Every Monday we will post a newsletter on the homepage.

An overview of previous newsletters:

 

 

NEWSLETTER Monday February 6 (week 1):

 

Dear participants, welcome to the Learning Circle Children's Rights!

A large circle of students, learning from and with each other; both in your own classroom and online with students from other schools.

 

We will start with an introduction of yourself, your class or group and children's rights; each group has ONE school page to post contributions for the introduction, the challenges and to receive feedback; find it by clicking on your school name at the bottom of the pages.

You can find the assignments for the introduction phase on this page. Check out the links in the sidebar for all pages.

 

There are many ways to learn more about children's rights; you can read about it and tell us what Children's Rights mean to you.

By telling your own stories and hear, see and read how the other participants in the Circle experience it, you will collect more than just knowledge. During our learning journey you will discover more about the way things are for children in many countries.

 

Good luck and have Circle-fun together!

 

NEWSLETTER Monday February 13 (week 2):

 

Today we are starting the second week of this Learning Circle: with an introduction of yourself, your class or group and children's rights.
Each group has ONE school page to post contributions for the introduction, the challenges and to receive feedback; find it by clicking on your school name at the bottom of the pages.
 

You can find the assignments for the introduction phase on this page. Check out the links in the sidebar for other useful pages: the ‘Resources’ page, the ‘Background information’, and the ‘Reflective questions’ (pdf) for the introduction etc.

 

Parents and others like to follow your stories and ideas in the Learning Circle.

You can invite them to take a look by sending them the link of this wiki.

 

We're looking forward to your introduction.

Good luck and have Circle-fun together!  

 

NEWSLETTER Monday February 20 (week 3):

 

Today we are starting the third week of this Learning Circle: with an introduction of yourself, your class or group and children's rights.
Each group has ONE school page to post contributions for the introduction, the challenges and to receive feedback; find it by clicking on your school name at the bottom of the pages.
 

You can find the assignments for the introduction phase on this page. Check out the links in the sidebar for other useful pages: the ‘Resources’ page, the ‘Background information’, and the ‘Reflective questions’ (pdf) for the introduction etc.

 

Parents and others like to follow your stories and ideas in the Learning Circle.

You can invite them to take a look by sending them the link of this wiki.

 

On Monday March 6 the first challenge will take off. The pages are all open, to be prepared in time. 

 

We're looking forward to your introduction.

Good luck and have Circle-fun together!  

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NEWSLETTER Monday February 27 (week 4):

Good morning everyone,

 

This Monday we are starting the last week of the introduction phase.

We ask all participants to add a nice contribution on their schoolpage this week. 

 

You can find the assignments for the introduction phase on this page. Check out the links in the sidebar for other useful pages: the ‘Resources’ page, the ‘Background information’, and the ‘Reflective questions’ (pdf) for the introduction etc.

 

Parents and others like to follow your stories and ideas in the Learning Circle.

You can invite them to take a look by sending them the link of this wiki.

 

On Monday March 6 the first challenge will take off. The pages are all open, to be prepared in time. 

 

We're looking forward to your introduction.

Good luck and have Circle-fun together!

 

Manon

 

N.B.:
Request: Please resize all those nice pictures (to 50-100Kb) before you upload them in the wiki.

Five pictures uploaded directly from your camera will make the wiki page too heavy (10-20MB).

In countries with a dial-up connection it takes minutes before your page is visible.

 

Furthermore, downloading files (Word or PowerPoint) isn’t possible in many schools, for security reasons (virus etc.)

It’s best to post photo’s and stories IN the wiki page, so everyone can see them immediately.

Presentations like Prezi or Glogster can easily be embedded in the page, with the embed code.

 

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NEWSLETTER Monday March 6 (week 5):

 

Dear participants,

 

Thank you for your wonderful introductions! Did you take a good look at the school pages of the other participants? Most groups started to connect in this Circle by making a creative introduction. Some classes will add their presentations this week.

 

This week we’ll start the first challenge.

We all know that the right to a safe home is not accessible to all children. Together we can think about issues of importance, we will share our own experiences and research as a group. In this way we get to understand more about this right and what it means to you.

Start with he information on the page of Challenge 1. The reflective questions for this challenge (see sidebar) can help to make a good start. You can find interesting websites on the page with resources. Have conversations in your classroom and decide what choices to make in the assignments. Work on one or more assignments with your class or divide the class into smaller groups to work in various ways.

 

Until April 3 each group has four weeks to work on Challenge 1. Time to consult and discuss in your own group, but also to connect with the other students in your Circle; We are doing this by giving feedback and comments. We hope you will all give a lot of feedback on the work of other groups; that's what makes working in a Learning Circle unique and exciting!

 

You can also meet students from other groups by making a Skype appointment. A good way to have conversations about your ways of life and your views on children’s rights! You can find information about how to organize a Skype meeting on this page.

 

We are very curious about your plans and contributions,

Good luck!

 

Manon van Herwijnen

 

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N.B.:
Request: Please resize all those nice pictures (to 50-100Kb) before you upload them in the wiki.

Five pictures uploaded directly from your camera will make the wiki page too heavy (10-20MB).

In countries with a dial-up connection it takes minutes before your page is visible.

 

Furthermore, downloading files (Word or PowerPoint) isn’t possible in many schools, for security reasons (virus etc.)

It’s best to post photo’s and stories IN the wiki page, so everyone can see them immediately.

Presentations like Prezi or Glogster can easily be embedded in the page, with the embed code.