Year 9 Life Skills Paraty 2010
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Year 9 Life Skills Paraty 2010
St. Nicholas Newsletter www.stnicholas.com.br :: December I :: 2010 Upcoming events December Tue 14th Senior House Basketball Christmas Concert (Hall - 19:00) Tue 14th to Thu 16th Years 10 & 12 Mock Exams Thu 16th Last Day for TT1, TT2 & Nursery Junior Rock Band Assembly (8:00 to 9:00) Fri 17th Infant Music Assembly (8:00 to 9:00) Last Day for Infant & Junior (12:00) Senior Christmas Lunch (12:30 to 14:00) Last Day for Senior January Mon 17th to Mon 24th Years 10 & 12 Mock Exams Mon 31th School Starts for Pupils House Swimming Gala 2010 Mr Moss London take the swimming honours twice on the trot... by just six points! A fine array of swimming talents and abilities were on show in an excellent and hot morning of House representation and competition in the second solo Junior House Swimming Gala. The Gala, such a prominent event in the school Sports calendar was well supported by an impressive number of parents, family members, cameras, Infant/Junior staff and Senior House representatives contributing to the many successes of the morning. Over 140 pupils/swimmers from the Junior School in all years competed in 32 races that included all the recognised stokes, an open house relay and a staff relay, London winning again. Three records were broken: Ricard Thiegui Yr3 Front Crawl 19.82; Maarten Hagemen Yr4 Front Crawl 18.98; Luiza Peres Yr5 Front Crawl 16.74. Impressive to say the least. On behalf of the PE Department, thank you to all members of the St. Nicholas community and the Head of Houses for their support, time and contribution before and during the event. Congratulation to London and we look forward to The Senior House Swimming Gala come April/May. Overall Results 1 London 252pts st 2nd Oxford 246pts 3rd Cambridge 187pts Yr 3 Champions - London Yr 4 Champions - Oxford Yr 5 Champions - Oxford Yr 6 Champions - London Congratulations to the winner of the Make a Difference Day logo competition organised by the Junior Student Council - MARIA GOMES from Year 6Y. Her logo will be used in all posters and other items related to Make a Difference Day. Christmas Concert On the 14th of December there will be a christmas concert in the hall. You might be aware that there were some extremely serious floods in Pakistan. Many people lost their homes and there was considerable damage for the country. We are trying to raise money to help the victims of the floods and would be very grateful for any donations. If you donate any amount on the day you get a bracelet. Thank you in advance for your support! December 14th - 19:00 For more photos visit School Life > Sports > Events on our website! "Adote" uma cartinha enviada ao Papai Noel! Visite o site e saiba como. www.correios.com.br/papainoelcorreios2010/ Last day to borrow items from the library The last day to borrow books, DVDs, etc. from the Library was Friday December 3rd. The materials must be returned by Friday December 10th. The aim of our Visual Arts lessons is to give the pupils the opportunity to develop their creativity, imagination and confidence. Through various projects, the pupils have had the experience of using different Art tools and techniques. This workshop is the result of Years 5 and 6 Visual Arts Lessons from August 2010 to December 2010, where skills using the following media were developed: watercolours, oil pastels, carving polystyrene and printing in Year 5, collage using magazines and newspaper, posters (using different media), tape sculptures and recycling materials (colour paper, cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, aluminium cans, newspaper, wood and polystyrene) in Year 6. Year 9 Life Skills Paraty 2010 Carina Uchida & Alex Park Two weeks ago, the Year 9 group went to Saco do Mamangua in Paraty for their Life Skills trip. Everyone showed great commitment and overcame their goals whilst hiking, kayaking and working as a team during cooking and cleaning. On the first day, we departed early in the morning for a five hour bus drive, and soon as we got to Paraty-Mirim, we loaded our bags to boats and we took off to an island where we would be camping. The island was a beautiful forest with high mountains. We set our tents right in front of the crystal clear ocean. On the same day, we set off to climb the Pão de Açucar mountain, it took us nearly two hours to get on top and after lots of struggle and muscle pain we reached our destination. After one look at the amazing view of the sea with small valleys, we all felt accomplished and confident about our success. When the night fell and we were already