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Two students each from class 1 till 4 attended an art workshop with Reinhard Herrmann. Together they're creating a "divers" sculpture.

On Friday the auditorium of the primary school Marktgasse was changed into a "showroom". A whole year students and teachers were creative in different art projects on several topics. And the results are impressive! For that reason parents and interested parties have been invited to marvel at the work of the little artists at a real vernissage.

The exhibition to experience in the middle school is open since Wednesday. What's so special about it? Students guide visitors through the two hour exhibition from Guatemala via Uganda to Sri Lanka.

Throughout the month of June, ARPOK provided innovative workshops to the schools participating in the Global Curriculum Project. Pupils and teachers had the chance to experience global education beyond the classroom. They were introduced to the pedagogical power of sports and more specifically football in delivering global education. Pavel Zwak and Ansley Hofmann led different workshops on the topic “Football and Development”.

The motto of professor Jose Pacheco, from Portugal, founder of the famous Escola da Ponte paraphrases the famous "Independence or Death" assigned to the emperor Dom Pedro I when he proclaimed Brazil's independence in 1822, and will surely resonate for a long time in the hearts and minds of the more than120 participants of the Global Seminar Curriculum: Rio + 20 Goes to School, held at the State School Julia Pantoja on Saturday, June 16, 2012.

The pupils of St. Benedict's Primary School in Leeds have done a lengthy studuy of black gold:oil- how it is formed, who produces it and consumes it.

One World Day. (Brudenell Primary School, Leeds)
Students from Politics, Law and Geography Departments of the University of Leeds worked with Year 6 children from Brudenell Primary School on the topic: “War, what good is it?” from the 3 different department perspectives.
The children were studying World War 2 as their topic and this event enabled them to reflect further on the reasons for and the results of wars.
The day the children spent at the University with the students was a culmination of work done in school with them, in their school .
Each slide on the 3 power-points relating to Politics, Law and Geography, is the result of an individual child’s work or a pair working together
For all the presentations click on the link.

“ Nosotros”. As social activist Carla Lam –http://projetopixote.org.br says , the word “ We ”, in Spanish, reveals the unity between we ( Nos) and the others (otros) . The search of what is common in the diverse has marked the 25February Workshop , when teachers of Language, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography and Physical Education from Colégio Bandeirantes, EMEF Guilherme de Almeida, EE Julia M. Pantoja, EE Luiza Hidaka, Escola Politeia , Escola Teia Multicultural gave and received feedback on the didactical sequences they’ve produced – and planned the activities that will be realized in 2012 , so their students can sperceive themselves, more and more, as planetary citizens.