Throughout this week we have been working on different projects on Peace to commemorate the International Day of Peace and Non-Violence (January 30 – anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi -India, 1869-1948).
Debates, assemblies, dialogue and consensus have been the common denominators of these days, following the essence of our Educational Project, based on respect, tolerance and the sharing of opinions. We have gone back in time, going back to the present and realizing that we still have a long way to go, but with the attempt to make valid the words of Gandhi himself: 'There is no way to Peace; Peace is the way!'
The little ones have learned what the symbols of Peace are (dove, crane, olive branch, rainbow, white hands...) and their origin, but they have also created their own symbols, explaining their meaning to us.
With the older ones we have made a great trip back in time and around the world to meet the Nobel Peace Prize winners and find out what their actions have been: International Red Cross, Roosevelt, Jane Addams, Martin Luther King, UNICEF, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Rigoberta Menchú, Nelson Mandela, Doctors Without Borders, Al Gore, Malala Yousafzai.
We have worked on songs and made our own versions of well-known lyrics such as: Imagine (John Lennon), I wouldn't hesitate (Antonio Flores), Heal the World (Michael Jackson), Resist and scream (Txarango).
Families have participated from home and have sent us their messages of peace that we have hung on the Peace Tree we have at school.
Through literature, specifically poetry, we have entered the magical world of feelings and emotions and we have expressed anger, fear, excitement and joy by playing with words. (Soon you will be able to see the collection of short stories and poems that we have made!).
Thank you all because together we make the world a better place every day! By the way… we invite you to read and reflect on the poem 'You could' by Joana Raspall, published in 1998 but 20 years later is still fully relevant… Enjoy it!
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