back at our camp site, we took cold showers from a tree and the cooking team made dinner. We ate our spaghetti with a great attack of mosquitos. Soon after, we went to sleep... the next day was going to be a tiring day. 6:30am we were all getting ready for our long hike over the mountain and ate our breakfast. First we got in our kayaks with pairs. We were going to another beach before the hike by kayaks, after lots of struggle to keep the kayaks going forwards, we got to the beach and had some free time before hiking. The hiking started around 11am and this was the hardest part of the day, as many struggled and complained, we walked step by step until we got to the other side of the mountain. It took us nearly five hours but after taking a look at the beautiful beach, we all knew it was all worth it. We had some free time to play at the beach and eat some food. Soon after we got our boats to go back to our camping site. Everyone was exhausted and hungry so we started to make dinner which was vegetarian Strogonoff with soy meat. After dinner we took the cold shower again and before going to sleep, we gathered and talked about the hike and people who stood out by their commitment and cooperation. We also talked about how we became more united as group and created bonds which we would carry to school. On the third and last day, after breakfast the guides organized a game with kayaks and water. The group that won the game would win a pot of nutella, therefore everyone was incredibly excited. Soon after we packed our stuff and took it to the boats, but before leaving we ate lunch. Now it was time to go back to São Paulo so we got in our boats and then in our bus to another long bus drive of four hours. This was our Life Skills Trip where we all learnt something about commitment and achieving your targets. Years 7 & 8 Spelling Bee On November 18th eighteen Spelling Bee finalists battled it out to be crowned the best speller of their hous... All of Year 7 and 8 participated in the first round of the Spelling Bee which took place in their English lessons. The English teachers were very impressed with the skill and dedication all students showed in learning a range of difficult words. The final took place in an assembly, hosted by Calu Malta and Bontle Moatshe from Year 9. Each participant showed confidence and excellent spelling skills! The three winning spellers were Anna Falsztyn (London), Yoon Shu (Cambridge) and the overall winner was Damasia Correch from Oxford. Congratulations to Damasia who proved herself to be the best speller in Year 7 and 8! 2011 USA Football Tour - Sponsorhip Opportunity After the successes in Scandinavia, St Nicholas will be taking a representative squad of 19 girls to play in the internationally renown Disney International Youth Soccer Tournament and Minneapolis Schwan's USA Cup in July 2011. We are hoping to attract company sponsorship for the girls' tour training and playing uniforms. If you would like this opportunity and exposure as a Sponsor please don't hesitate to contact: pmoss@stnicholas. com.br or mkt@stnicholas. com.br. We'll be there for you! Mr Cassiano Nogara Sports In the Creative Arts department (or MAD, as we like to be called), we engaged with our Y8 students in an exciting cross-curricular project mixing Music, Arts and Drama to produce a Lip Dub video for the song “I’ll be there for you” by “The Rembrandts” (Do you remember the opening of the TV show “Friends”?). In lessons, our students had to research how the videos were made and take care of about everything related to the production of their own! During the term, they did a lot of brainstorming and planning, but spent most of their time in developing and practising the sequence of the camera, creating choreographies, music, costumes and props. On November 27th, we spent two hours recording the video in school. St.Paul’s 0 v St. Nicholas 6 Danielle, Raunack and Ivan were our first students to go to a recording session outside school. Our video is going to be exhibited on the morning of the Christmas lunch, along with a making of the project that is at the moment being edited by Year 8 students. A web version may be available soon. Don’t miss our first MAD Lip Dub! Mr Moss Year 3 & 4 Football vs St.Paul's St. Paul’s 2 v St.Nicholas 0 The most characteristic thing about a Lip Dub is that it is filmed with only one camera and in a single shot. It was a tiring process because there were too many people involved and every time someone made a mistake we had to start over and do it again. Now, consider that each of our students had to appear at two to four different moments doing different things