No to Discrimination eTwinning Project

 

The Science and Maths third grade students took part in an interdisciplinary , bilingual eTwinning project dealing with fighting different forms of discriminations . There was a quality exchange between all the students from Bachir Nabheni High school and their peers from other schools in France, Romania and Italy. The project is both in French and English. 

"Non à la discrimination" No to Discrimination  project aims to be interdisciplinary, unifying and effective.

Through the activities, we want to bring the students to:

• become aware of the seriousness of discrimination,
• become familiar with collective projects and strengthen their sense of belonging to a large heterogeneous community by developing the notions of diversity and solidarity through several ideas: games, screenings, group actions, etc.
• become future good, respectful citizens who act actively to fight against unfair practices and communicate human values ​​such as mutual aid, the rejection of prejudices and inequalities.
• have a sense of commitment to solidarity actions.
• be sensitive to the duty of memory by studying the history of characters who fought discrimination in their time through personal or collective actions.
• learn to unmask discriminatory practices.
• use as many  ICT tools as possible provided by the eTwinning platform or elsewhere.

The different activities of the project were rich and culminated in the creation of a card game to help inform learners and people who play it in general about the fight against discrimination of many people nowadays and history. 

Bravo to our students and to their peers from the other partner schools. Below is our card game have fun discovering it!

Jeu de cartes Non à la Discrimination

Our Sustainable Holiday Trip

   

Like every year our students get involved in eTwinning projects. Our sustainable Holiday Trip is a multidisciplinary project including schools from Tunisia, Italy and Romania. The idea of the project revolves around the theme of Sustainable Holidaying. Holidaying is a well-thought of enterprise. As such, we need to make the right choices and decisions. We should not only take in consideration our budget, our interests and needs but also think of the impact our activity may have on the climate, the environment and the planet . That’s why in our project “Our Sustainable Holiday Trip” our purpose is to foster a sustainability mindset by helping the students develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to think, plan and act with empathy, responsibility, and care for our planet through the theme of holidaying. The 3rd grade maths  students with their partners   will thoughtfully design sustainable holiday brochures or videos collaboratively.

The project aims at the students to : 

• gain knowledge about the SDGs by investigating the aspects of sustainability in general and in the context of a holiday trip in particular
• examine the values and behaviours that will contribute to a sustainable future
• create a plan for a sustainable holiday trip as a way to act for a sustainable future
• develop English language skills
• develop life skills of collaboration, communication , critical thinking, problem-solving, flexibility, and self-regulation
• develop and foster the students digital competence
• learn to learn , to manage one's learning and to think critically

Poster creation for the Tree Planting Campaign

Preparation for the school event involves many students, each one with a different task. A commited second year student created a poster for the school event to happen on Friday, November 15. Another one volunteered to create an event on facebook to advertise for the event they organise. Many other students are doing on field visits to ask for the support of local authorities in Hammam-Lif to support their action. More details will be shared soon in a report about it.

Climate Action: A Tree Planting Campaign at School

Nabheni Secondary School eTwinprneurs, who are a group of students from different clubs at the school, are organizing an action to plant trees at the school garden. The campaign will take place on Friday, November 15th, 2019 starting from 13:00 pm. The participating volunteers are invited to bring a tree, a plant, or flower to plant in the school yard.

The aim behind this action is to make the school a pleasant studying environment by embellishing its garden. The main goal, however, is for students develop and run an action project or campaign related to climate protection as part of their actions to embed the Global Goals in their school projects and their community.

With joined efforts and more conciousness, we can improve the planet's situation, stop climate change and avoid our decay. Every small action matters.

"Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are - rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call 'global challenges,' which require global solidarity."

Ban Ki-moon

We need you...your school needs you...the Earth needs you. We are waiting for you this Friday, will you answer the call? Feel free to join and share our event with your schoolmates.

About the Epxert's Talk

     Mrs N. Zammouri was there for the event. The students were introduced to the goals, the purpose of the cause. The students were also sensitized to their role as an essential element of the chain. They interacted wih Mrs Zammouri and each other, shared how they could contribute by suggesting some solutions and ways they could contribute to see the goals well established. Other teachers, mentoring students in our school clubs,  joined us during the event. They were curious to know about the SDGs. They asked us how they could join the stream as educators. This event was also an opportunity to disseminate our project (Grandma Stories in 2080) in our school to teachers and other students.

Here are some pictures of the event: 

And here is a video about the event...

(sorry about the low quality of the video😉)

Friday's Expert Talk

Let's Take our Future in our Hands!

   Because our future and that of our planet matters, it's substantial that we all take part to create the future we want. That's why, Nabheni students working on different projects collaborated to create an event via Facebook to raise their schoolmates awareness about some global issues such as peace and justice, climate change, gender equality, quality education, etc.. They called the event " Prenons notre futur en mains!" which means in English Let's Take our Future in our Hands.  They invited Mrs Najet Zammouri, a Human Rights activist and member of the Tunisian Human Rights League. The expert talk will give the participants a thourough idea about the Sustainable Development Goals

   Today our planet more than ever relies on its 1.8 billion youth, the largest youth population in history, to take action. Through their campaign, Nabheni students intend to sensitize their schoolmates to the  importance of the SDGs and to raise their awareness to the fact that they are part of the solution by becoming advocates for the goals themselves or by taking small actions to support the SDGs in their community. Such actions would make a difference at a global scale if everyone contributes to the stream.

   Stay connected ... You'll hear from us soon! Meanwhile, check more resources about the goals  and how you may contribute as a teacher on THE WORLD'S LARGEST LESSON website. You may also want to take this free online course about the goals so that you become ready and equipped with tools to create your own activities on the topic. After finishing the course, you'll earn a digital badge and a certificate on the microsoft education platform. 

Digital Literacy for all Students

This episode was recorded and brodcast in the school local radio within the frame of last year school project It's Worth Working For. In this podcast students talk about the importance of digital literacy, that is one dimention of the project, and call for a campaign to raise plastic caps to donate to the NGO we are collaborating with.