How to use this school page:

 

• This is the page to introduce yourselves to the other groups/classes in your Learning Circle and post all your challenge contributions. 
  

• We ask you to share not only the results, but also a report of the learning process: how you discussed, planned, divided tasks, enjoyed working on the challenges etc. 

 

Giving and receiving feedback:

 

• On this school page (below) you'll find text boxes for the feedback from the other groups in your Circle.
  We ask you to give each school feedback, in each of the 4 phases of this Circle.

• If you want to give a brief remark to a group, please use the comment box at the bottom of the school page.

 

---

---

 

Introduction:

Hey!

Our names are Youssef, Keiiah, Sajni, Manav, and Basil. We live in a city called Mississauga, in Ontario, Canada. We are a Grade 10 Civics class with 22 students, where our group takes leadership in responding to this learning circle. Our school consists of 500 students, making us one of the smallest schools in Mississauga. In our Civics class we learn about the different types of governments and types of leaderships. We focus on democracy as our Canadian government consists of minority and majority rights, social justice and rule of law. We are interested in hearing about your opinion on children’s rights, and are looking towards working alongside you in order to find solutions pertaining to Children’s rights.

 

 

---

---

 

Contributions Challenge 1:

STEP 1

 

We watched a Ted Talk about Human Rights and learned about common standards of achievements for all peoples and all nations.

We generalized questions, that differentiated between simple and powerful questions. We realized that it isn't about children rights, we realized that the rights aren't being met. 

Here some examples of powerful and simple questions. At the end, the one questions that we are all thinking about is, to what extend are these right being met? and who is

supposed to meet them?

 

 

STEP 2

Every child needs a safe home

Where they’re not scared, not alone

They need their rights respected and safe

Otherwise there is just no grace

A safe home for which they don’t fight

This I tell you it is their right

Every child has a right to a safe home 

 To protect this right is the reason we fight 

Regardless of our nation, home is our true foundation 

it is our duty towards our global community

to provide this opportunity not as a privilege but as a right.

Love and belonging are the sources of true well-being

The right to a home, no need to be fleeing

Family where life begins and love never ends

Friendship so strong, all cuts it mends

Use love to make future's bright, a safe home is everyone’s right.

Here comes the sound of insecurity

The sounds of war the idea of tyranny

Run from this place filled with bloodshed and impurity

We need someone who priorities safety

So our youth will not be left alone and emotionally empty

WORD

 

 

We are having a Skype meeting with .............. group:
                                                        on .............. date 

                                                         at .............. pm/am

 

---

---

 

Contributions Challenge 2:

 

In conversation about their learning students were reflecting similar values and beliefs, but there are different ways to motivate new learners.

Asad Bhatti: I like to work “hands-on,” so any “hands-on” type of work interests me in learning that new thing. This is because it allows me to understand the topic better and visualize the topic better through the use of my 5 senses as well as my brain. I learnt to remember work from my parents. They told me that I should constantly make notes, and revise them in order to remember what I’ve learned. I learn the best from personal experiences. I usually do not understand thoroughly what the teacher explains to me unless I personally experience the situation myself. I do decide, to some extent, what I want to learn.

 

Sajni Chauhan: The reason I would like to learn something new is because of the new perspectives we develop about different topics in the world. We also adapt to new situations, and it deepens our character and makes us more inspiring.

 

Taha Ali: I am motivated by work that involves hands-on work because it is enjoying and amusing for me and leads me to work efficiently. I learned a lot of my talents from YouTube. In fact, when I was having a hard time with something, for example soccer, I would search up tutorials on YouTube. it is difficult for me to understand some topics, and some ways don’t make sense to me. In the end, I am the boss of myself and it is up to me if I want to learn.

 

 

Can you become who you are at school?

 

 

Nathaniel Hu: I can become who I am at school, up to an extent. This is because my school experiences can influence my personality up to an extent. For example, going to school can (and has) helped me to become a more outgoing and sociable person. I have also learned to be more responsible and organized, when it comes to doing my school assignments, and making sure that they are handed in on time. I have also learned to procrastinate less on my school assignments.

 

 

 

Joshua Kurien: Yes you can. School is where you spend the majority of your time and it’s where you interact with people. At school you learn how you want to act and how you want to treat others. It is also a safe place where you can make mistakes. Those mistakes help fuel who you are as you learn how to respond to challenges and new situations.

 

 

 

Smit Bhagat: I believe I can become who I am at school because I have a freedom of choice, expression and speech. We all have right to be diverse and no person or thing can take that right away from us. I believe we should do whatever we want and become who we want to be at school. We shouldn’t be put down by others and we should keep our rights.

 

 

       

 

 

Step 2 of Challenge 2 

Our school is a very safe and encouraging learning environment, where students are able to freely express who they are without being afraid of being judged. As we are a school of Business and Technology, as well as design, students are very competitive as well as dedicated. We would rate our school a 9, because the vast amount of opportunities that are available to everyone. This is shown through the variety of clubs and sports teams.  In addition to the competition, students are greatly impacted by their supportive teachers which also contributes to the encouraging learning environment. Four corners is a place where 4 different paths lead to one destination. This is significant as it represents unity, and a place where students are able to socialize amongst each other. It is a place where we are informed with school events/updates and can maintain healthy relationships with peers and teachers.

 

 

 

 

 

We love graydon. If we were to design a new school, we would base our platform off of what Graydon currently looks like. We would incorporate what we like about graydon, for example, four corners and add on what we think would better graydon. We would reorganize the school by having a place where we can socialize with each other. We interpreted that in 2020, our social life will be online. This picture we drew is recreating a chance for us to talk to each other in person rather than a screen. As you can see we incorporated benches, windows, and space for people to socialize. We would ensure that the new building would have a welcoming main entrance to this social area. This main entrance could include the history or facts about the building, or the school in general.

 

---

 

We are having a Skype meeting with .............. group: 
                                                      on .............. date 

                                                       at .............. pm/am

 

---

---

Completion:

 

 

---

---

 

Evaluation:

 

 

---

---

 

Feedback from:Gymnasium #2

Are you satisfied with your school?

All the best, Valya and Sasha from Gymnasium 2.

 

Greetings Valya and Sasha,

We are very satisfied with our school. There aren't too many people considering the size of our school. However, this makes us students a lot closer and friendlier towards each other. How is your school?

Regards, Josh S and the rest of our Civics class.

 

 

---

 

Feedback from:

 

 

---

 

Feedback from:

 

 

---

 

Feedback from:

 

 

---

 

Feedback from:

 

 

---

 

Feedback from:

 

 

---

 

Feedback from:

 

 

---

 

Feedback from:

 

 

---

 

Feedback from:

 

 

---