in the video, holding a banner, wearing a different costume or accessories and you will get a picture of how difficult it is. It is definitely a project A Lip Dub is that only works filmed with out if everyone only one is involved and working together. camera and Also, apart from in a single others Lip Dubs, shot! instead of using the original recording of the song, we decided to record a cover version of our own. We did takes of some of the instruments in the music room and took vocals and guitars to record in a studio. Mr Moss The Year 3 team, featuring many pupils representing our school for the first time, played with great enthusiasm and teamwork in a very evenly contested game. St.Nicholas , superbly led by captain Leo Kachanovsky, were unlucky not to turn some great passing and movement into early goals but were helpless to stop a great free kick late in the game which sealed victory for St.Paul’s. a great team performance. The match was cut short by the threat of lightening, but not before St.Nicholas had scored six great goals from Lorenzo Bernardi, Maarten Hageman, Damian Hofman, Leo Kachanovsky and Nicolas Nascimento. The Year 4 team played excellent football and the St.Paul’s goalkeeper, his post and crossbar were kept very busy throughout. The organisation, communication and leadership from captain Damian Kofman and a couple of sweet volleys from Maarten Hageman were the highlights of Basketball Four hard fought games that were punctuated by moments of brilliant offence, enjoyment, co-operation, satisfaction, and missed opportunities. U15 Girls St Nicholas 20 vs. St Paul’s 25; U15 boys St Nicholas 15 vs. St Paul’s 32 U18 Boys St Nicholas 25 vs. St Paul’s 32; U18 Girls St Nicholas 25 vs. St Paul’s 17 The matches were largely relevant in the context of teamwork, spirit, performance and attitude, playing against four quality St Paul teams. The performances demonstrated the significant and important improvements with the Wednesday afternoon Basketball ECA’s. Congratulations to all players! Coluna St. Nicks A Internet Ms Nogueria Os alunos do Year 9 escreveram textos argumentativos expondo suas opiniões sobre algo hoje muito presente em suas vidas: a internet. Nesses textos, eles discutiram se ela é realmente capaz de promover o encontro de verdadeiras amizades. Leia a seguir o texto de Nicolas Gekker sobre o assunto. com pessoas que não conheça, essa “A internet é uma tecnologia moderna palavra “encontrar” em seu significado de amizade só se tornará verdadeira após que ajuda jovens a encontrar “criar”, tenho a certeza de que a internet o teste da realidade. Os amigos virtuais, verdadeiros amigos.” não teria esta capacidade. A amizade real ao se encontrarem na vida real, poderiam é cultivada na vida real. Somente através É extremamente dificil dizer se eu revelar muitos sentimentos, confirmando de experiencias vividas na realidade é concordo com esta afirmação por ela ter ou não se a amizade seria realmente que se criam laços fortes capazes de dois possíveis significados. duradoura e positiva. construir uma verdadeira amizade. A chave da questão para mim tem a Uma verdadeira amizade é uma As redes sociais como Orkut, Facebook ver com a palavra encontrar. Na medida consequência da perseverança do e Twitter são ferramentas muito úteis em que consideramos o significado de sentimento tanto diante de bons como de para encontrar velhos amigos, ou manter “encontrar” como “manter contato”, vejo maus momentos. o contato com os amigos atuais. Se que a internet é uma ferramenta muito pessoas são separadas pelas trapaças A conclusão que chego é que a internet poderosa para que verdadeiros amigos da vida, elas conseguem continuar sendo complementa a experiência da vida real, possam se encontrar. Ela possibilita amigas por meio destas redes. mas nunca será possível que ela a substitua que duas pessoas que viveram bons completamente. Assim como falaram que momentos e experiências na vida real, É muito dificil, no entanto, construir uma um dia a internet substituiria os jornais e e, por isto, se tornaram verdadeiros nova amizade do zero usando as redes vemos que isto até hoje não aconteceu, amigos, possam se rever e voltar a trocar sociais disponíveis na internet. Apesar de acredito que jamais um “rsrsrsrs” substituirá experiências mesmo à distância. ser possível iniciar um relacionamento pela uma boa e gostosa gargalhada. internet no qual alguém tenha afinidades Por outro lado, se considerarmos a Fernando Pessoa - Plural como o Universo Ms Nogueria Os alunos do Year 11 assistiram, no dia 26 de Novembro, à exposição Fernando Pessoa - Plural como o Universo, que estará no Museu da Língua Portuguesa