
onlin e M U N . I t w a s t h e s a m e o n e as r e wa r d i n g t o s e e i t a l l c o me
we a t t e n d e d l a s t y e a r a r o u n d the together at the end. It definitely
same t i m e i n G e n e v a . T h i s w a s my t a u g h t me t o b e p a t i e n t a n d t r u s t
first o n l i n e M U N a n d i t w a s very t h e p r o c e s s . T h e b e s t t h i n g wa s
di¦ere n t t o t h e o n e I w e n t t o in that I didn't even have to leave the
perso n . W e w e r e i n t h e E C O SOC c o mf o r t o f my o wn r o o m i n o r d e r t o
Comm i s s i o n o n C r i m e P r e v e n tion have a lively debate and discuss
and C r i m i n a l J u s t i c e a s C h i n a, I r e l e v a n t i s s u e s wi t h p e o p l e o n t h e
was i n w o r k i n g g r o u p A w hich other side of the globe. If you get
focus e d o n O r g a n i z e d c r i m e a n d the the chance to participate in an
produ c t i o n o f f a l s i f i e d m e d ical o n l i n e MUN I wo u l d d e f i n i t e l y
produ c t s . r e c o mme n d y o u t o a n d I t o o wi l l f o r
s u r e b e a t t e n d i n g mo r e .
Even t h o u g h t h i s w a s m y s e c ond
time i n E C O S O C , t h e p r o c e d u r e this
time a r o u n d w a s v e r y d i ¦ e r e n t . We
first p r o p o s e d s u b t o p i c s i n our
regio n a l g r o u p s t h e n a s a w o r king
group w e n a r r o w e d t h e m d o w n to
four. Afterwards we w rote
amen d m e n t s f r o m s c r a t c h i n our
regio n a l g r o u p s , w e w e r e e x p e cted
to wr i t e f o u r o p e r a t i n g p a r a g r a phs
unde r e a c h s u b t o p i c a s w e l l as a
coup l e p r e a m b u l a r o n e s . T h e n we
had t o cr e a t e a r e s o l u t i o n by
narro w i n g d o w n t h e s e p a r a g r a phs
to a t o t a l o f 3 0 . O u r c o m m i s sion
also came together into a
comm i t t e e o f t h e w h o l e a f t e r b o t h of R UK S HONA R A Z Z OQ
the d r a f t r e s o l u t i o n s w e r e f i n i s hed GRADE 11
to de b a t e a n d f i n a l i z e t h e m .At the b e g i n n i ng of November Rox y a n d A f t e r s h o r t e n i n g i t t o 3 0 s u b t o pi c s
I were a b l e t o t ake part in the New Y o r k b o t h c o mmi t t e e A a n d B c a me
MUN, h o we v e r, due to Covid-19 , we t o g e t h e r s o t h a t we c o u l d e a c h
were r e s t r i c t e d to merely doi n g i t contribute to the other group’s draft
o nline h o we v e r due to the exch a n g e resolutions so that both groups had
r ate t h i s wa s not the worst thing t h a t a chance to wo r k on both
c ould h a v e h a ppened. Like last y e a r ’ s resolutions. After finalizing them
Genev a MUN t his MUN was filled wi t h a b o t h t h e e v e n t s we r e d o n e a n d t h e
much b r o a d e r group of partici p a n t s t i me o f t h e MUN wa s c o mi n g t o a n
t hat ca me f r o m all around the glob e a n d e n d , d u r i n g t h e MUN ma n y f r i e n d s
i t wa s mo r e formal compared t o a we r e ma d e a n d I my s e l f e v e n k e e p
r egula r MUN even incl u d i n g i n c o n t a c t wi t h o n e o f t h e p e o p l e
p rofes s i o n a l s within the worl d o f f r o m my c o mmi t t e e .
politic s a n d debating such as t h e E v e n wi t h t h e r e s t r i c t i o n s a n d
a ctual d e l e g a te of Sweden hi ms e l f c u r r e n t s t a t e o f t h e wo r l d c a u s e d b y
making a s p eech at the op e n i n g Covid-19 the speakers, and
c eremo n y . R o x y and I both partici p a t e d c o mmi t t e e h e a d s wo r k e d h a r d t o
i n the E C OS OC Commission on C r i me ma k e s u r e t h a t we s t i l l h a d a
Preven t i o n a n d Criminal Justice, b o t h fantastic experience at this event
of us r e p r e s e n ting China on this a c c o r d and definitely succeeded, and
h owev e r we were split up into gro u p s A because of this I am grateful to the
and B . I wa s in group B wher e we d e d i c a t i o n a n d h a r d wo r k o f t h e
f ocuse d o n t h e impact of wildlife c r i me WI MUN s t a ¦ a n d i f g i v e n t h e
o n glo b a l h e alth(and the sprea d o f o p p o r t u n i t y a g a i n I wo u l d a c c e p t
z oono t i c d i s e a ses). a n o t h e r i n v i t a t i o n t o j o i n wh e t h e r i t s
Once we s p l i t into our different g r o u p s online or not.
we be g a n wo rking immediately, f i r s t
g iven t h e t a s k of suggesting sub t o p i c s
and a f t e r r e aching a total o f 6 7
s ubtop i c s a n d over the length o f t wo
weeke n d s we worked togethe r t o
s horte n t h e amount to 30 sub t o p i c s
either t h r o u g h removing a subto p i c o r
mergin g i t wi t h another one.
ETHEM EVECEK
GRADE 11THE USE OF L EGO IN OUR STE A M P R O G R A M ME A s part of the STEAM curriculum at Agora Portals, the school has introduced a LEGO Educ ation Robotix programme for students in the 5th and 6th grades of Prima ry School. Thi s f orms part of a Globeducate pilo t project involving some of our schools in Portugal, Fr anc e, Italy and the UK where children will learn about programming and robotics in a simple and intuitive way. A ll of our students are famil iar with the LEGO brand and associate it with play and creat i vity. As our students gain confi dence at using the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime products, teachers are already observing how they grow in inquisitiveness, become more motivated and engaged to tackle the challenges set for them, and we see how they have t he potential to develop high-order thinking skills through play-based activities. Th e f i rst resources were introduced to our students in November 2020 and it h as proved to b e a truly enri ching experience for students and teachers alike, making the concepts behi nd STEAM learning tangible and accessible to all, and promotes inclusive learning acros s these key curriculum areas of science, technology, engineering, arts and maths. S eei ng how the children have gained confidence already in lea rning to cooperate, to pr oblem solve, to sort, test and classify has been remarkable and we are now wi t nes sing some impressive abilities to make inferences and to draw conclusions. The teac hers and students alike couldn´t be happier with their LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Pri me new equipment!
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Vice-Chairman: Mr.Andrew McEwen Mrs. Mala Agnihotri
Sec ret ary General: Edgardo H. Manzitti Mr. Juan Carlos Bonilla
Tre as urer: Mr. Lui s Madrid Mr. Iskandar Rizal
Dr. Ashok Gupta
Mr. Jose María Tomé
Co-opted Board Members:
Mrs. Laura De Grazia
Argent i na Regional Office: India & Southeast Asia Regional Office:
Mr. E dgardo H. Manzitti Dr.Ashok Gupta
St. Cat herine´s Moorlands School India International School
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Tur key Regional Office:
Mr . J ohn Lees
Istanbul International School
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