CONDITIONS OF THE PEACE AND COOPERATION SCHOOL AWARD 2011



“Peace and Reconciliation -  A celebration of Friendship”

Categories:

1. Drawing. Up to 6 years old

What do you understand by reconciliation? Highlight the values of friendship and affection in your family and at your school.

2. Poster & Slogan. 7 to 12 years old.

The process of reconciliation is focused on the promotion of communication and the engagement between cultures, races, religions, political orientations, ideologies.... How can we achieve a mutual understanding despite our different points of view?

3. Mural. 13 to 15 years old.

The United Nations plays a major role in the prevention of conflict and in the reestablishment of peace and reconciliation. There is not a single model of reconciliation and that is why we would like you to give us ideas and ask you to paint about acts related to reconciliation and the promotion of friendship.

4. Photography. 16 to 18 years old.

As we all know, we learn by imitation, and that is why we ask you to send us pictures of situations or examples from everyday life which show acts of reconciliation and friendship. Be an example for everyone!

5. Teachers

Teachers take an important part in the development of social skills of students. The process of reconciliation can only be sustainable if it is inclusive and guarantees that all social stakeholders form an equal part of it.

The values of equality and equity have to be omnipresent within the action of education.

We suggest organizing a “Celebration of Friendship” where students reconcile with each other and learn to live together despite their differences.

The teachers will be in charge of organizing this symbolic event and are asked to send pictures and videos of the celebration.

Languages:Projects can be submitted in any of the six official languages of the United Nations (Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Russian and Spanish)

Deadline: Projects should be sent before July 1st 2011 to the office of the Peace and Cooperation Foundation in Madrid (PREFERABLY by regular mail, but projects sent by e-mail will also be accepted).

ABOUT WORDS AND LETTERS...

      The longest English word containing no letter more than once:

                  uncopyrightable

       A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet:

 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

      It's funny,isn't it?

                                

THYSSEN BORNEMISZA MUSEUM

A SINGULAR MUSEUM

TAKE YOUR TIME...

      No need to go to Madrid to see this museum.

                                         Select the language you want and enjoy painting.

Link below:

http://www.museothyssen.org/app/visita_virtual_Coleccion/visita_virtual_es_planta_1.html

TONGUE STORIES

TICKLE US WITH YOUR TALES!

Share your story with Europe

How languages changed your life, or just one day.
How knowing a foreign language made you happy,
How languages surprised you, made you laugh,
moved you, made you feel proud, or were simply useful.

Send your contribution, tell us a nice story and inspire people to use different languages!

More information:  http://www.tonguestories.eu/

POPE BENEDICT XVI FOR PEACE

On January 30 is celebrated the World Peace Day.

Click on the link and you can read the words of Pope Benedict XVI,

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/peace/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20091208_xliii-world-day-peace_po.html

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES BY H.GARDNER

     

      We are informed that Barak Obama has an IQ of 154, probably according to a standard intelligence test scale such as the Stanford-Binet Scale, which tests intelligence across areas of verbal, quantitative, abstract / visual reasoning, and short-term memory. Despite there being hundreds of on-line sites offering to test or improve your IQ, the problem is that there is no universally agreed definition of intelligence. You may be a whiz at maths but have difficulties relating to people, parking a car or ironing a shirt. What we can say though, is that people think and learn in different ways, and our teaching should take account of differing aptitudes, learning styles and mental processing among our students.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2QtSbP4FRg&feature=player_embedded#

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS, 2011

      

      The International Year of Forests, 2011 offers a unique opportunity to raise public awareness of the challenges facing many of the world’s forests and the people who depend on them.

      Great success stories and valuable lessons on how to

promote sustainable forest management already exist.

      The Year provides a means of bringing those voices together and building momentum towards greater public participation in forest activities around the world.

              http://www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/