até o dia 30 de janeiro de 2011. A exposição pretende apresentar um pouco sobre o grande poeta português e provocar o visitante, fazendo-o refletir sobre a pluralidade de cada um, tanto de Fernando Pessoa, quanto daquele que se aventura por seu universo. Leia o texto a seguir sobre as impressões de Bruna Cunha a respeito da exposição. escrito por Fernando Pessoa. É mesmo Você consegue definir exatamente quem é escrevia. Portanto, achei incrível quando genial! Uma das coisas mais legais da você, o que vai fazer na vida e qual é a sua descobri o quão especiais eram suas exposição é que ela usa uma tecnologia personalidade? Isso é muito difícil, pois obras: Fernando Pessoa escreve usando muito moderna que torna tudo mais na verdade não somos apenas uma coisa, heterônimos, que são personalidades interativo e divertido. Por exemplo, cada agimos diferentemente com os amigos, literárias (pessoas imaginárias que ele heterônimo tem seu próprio cubículo com pais, professores, crianças etc. Cada um cria e que escrevem os poemas dele). as projeções dos poemas, e para mudar de nós tem várias “personalidades”, e Cada heterônimo tem a sua biografia, de poema, o visitante levanta a mão e sem perceber, somos pessoas plurais. caligrafia e estilo de escrita, e Fernando sensores captam seu movimento. Além Pessoa criou mais de 72! “Plural como o universo.” Esse foi o tema disso, tem uma caixa de areia onde outro da exposição que o Year 11 viu na sextaO museu foca em quatro heterônimos poema é projetado, e, quando, se levanta feira, dia 26 de Novembro, no Museu da principais do autor, Álvaro de Campos, a mão, uma projeção de mar leva as letras Língua Portuguesa. Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis e Bernardo da areia embora. É muito interessante! Soares, cada um completamente diferente Eu, pessoalmente, já havia ouvido falar Eu realmente saí inspirada da exposição do outro. As poesias apresentadas pelo de Fernando Pessoa, mas não sabia nada e acho que todo mundo que foi comigo museu parecem feitas por pessoas sobre ele, muito menos que tipo de obras se divertiu, portanto, recomendo! diferentes, e é difícil aceitar que tudo foi Year 4 Trip to Campo dos Sonhos Year 4 went on their first residential trip to an environmentally friendly hotel called Campo dos Sonhos. The unit they are studying is called ‘What’s in the Bin’ and has a focus on how our lifestyles have an impact on the world’s resources. At the hotel they were able to see how a recycling centre works and its importance to our environment. They also saw how a real water wheel can produce energy and they followed step-by –step how to make coffee and organic fertilizers. They also visited a plastic bottle factory to see how the bottles are made and recycled. During free time they enjoyed the swimming pools, horse riding, paddling boats, riding bikes, playing ping-pong, tiroleza and feeding farm animals. It was a fantastic experience for everyone and the students have to be congratulated on their behaviour and organisation. Their rooms were ever so tidy. Well done, Year 4! LAHC Conference to Mexico 2010 The Lancaster School of Mexico City along with the LAHC hosted the conference, Opening Opportunities Celebrating Diversity, from October 14th to 16th in Mexico City. The conference focused on inclusion and learning. I would to share some ideas from both of the key note presentations by Tony Booth and Todd Rose. Tony Booth, researcher and professor of inclusive education at Canterbury Christ University, views inclusion as ‘putting values into action where everyone is included rather than a concern for one group of children’. Inclusion is not about educating students with special needs but educating all students. Indicators in his publication The Index for Inclusion: Developing Learning and Participation in Schools promote reflection and dialogue about inclusion within the school community. Two examples of these indicators are Is the school welcoming to all children in its local communities? and Do children learn what it means to be a good citizen just by being at school? From this dialogue, values of the community are confirmed and challenged which can lead to change. Values are essential to a school community and should be lived and Jeanne Bouvier practised everyday within the community and classroom by how teachers teach, how students learn, as well as what teachers teach and what the students learn. Todd Rose, professor at the Harvard Graduate School for Education and a research scientist for the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), believes that perception, attention and working memory interact to shape learning. Since these three things vary for each student, it is important that teachers follow the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to maximize learning for all students. The UDL stresses the importance of providing: ●● multiple and flexible methods of presentation to give students with diverse learning styles various ways of acquiring information and knowledge. Kenji Fuse On Saturday 4th December Year 10, Ms.Pare, Mr.Rodolffi, and Mr.McCombe undertook a fieldtrip to Ibirapuera Park. The group were split into three groups; each group had its designated area to do their own surveys and collect information. The weather was incredibly hot and dry. However, this didn’t stop us from doing our job. In no particular order we had to interview local residents, check how eroded was the grass, count the litter around the park and complete a table which asked us about the environment. All this data would provide evidence to see if Ibirapuera Park is affected by humans or not. Each group had to repeat this research in three different sites in the groups' designated area. The trip turned out to be very productive, and we came back before the time expected. ●● multiple and flexible means of expression to provide diverse students with alternatives for demonstrating what they have learned, and ●● multiple and flexible means of engagement to tap into diverse learners' interests, challenge them appropriately, and motivate them to learn. This information and more (including examples and lessons) can be found at these websites: www.advocacyinstitute. org/UDL and www.cast.org IB Andes Course - Lagunillas, Chile In late October, Bruna Cunha and Anna Luiza Ruocco (Year 11) and Alexis Sogl and Ariel Forner (Year 12) travelled to the Chilean Andes for an unforgettable experience. The following reflections about the trip were written by Bruna and Anna Luiza. In the first days the trip was harder than we expected, since we walked a lot and it wasn't easy to make friends because people mostly spoke Spanish (there were three other IB schools, from Argentina, Uruguay and Chile). The stamina we had to possess was huge and we were not sure we would make it. However, as the days went by, we got used to the trails and started knowing people better, so we completely fell in love with the place and the trip. We didn't want to leave, no matter how cold it was, how dirty we felt and how tired we had become because we realized that the cold didn't last long, the dirt showed endurance and the tiredness was easily forgotten. fun people. It was WOW that we managed to learn so much and come back fresh after only one week. It is WOW that we didn't have liquid water for three days and managed to survive with newfound friends, smiling and laughing at our own mistakes. It is WOW that after all that went wrong, we want to go back to all that went right and have the same wrong experiences again. We had to spend days without showers and brushing teeth because we had no liquid water, and we had to melt snow to cook and clean. This made us see water very differently than we used to, because it is one thing hearing people tell you that it is important and that people around the world are dying of thirst, and another thing actually being without water yourself and having to deal with the difficulties this brings. This trip opened our eyes to the reality outside the St Nicholas bubble, and it felt remarkable. Another amazing experience was being with sight-handicapped (blind and semiblind) teenagers in the mountains for a day. We spent most of the morning and afternoon showing them around and talking about everything…But we will not tell you anything else, so we won’t spoil the absolute fun this was! It completely changed our perspective of life to be with blind people who ‘see’ a completely different world... Wow. Just... wow. Maybe that is the best word to describe this trip. It is WOW that we climbed up to one of the summits of the Andes Mountain range. It is WOW that we were lucky as to go on a trip with so many IGCSE Fieldtrip Report We were very lucky (yes, it was fun!) to face a snowstorm in the mountains even though it was spring. It was extremely cold, but completely worth it as we woke up to the mesmerising view of a white landscape surrounding our tents. We felt like we were in a movie and we even had snowball fights! Even after all the trouble we faced in this trip, we came back feeling like new, thirsting for life. We recommend this trip to everyone! And it is not only because you also gain CAS and TOK hours, but because it is the most incredible experience anyone could have. BM&F BOVESPA Trip Report Mr Soukup As part of the IB Business and Management course, Year 11 and 12 students ventured forth into the wild business environment of São Paulo. They were met at the entrance to the stock exchange by their hosts and ushered into what was the trading floor until last year. After the initial greetings the hopeful leaders of industry were shown a 3D video describing the stages of the recent events leading up to the creation of BM&FBOVESPA as it is today: the merging of two organisations, the commodities and futures market and the stock exchange. It is the largest stock market in Latin America and ranks tenth in the world. The next item was a lecture that described the various operations that take place in BM&FBOVESPA including the investment products that are available. Some of the Year 11’s found these technically complicated as they are though they do provide plenty of scope for further research. After a short coffee break there were a number of short videos showing how business developed in São Paulo over the last hundred years and the people associated with its progress. This was followed by a buying and selling of equities simulation that demonstrated the ease with which these trades can now be made. While a number of students wanted to make a deal it seems they had forgotten their cheque books! At the end of the tour the group waited to see the ‘quadrangle’ or ‘ticker board’ go into action showing the change in share prices as trades are made. Mostly a lot of green numbers showing a move into positive territory, BM&FBOVEASP does not start trading until 11 am when Wall Street opens for business. The expedition into the financial jungle was completed from the dizzy heights of the BANESPA building that gives a 360° panoramic view of the city from 35 floors up. House Logo Competition Winners Mr Pearcy Well Done to the winners of the House logo Competition and thank you to all those students who submitted entries. Now that the Logos have been chosen, Kabelo Tolong will be creating new Logos based on the two winners for each House. Oxford Damasia Correch (Year 8) Liliana de Paiva (Year 9) Cambridge London Juan Chavarro (Year 9) Julia Fantoni (Year 12) Jinsuke, Junsei, Moica, Marcela, Micaek (Year 6) Kabelo Tolong (Year 10) TT2 had a very colourful week! Fair Trade Visitors For a whole week, the children celebrated one colour per day by coming to school wearing specific clothes according to the colour chosen. They painted and mixed primary colours and also made different shades using black and white. It was a busy week and the parents were also involved. The children had loads of fun! Year 5 are enjoying their unit on Fair Trade and we invited two parents, Julie Gattaz and Luciano Deos to speak to us about their jobs in marketing. Carolina Gattaz & Maria Antonia Deos (Year 5) When Julie Gattaz came in, she talked about the 4 Ps of marketing: product, price, placement and promotion. Luciano Deos talked about his company gad and how his company helped market different products. We all learned a lot from both parents to help us market our own Fair Trade product and thank them for coming to speak to us. Commemorations, celebrations and fun events around the world Action Committee / International Committee December 24 - Christmas Eve, the night before Christmas Day, is observed by Christians around the world with special meals with family or friends, gift-giving, and for Catholics, a midnight mass. countries have different ways of celebrating this holiday, but many of them observe the day with post-Christmas sales and various sporting events. 25th - Christmas Day is a commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, and modern traditions include the display of Nativity scenes, Holly and Christmas trees, the exchange of gifts and cards, and the arrival of Father Christmas or Santa Claus on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. Popular Christmas themes include the promotion of goodwill and peace. 26th December to 1st January - Kwanzaa is a week-long PanAfrican festival primarily honouring African-American heritage, observed almost exclusively in the United States of America. Activities for the occasion include candle-lighting, pouring of libations, and a feast and gift-giving on the last day. th 26 - Boxing Day is a public holiday celebrated in the United Kingdom, Canada and most other Commonwealth countries, or alternatively on the next weekday after Christmas. Different th 31st - New Year’s Eve is celebrated with family gatherings and parties to mark the end of the year and to welcome the new one. Many cultures use fireworks and other forms of noise making as part of the celebration.